2008 Hopman Cup

2008 Hopman Cup
Date	29 December 2007 – 4 January 2008
Edition	XX
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Perth, Australia
Venue	Burswood Entertainment Complex
Champions
United States

The 2008 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the twentieth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. Eight teams participated in the World Group with one qualifier from the Asian region, Chinese Taipei.

The first matches were held on 29 December 2007, and the final took place on 4 January 2008 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth.

Teams and seedings

United States – Serena Williams¹(6) and Mardy Fish (39) (Champions)
Serbia – Jelena Janković (3) and Novak Djokovic (3) (Finalists)
Czech Republic – Lucie Šafářová (23) and Tomáš Berdych (14)
France – Tatiana Golovin (13) and Arnaud Clément (54)

Argentina – Gisela Dulko (37) and Juan Ignacio Chela (20)
Australia – Alicia Molik (56) and Peter Luczak (79)
India – Sania Mirza (31) and Rohan Bopanna (267)
Chinese Taipei – Hsieh Su-wei (157) and Lu Yen-hsun (110)

¹Due to illness Serena Williams was unable to play the USA's opening tie against India. She was replaced by Meghann Shaughnessy.

Group A

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1.	Serbia	3	0	7 – 2	15 – 8
2.	France	2	1	6 – 3	13 – 7
3.	Chinese Taipei	1	2	3 – 6	9 – 14
4.	Argentina	0	3	2 – 7	7 – 15

Serbia vs. Chinese Taipei

Serbia
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
30 December 2007, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

Chinese Taipei
0

		1	2	3
1	Jelena Janković Hsieh Su-wei	6 4	6 4
2	Novak Djokovic Lu Yen-hsun	7 5	2 6	6 3
3	Jelena Janković / Novak Djokovic Hsieh Su-wei / Lu Yen-hsun	3 6	6 2	7¹¹ 6⁹

France vs. Argentina

France
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
30 December 2007, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

Argentina
1

		1	2
1	Tatiana Golovin Gisela Dulko	6 4	6 3
2	Arnaud Clément Juan Ignacio Chela	3 6	1 6
3	Tatiana Golovin / Arnaud Clément Gisela Dulko / Juan Ignacio Chela	6 3	6 2

Serbia vs. France

Serbia
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
2 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

France
1

		1	2	3
1	Jelena Janković Tatiana Golovin	1 0			retired
2	Novak Djokovic Arnaud Clément	6 3	6 3
3	Jelena Janković / Novak Djokovic Tatiana Golovin / Arnaud Clément	5 7	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵

Argentina vs. Chinese Taipei

Argentina
0

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
2 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

Chinese Taipei
3

		1	2	3
1	Gisela Dulko Hsieh Su-wei	6 3	6² 7⁷	5 7
2	Juan Ignacio Chela Lu Yen-hsun	3 6	4 6
3	Gisela Dulko / Juan Ignacio Chela Hsieh Su-wei / Lu Yen-hsun	6 3	4 6	6⁴ 7¹⁰

Serbia vs. Argentina

Serbia
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
3 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

Argentina
1

		1	2	3
1	Jelena Janković Gisela Dulko	7¹² 6¹⁰			retired
2	Novak Djokovic Juan Ignacio Chela	6 2	6 3
3	Jelena Janković / Novak Djokovic Gisela Dulko / Juan Ignacio Chela	6 1	3 6	7⁷ 6⁵

France vs. Chinese Taipei

France
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
3 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

Chinese Taipei
0

		1	2	3
1	Tatiana Golovin Hsieh Su-wei	6 1	6 1
2	Arnaud Clément Lu Yen-hsun	7⁷ 6⁴	6 4
3	Tatiana Golovin / Arnaud Clément Hsieh Su-wei / Lu Yen-hsun	6 4	4 6	7⁸ 6⁶

Group B

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1.	United States	3	0	8 – 1	16 – 4
2.	India	1	2	4 – 5	10 – 12
3.	Australia	1	2	3 – 6	8 – 12
4.	Czech Republic	1	2	3 – 6	7 – 13

United States vs. India

United States
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
29 December 2007, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

India
1

		1	2	3
1	Meghann Shaughnessy Sania Mirza	6 3	4 6	6 3
2	Mardy Fish Rohan Bopanna	6 2	6 4
3	Meghann Shaughnessy / Mardy Fish Sania Mirza / Rohan Bopanna	4 6	4 6

Czech Republic vs. Australia

Czech Republic
1

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
29 December 2007, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

Australia
2

		1	2
1	Lucie Šafářová Alicia Molik	5 7	2 6
2	Tomáš Berdych Peter Luczak	7¹⁰ 6⁸	6 4
3	Lucie Šafářová / Tomáš Berdych Alicia Molik / Peter Luczak	5 7	3 6

United States vs. Czech Republic

United States
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
31 December 2007, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

Czech Republic
0

		1	2	3
1	Serena Williams Lucie Šafářová	6 0	2 6	7 5
2	Serena Williams / Mardy Fish Lucie Šafářová / Tomáš Berdych	6 0			retired
3	Mardy Fish Tomáš Berdych				w/o

Australia vs. India

Australia
1

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
1 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

India
2

		1	2	3
1	Alicia Molik Sania Mirza	2 6	6 2	4 6
2	Peter Luczak Rohan Bopanna	7 6	6 3
3	Alicia Molik / Peter Luczak Sania Mirza / Rohan Bopanna	2 6	6 4	6¹² 7¹⁴

United States vs. Australia

United States
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
3 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

Australia
0

		1	2
1	Serena Williams Alicia Molik	6 2	7¹⁰ 6⁸
2	Mardy Fish Peter Luczak	7⁷ 6⁵	7¹² 6¹⁰
3	Serena Williams / Mardy Fish Alicia Molik / Peter Luczak	6 2	6 3

Czech Republic vs. India

Czech Republic
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
3 January 2008, 10:30 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

India
1

		1	2	3
1	Lucie Šafářová Sania Mirza	6 2	4 6	6 3
2	Tomáš Berdych Rohan Bopanna	6 4	6 0
3	Lucie Šafářová / Tomáš Berdych Sania Mirza / Rohan Bopanna	3 6	2 6

Final

Serbia vs. United States

Serbia
1

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
4 January 2008, 18:00 AWST (UTC+9)
hard (indoors)

United States
2

		1	2	3
1	Jelena Janković Serena Williams				w/o
2	Novak Djokovic Mardy Fish	6 2	6⁴ 7⁷	7⁷ 6⁴
3	Jelena Janković / Novak Djokovic Serena Williams / Mardy Fish	6⁵ 7⁷	2 6

2008 Hopman Cup Champions
United States Fifth title

External links

2008 Hopman Cup at Hopman Cup

Hopman Cup

Current champions (2016): Australia

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2016 teams	Australia (2 teams) Czech Republic France Germany Great Britain United States Ukraine

Past teams	Argentina Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada China Chinese Taipei CIS Croatia Czechoslovakia Denmark Greece Hungary India Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands New Zealand Paraguay Poland Romania Russia Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia South Africa Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Uzbekistan Yugoslavia Zimbabwe

Venues	Burswood Dome (1989–2012) Perth Arena (2013–present)

Harry Hopman Structure

2008 in tennis

Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open

Tours	Men: ATP Tour (Tennis Masters Cup, ATP Masters Series) Challenger Series Women: WTA Tour (Tour Championships, Tier I Series) ITF Circuit Olympics

National teams	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup

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