1998 Hopman Cup

X Hopman Cup^[1]
Champions	Slovakia
Runners-up	France
Dates	4 January - 10 January
Location	Burswood, Western Australia, Australia
Venue	Burswood Entertainment Complex
Surface	Hard (indoors)
←1997	1999 →

The Hopman Cup X (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on the 4th of January 1998 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Burswood, Australia.

Entrants

Group stage teams

Seed	Team^[1]	Female Player	Male Player
1	Slovakia	Karina Habšudová	Karol Kučera
2	Australia	Annabel Ellwood	Patrick Rafter
3	Sweden	Åsa Svensson	Thomas Enqvist
4	South Africa	Amanda Coetzer	Wayne Ferreira
5	France	Mary Pierce	Cédric Pioline
6	United States	Chanda Rubin	Jonathan Stark
7	Germany	Anke Huber	Tommy Haas
7	Spain	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Carlos Moyá

Play-off teams

Seed	Team^[1]	Female Player	Male Player
1	Romania	Irina Spirlea	Dinu Pescariu
2	Slovakia	Karina Habšudová	Karol Kučera

Play-off round

Slovakia
2

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1998
Hard (indoors)

Romania
1

		1	2	3
1	Karina Habšudová Irina Spîrlea	3 6	6 4	6 2
2	Karol Kučera Dinu Pescariu	6 1	6 2
3	Karina Habšudová / Karol Kučera Irina Spîrlea / Dinu Pescariu	4 6	6 6	[6] [8]

Group stage

Group A

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1	Slovakia	2	1	6–3	14–5
2	Australia	2	1	6–3	11–10
3	Spain	2	1	5–4	11–8
4	Sweden	0	3	1–8	3–16

Australia vs. Sweden

Australia
3

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1998
Hard (indoors)

Sweden
0

		1	2	3
1	Annabel Ellwood Åsa Carlsson	6 4	6 2
2	Patrick Rafter Thomas Enqvist	6 3	1 6	7 5
3	Annabel Ellwood / Patrick Rafter Åsa Carlsson / Thomas Enqvist	6 2	6 4

Spain vs. Slovakia

Spain
2

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1998
Hard (indoors)

Slovakia
1

		1	2
1	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Karina Habšudová	6 2	6 3
2	Carlos Moyá Karol Kučera	5 7	4 6
3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Carlos Moyá Karina Habšudová / Karol Kučera	7⁷ 6³	6 1

Slovakia vs. Sweden

Slovakia
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Sweden
0

		1	2
1	Karina Habšudová Åsa Carlsson	6 3	6 3
2	Karol Kučera Thomas Enqvist	6 4	6 4
3	Karina Habšudová / Karol Kučera Åsa Carlsson / Thomas Enqvist	7 5	6 3

Australia vs. Spain

Australia
2

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1998
Hard (indoors)

Spain
1

		1	2	3
1	Annabel Ellwood Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2 6	2 6
2	Patrick Rafter Carlos Moyá	7 5	1 6	7⁸ 6⁶
3	Annabel Ellwood / Patrick Rafter Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Carlos Moyá	7 5	6 2

Spain vs. Sweden

Spain
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Sweden
1

		1	2
1	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Åsa Carlsson	6 2	6 2
2	Carlos Moyá Thomas Enqvist	4 6	1 6
3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Carlos Moyá Åsa Carlsson / Thomas Enqvist	6 3	6 4

Slovakia vs. Australia

Slovakia
2

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1998
Hard (indoors)

Australia
1

		1	2	3
1	Karina Habšudová Annabel Ellwood	6 3	6 3
2	Karol Kučera Patrick Rafter	6³ 7⁷	6 3	6³ 7⁷
3	Karina Habšudová / Karol Kučera Annabel Ellwood / Patrick Rafter	7 5	6 2

Group B

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1	France	3	0	9–0	18–3
2	South Africa	2	1	3–6	8–13
3	United States	1	2	3–6	8–13
4	Germany	0	3	2–7	7–14

South Africa vs. United States

South Africa
2

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1998
Hard (indoors)

United States
1

		1	2	3
1	Amanda Coetzer Chanda Rubin	4 6	3 6
2	Wayne Ferreira Jonathan Stark	3 6	6 3	6 4
3	Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira Chanda Rubin / Jonathan Stark	6 2	5 7	6 1

France vs. Germany

France
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Germany
0

		1	2	3
1	Mary Pierce Anke Huber	4 6	6 4	6 3
2	Cédric Pioline Tommy Haas	6 4	6 4
3	Mary Pierce / Cédric Pioline Anke Huber / Tommy Haas	2 6	6 3	[7] [3]

South Africa vs. Germany

South Africa
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Germany
1

		1	2	3
1	Amanda Coetzer Anke Huber	3 6	3 6
2	Wayne Ferreira Tommy Haas	6 4	3 6	6 1
3	Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira Anke Huber / Tommy Haas	6 2	6 2

France vs. United States

France
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

United States
0

		1	2
1	Mary Pierce Chanda Rubin	6 0	6 3
2	Cédric Pioline Jonathan Stark	6 4	6 3
3	Mary Pierce / Cédric Pioline Chanda Rubin / Jonathan Stark	6 4	7⁷ 6³

United States vs. Germany

United States
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Germany
1

		1	2	3
1	Chanda Rubin Anke Huber	3 6	1 6
2	Jonathan Stark Tommy Haas	7⁷ 6⁴	6³ 7⁷	6 4
3	Chanda Rubin / Jonathan Stark Anke Huber / Tommy Haas	6 3	6 4

France vs. South Africa

France
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia^[2]
1998
Hard (indoors)

South Africa
0

		1	2
1	Mary Pierce Amanda Coetzer	6 3	6 3
2	Cédric Pioline Wayne Ferreira	7⁸ 6⁶	6 3
3	Mary Pierce / Cédric Pioline Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira	6 4	7⁷ 6⁴

Final

Slovakia
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia^[3]
10 January 1998
Hard (indoors)

France
1

		1	2
1	Karina Habšudová Mary Pierce	4 6	5 7
2	Karol Kučera Cédric Pioline	7⁹ 6⁷	6 4
3	Karina Habšudová / Karol Kučera Mary Pierce / Cédric Pioline	6 3	6 4

1998 Hopman Cup Champions
Slovakia First title

References

1 2 3 "Hopman Cup 1998 (X)". Hopman Cup. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ "Plus: Tennis -- Hopman Cup; France to Meet Slovakia in Final". New York Times. 10 January 1998. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ Carkeek, Tom (11 January 1998). "Slovakia Rules Hopman Cup". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

External links

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Harry Hopman Structure

1998 in tennis

Grand Slam

Tours

Men	ATP Tour ATP Tour World Championships Super 9

Women	WTA Tour Tour Championships Tier I Series

National teams

Other events

Asian Games

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