The Hopman Cup IX corresponds to the ninth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament was played between 29 December 1996 and 4 January 1997 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia.
1997 Hopman Cup | |
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Date | 29 December 1996 – 4 January 1997 |
Edition | IX |
Surface | Hard indoor |
Location | Perth, Western Australia |
Venue | Burswood Entertainment Complex |
Champions | |
Eight teams competed for the title. Croatia were the 1996 champions[1] but they lost in the group stage. The United States took the title after beating South Africa in the final.
This was the first year that the tournament was sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation.
Seedings
editCroatia – Goran Ivanišević / Iva Majoli
Switzerland – Marc Rosset / Martina Hingis
South Africa – Wayne Ferreira / Amanda Coetzer
France – Guy Forget / Mary Pierce
Group A
editStandings
editPos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 6-3 | 13-10 | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 6-3 | 6-7 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 4-5 | 9-11 | |
4 | 0 | 3 | 2-7 | 5-11 |
Australia vs. Croatia
editAustralia 1 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) |
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France vs. United States
editFrance 1 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) |
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Australia vs. France
editAustralia 2 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) |
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Croatia vs. United States
editCroatia 1 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) |
United States 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia vs. United States
editAustralia 1 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) |
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Croatia vs. France
editCroatia 3 |
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France 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Group B
editStandings
editPos. | Country | W | L | Matches | Sets |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 7-2 | 13-10 | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 6-3 | 6-7 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 5-4 | 9-9 | |
4 | 0 | 3 | 0-9 | 1-18 |
Romania vs. Switzerland
editRomania 1 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) |
Switzerland 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Germany vs. South Africa
editGermany 0 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) |
South Africa 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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South Africa vs. Switzerland
editSouth Africa 2 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) |
Switzerland 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Germany vs. Romania
editGermany 0 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) |
Romania 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Romania vs. South Africa
editRomania 1 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) |
South Africa 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Germany vs. Switzerland
editGermany 0 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors) |
Switzerland 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
editUnited States 2 |
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Australia 4 January 1997 Indoor Hard |
South Africa 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1997 Hopman Cup Champions |
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United States First title |
References
edit- ^ "Rosset hands Hopman Cup win to Croatia". Independent.co.uk. 8 January 1996. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.