Edition XXVII Location Perth, Australia | Surface Hard indoor Venue Perth Arena | |
Date 4 January - 10 January 2015 | ||
The Hopman Cup XXVII was the 27th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on the 4th of January 2015 at the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia.
Contents
Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group advanced to the Final.
France were the 2014 champions. In that tournament's final the French team of Alizé Cornet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Poland 2–1, but they failed to defend their title. Agnieszka Radwańska recorded an impressive win over Serena Williams in the final, ultimately carrying the Polish team to their first Hopman Cup title with a 2–1 victory over the United States.
Seeds
On 1 October, the full line-up for the event was announced.
Group A
All times are local (UTC+8).
Czech Republic vs. Italy
Fabio Fognini was unable to participate in the mixed doubles rubber, Czech was awarded a 6–0, 6–0 win. However, a match was still played in which the score was 8-6 to Czech republic (see above).
Group B
All times are local (UTC+8).
Australia vs. Poland
Matthew Ebden was unable to participate in the mixed doubles rubber, Poland was awarded a 6–0, 6–0 win. However a match was still played in which the score was 8-6 to Poland (see above).
France vs. Poland
Since Poland had already won the group and clinched a berth in the Final with their win in the men's singles match, the mixed doubles rubber comprised just a single tiebreak set by agreement between the teams (see above). Poland retired after first set.