Hopman Cup 2019

Switzerland & Germany returning for Mastercard Hopman Cup 2019

Federer has won the past two Australian Open titles after beginning his season in Perth and hopes to start 2019 in a similar winning fashion.

“I’m very excited to be coming to the Hopman Cup again in 2019 and trying to defend my title with Belinda Bencic,” the 20-time Grand Slam champion said.

“We had a wonderful week. I took a quokka selfie. Western Australia has treated me super well, you, the fans, have been amazing.

“Perth Arena is a wonderful place to start the new year and it’s obviously the perfect preparation for the Australian Open and it worked so well the last couple of years, I can’t wait to come back.”

Read more here: Hopman Cup 2019

Retweeted by Roger...

Team Switzerland is back Can’t wait to play @HopmanCup again with @RogerFederer in @WesternAustralia #HopmanCup #justanotherdayinWA pic.twitter.com/m2EZBahnzp

— Belinda Bencic (@BelindaBencic) June 26, 2018

I have to post this one too!...    Are they excited or what?

BREAKING NEWS! just heard that this little guy's best mate is returning to Perth for the 2019 Mastercard @HopmanCup!  wait to see you again, @RogerFederer! pic.twitter.com/Ntj5KTZR4s

— Western Australia (@WestAustralia) June 26, 2018

   

Perth Time Zone: Perth is in the AWST - Australian Western Standard Time zone (UTC/GMT +8 hours), or
· CET + 7 hours (Central European Time / Paris)
· EST +13 hours (Eastern Standard Time / New York)  

Roger and Belinda are scheduled to play their first matches against Great Britain   on Sunday Dec. 30 @ 5:30 pm local time (CET: 10:30 am, EST: 4:30 am).

The Hopman Cup: How does it work?

Seedings and groups

The seedings of the eight teams are based on the players’ singles rankings. The eight teams are then placed into two groups – Group A and Group B.

Each team plays the other three teams in their group. The top placed team from each group at the completion of the group matches then meet in the final.


Matches

Each session consists of a men’s and women’s singles match and a mixed doubles match.

Men’s and women’s singles will be the best of three sets.

Mixed doubles matches will be the best of three FAST4 Tennis sets for the first time in 2017. The new innovative format features four rules including play lets, no ad scoring, tiebreaker at three games all (first to five points) and first to four games wins (a set).

The order of matches are played in (women’s and men’s singles) will vary (e.g. sometimes the women’s singles will be played followed by the men’s singles and vice versa). The mixed doubles will always be the third match on.


What if two teams in one group win the same number of ties?

In the case of a draw in terms of the win–loss record in either group, the following factors, in order, will be used to separate the teams:

1.The highest total of matches won
2.Best percentage of sets won/lost *
3.Best percentage of games won/lost **
4.Head-to-head performances
5.The toss of a coin

Source: Hopmancup.com