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Hopman Cup 17 1 January 2005 - 8 January 2005 - winner Slovak Republic
The Hopman Cup is a annual tennis tournament held in Perth Western Australia between in late December and/or early January each year.
Championship Details
The championship:
- is named after Harry Hopman (1906-1985), an Australian tennis player and coach including the Davis Cup team;
- has been attended each year by Mrs Lucy Hopman, wife of Harry Hopman, who travels from the U.S.A.;
- is for mixed teams from 8 nations, consisting of one female and one male player, who play;
- male and female singles matches;
- a mixed doubles match;
- is decided on points between two groups of teams, with a final;
- is counted for world Tennis rankings;
- uses an indoor, hardcourt venue - the Burswood Dome at Burswood Casino;
- was inaugurated in 1988-1989;
- is a sanctioned event in the calendar of the International Tennis Federation (ITF);
- is ranked in tennis circles alongside the Davis Cup for men and the Fed Cup for women;
- is considered by players to be a lead-up to the Australian Open;
- tournament director is former player Paul McNamee ;
- is broadcast on television by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (host broadcaster) and Fox TV Sports, Dubai Sports (Middle East), BSkyB (Britain), ESPN-Star Sports (Asia), SporTV (Brazil), Tennis Channel (U.S.A.), NTV Plus (Russia);
Prize
The winning team receives a silver cup perpetual trophy. Team members are presented with distinctive trophies in the shape of a tennis ball encrusted with diamonds from Argyle Diamonds in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Winning Teams
1 28 December 1988 ? 1 January 1989
Czechoslovakia - Miloslav Mecir & Helena Sukova
2 26 December 1989 ? 1 January 1990
Spain - Emilio Sanchez & Arantxa Sáanchez Vicario
2 27 December 1990 ? 4 January 1991
Yugoslavia - Goran Prpic & Monica Seles
4 27 December 1991 ? 3 January 1992
Switzerland - Jakob Hlasek & Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere
5 2 January 1993 ? 8 January 1993
Germany - Michael Stich & Steffi Graf
6 31 December 1993 ? 7 January 1994
Czech Republic - Petr Korda & Jana Novotna
7 31 December 1994 ? 7 January 1995
Germany Boris Becker & Anke Huber
8 31 December 1995 ? 6 January 1996
Croatia - Goran Ivanisevic & Iva Majoli
9 28 December 1996 ? 4 January 1997
U.S.A. - Justin Gimelstob & Chanda Rubin
10 4 January 1998 ? 10 January 1998
Slovak Republic - Karol Kucera & Karina Hadsudova
11 2 January 1999 ? 9 January 1999
Australia - Mark Philippoussis & Jelena Dokic
12 1 January 2000 ? 8 January 2000
South Africa - Wayne Ferreira & Amanda Coetzer
13 30 December 2000 ? 6 January 2001
Switzerland - Roger Federer & Martina Hingis
14 29 December 2001 ? 5 January 2002
Spain - Tommy Robredo & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
15 28 December 2002 ? 4 January 2003
U.S.A. - James Blake & Serena Williams
16 3 January 2004 ? 10 January 2004
U.S.A. - James Blake & Lindsay Davenport
17 1 January 2005 - 8 January 2005 won by
Slovak Republic - Daniela Hantuchova & Dominik Hrbaty
Teams for Hopman Cup 17 - January 2005
See also
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