The Hopman Cup XXXI was the 31st edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis and the final edition that took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.
On 26 June 2018, the defending Swiss team of Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic and 2018 finalist German team of Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber were announced as the first teams for the 2019 tournament. On 15 August 2018, the teams of Greece and Spain were announced.
For the first time in history, Roger Federer and Serena Williams faced each other in a competitive event. Federer came out victorious alongside Bencic in the mixed doubles rubber. This match also attracted a Perth Arena record tennis crowd of 14,064, which was the highest attendance for a tennis match in Western Australian history.
Switzerland successfully defended their title, beating Germany in a repeat of the previous year's final. This was Federer's 3rd Hopman Cup title, the most by any player, male or female.
Entrants Seeds The draw took place on 3 October 2018 and it placed the 8 teams into two groups, according to the following ranking-based seedings: Seed Team Female player WTA1 Male player ATP1Total Elimination1 Angelique Kerber2Alexander Zverev57Runner-up2Belinda Bencic41Roger Federer243Champions3Alizé Cornet39Lucas Pouille1958Round robin4 Serena Williams17Frances Tiafoe4158Round robin5Maria Sakkari43Stefanos Tsitsipas1558Round robin6Ashleigh Barty19Matthew Ebden4867Round robin7Garbiñe Muguruza15David Ferrer147162Round robin8Katie Boulter109Cameron Norrie78187Round robin1 –
Alternated In-tournament partial replacement (in doubles matches only)TeamInForReason Whitney OsuigweGarbiñe MuguruzaInjury
Group stage
Group A
Standings GermanyFranceAustraliaSpainRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings12–12–13–03–07–214–8108–88131–21–21–20–33–610–1292–106461–22–12–12–15–410–1091–88270–3 2–11–21–23–69–1394–1033
All times are local (UTC+8).
Australia vs. France
Germany vs. Spain
France vs. Germany
Australia vs. Spain
Spain vs. France
American Whitney Osuigwe played instead of Garbiñe Muguruza due to her withdrawal due to injury. Scores counted as a 4–0, 4–0 win for the French mixed pair.
Australia vs. Germany
Group B
Standings SwitzerlandGreeceUnited StatesGreat BritainRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings21−22−13–02–16–314–697–74141−2 1–21−20–33–69–1386–99452−12–11–22–15–411–12105−96280–32–12−12–14–59–1277–963
All times are local (UTC+8).
Great Britain vs. Greece
Great Britain vs. Switzerland
United States vs. Greece
United States vs. Switzerland
Great Britain vs. United States
Greece vs. Switzerland
Final Germany vs. Switzerland
Note: the championship was defined in a deciding point.
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