1997 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup IX corresponds to the ninth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament was played between 29 December 1996 and 4 January 1997 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia.

1997 Hopman Cup
Date	29 December 1996 – 4 January 1997
Edition	IX
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Perth, Western Australia
Venue	Burswood Entertainment Complex
Champions
United States

Eight teams competed for the title. Croatia were the 1996 champions^[1] but they lost in the group stage. The United States took the title after beating South Africa in the final.
This was the first year that the tournament was sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation.

Seedings

1.  Croatia – Goran Ivanišević / Iva Majoli
2.   Switzerland – Marc Rosset / Martina Hingis
3.  South Africa – Wayne Ferreira / Amanda Coetzer
4.  France – Guy Forget / Mary Pierce

Group A

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1	United States	3	0	6-3	13-10
2	Croatia	2	1	6-3	6-7
3	Australia	1	2	4-5	9-11
4	France	0	3	2-7	5-11

Australia vs. Croatia

Australia 1	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors)		Croatia 2
1 2 3 1 Nicole Bradtke Iva Majoli 4 6 3 6     2 Mark Philippoussis Goran Ivanišević 6 2 6 3     3 Nicole Bradtke / Mark Philippoussis Iva Majoli / Goran Ivanišević 5 7 5 7

France vs. United States

France 1	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors)		United States 2
1 2 3 1 Mary Pierce Chanda Rubin 4 6 1 6     2 Guy Forget Justin Gimelstob 2 6 6 3 6 3   3 Mary Pierce / Guy Forget Chanda Rubin / Justin Gimelstob 6 3 3 6 2 6

Australia vs. France

Australia 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors)		France 1
1 2 3 1 Nicole Bradtke Mary Pierce 66 78 1 6     2 Mark Philippoussis Guy Forget 77 61 6 2     3 Nicole Bradtke / Mark Philippoussis Mary Pierce / Guy Forget 710 68 77 65

Croatia vs. United States

Croatia 1	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)		United States 2
1 2 3 1 Iva Majoli Chanda Rubin 3 6 6 3 64 77   2 Goran Ivanišević Justin Gimelstob 77 65 4 6 7 5   3 Iva Majoli / Goran Ivanišević Chanda Rubin / Justin Gimelstob 6 3 3 6 68 710

Australia vs. United States

Australia 1	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)		United States 2
1 2 3 1 Nicole Bradtke Chanda Rubin 5 7 0 6     2 Mark Philippoussis Justin Gimelstob 65 77 6 4 65 77   3 Nicole Bradtke / Mark Philippoussis Chanda Rubin / Justin Gimelstob 6 3 7 5

Croatia vs. France

Croatia 3	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)		France 0
1 2 3 1 Iva Majoli Mary Pierce 6 3 6 4     2 Goran Ivanišević Guy Forget       w/o   3 Iva Majoli / Goran Ivanišević Mary Pierce / Guy Forget       w/o

Group B

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1	South Africa	3	0	7-2	13-10
2	Switzerland	2	1	6-3	6-7
3	Romania	1	2	5-4	9-9
4	Germany	0	3	0-9	1-18

Romania vs. Switzerland

Romania 1	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors)		Switzerland 2
1 2 3 1 Irina Spîrlea Martina Hingis 5 7 2 6     2 Adrian Voinea Marc Rosset       w/o   3 Irina Spîrlea / Adrian Voinea Martina Hingis / Marc Rosset 6 3 5 7 3 6

Germany vs. South Africa

Germany 0	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors)		South Africa 3
1 2 3 1 Petra Begerow Amanda Coetzer 0 6 5 7     2 Bernd Karbacher Wayne Ferreira 4 6 4 6     3 Petra Begerow / Bernd Karbacher Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira 3 6 4 6

South Africa vs. Switzerland

South Africa 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors)		Switzerland 1
1 2 3 1 Amanda Coetzer Martina Hingis 1 6 2 6     2 Wayne Ferreira Marc Rosset 6 0 2 0     retired 3 Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira Martina Hingis / Marc Rosset       w/o

Germany vs. Romania

Germany 0	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 2 January 2010, 10:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors)		Romania 3
1 2 3 1 Petra Begerow Irina Spîrlea 1 6 3 6     2 Bernd Karbacher Adrian Voinea 6 2 65 77 2 6   3 Petra Begerow / Bernd Karbacher Irina Spîrlea / Adrian Voinea 1 6 1 6

Romania vs. South Africa

Romania 1	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors)		South Africa 2
1 2 3 1 Irina Spîrlea Amanda Coetzer 5 7 6 4 6 1   2 Adrian Voinea Wayne Ferreira 69 711 65 77     3 Irina Spîrlea / Adrian Voinea Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira 6 4 1 6 4 6

Germany vs. Switzerland

Germany 0	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth hard (indoors)		Switzerland 3
1 2 3 1 Petra Begerow Martina Hingis 1 6 1 6     2 Bernd Karbacher Marc Rosset 64 77 65 77     3 Petra Begerow / Bernd Karbacher Martina Hingis / Marc Rosset 5 7 1 6

Final

United States 2	Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Australia 4 January 1997 Indoor Hard		South Africa 1
1 2 3 1 Chanda Rubin Amanda Coetzer 7 5 6 2     2 Justin Gimelstob Wayne Ferreira 4 6 6 7     3 Justin Gimelstob / Chanda Rubin Wayne Ferreira / Amanda Coetzer 3 6 6 2 7 5

1997 Hopman Cup Champions
United States First title