1998 Hopman Cup

Tennis tournament

1998 Hopman Cup

Date

4 January – 10 January 1998

Edition

X^[1]

Surface

Hard (indoor)

Location

Perth, Western Australia

Venue

Burswood Entertainment Complex

Champions

Slovakia

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The Hopman Cup X (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 4 January 1998 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Burswood, Western Australia.

Entrants

Group stage teams

Seed	Team^[1]	Female player	Male player
1	Slovakia	Karina Habšudová	Karol Kučera
2	Australia	Annabel Ellwood	Patrick Rafter
3	Sweden	Åsa Carlsson	Thomas Enqvist
4	South Africa	Amanda Coetzer	Wayne Ferreira
5	France	Mary Pierce	Cédric Pioline
6	United States	Chanda Rubin	Jonathan Stark
7	Germany	Anke Huber	Tommy Haas
7	Spain	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Carlos Moyá

Play-off teams

Seed	Team^[1]	Female player	Male player
1	Romania	Irina Spîrlea	Dinu Pescariu
2	Slovakia	Karina Habšudová	Karol Kučera

Play-off round

Slovakia
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Romania
1

		1	2	3
1	Karina Habšudová Irina Spîrlea	3 6	6 4	6 2
2	Karol Kučera Dinu Pescariu	6 1	6 2
3	Karina Habšudová / Karol Kučera Irina Spîrlea / Dinu Pescariu	4 6	6 4	6 8

Group stage

Group A

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1	Slovakia	2	1	6–3	14–5
2	Australia	2	1	6–3	11–10
3	Spain	2	1	5–4	11–8
4	Sweden	0	3	1–8	3–16

Australia vs. Sweden

Australia
3

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1998
Hard (indoors)

Sweden
0

		1	2	3
1	Annabel Ellwood Åsa Carlsson	6 4	6 2
2	Patrick Rafter Thomas Enqvist	6 3	1 6	7 5
3	Annabel Ellwood / Patrick Rafter Åsa Carlsson / Thomas Enqvist	6 2	6 4

Spain vs. Slovakia

Spain
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Slovakia
1

		1	2
1	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Karina Habšudová	6 2	6 3
2	Carlos Moyá Karol Kučera	5 7	4 6
3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Carlos Moyá Karina Habšudová / Karol Kučera	7⁷ 6³	6 1

Slovakia vs. Sweden

Slovakia
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Sweden
0

		1	2
1	Karina Habšudová Åsa Carlsson	6 3	6 3
2	Karol Kučera Thomas Enqvist	6 4	6 4
3	Karina Habšudová / Karol Kučera Åsa Carlsson / Thomas Enqvist	7 5	6 3

Australia vs. Spain

Australia
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Spain
1

		1	2	3
1	Annabel Ellwood Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2 6	2 6
2	Patrick Rafter Carlos Moyá	7 5	1 6	7⁸ 6⁶
3	Annabel Ellwood / Patrick Rafter Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Carlos Moyá	7 5	6 2

Spain vs. Sweden

Spain
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Sweden
1

		1	2
1	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Åsa Carlsson	6 2	6 2
2	Carlos Moyá Thomas Enqvist	4 6	1 6
3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Carlos Moyá Åsa Carlsson / Thomas Enqvist	6 3	6 4

Slovakia vs. Australia

Slovakia
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Australia
1

		1	2	3
1	Karina Habšudová Annabel Ellwood	6 3	6 3
2	Karol Kučera Patrick Rafter	6³ 7⁷	6 3	6³ 7⁷
3	Karina Habšudová / Karol Kučera Annabel Ellwood / Patrick Rafter	7 5	6 2

Group B

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1	France	3	0	9–0	18–3
2	South Africa	2	1	4–5	8–13
3	United States	1	2	3–6	6–13
4	Germany	0	3	2–7	8–14

South Africa vs. United States

South Africa
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

United States
1

		1	2	3
1	Amanda Coetzer Chanda Rubin	4 6	3 6
2	Wayne Ferreira Jonathan Stark	3 6	6 3	6 4
3	Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira Chanda Rubin / Jonathan Stark	6 2	5 7	6 1

France vs. Germany

France
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Germany
0

		1	2	3
1	Mary Pierce Anke Huber	4 6	6 4	6 3
2	Cédric Pioline Tommy Haas	6 4	6 4
3	Mary Pierce / Cédric Pioline Anke Huber / Tommy Haas	2 6	6 3	7 3

South Africa vs. Germany

South Africa
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Germany
1

		1	2	3
1	Amanda Coetzer Anke Huber	3 6	3 6
2	Wayne Ferreira Tommy Haas	6 4	3 6	6 1
3	Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira Anke Huber / Tommy Haas	6 2	6 2

France vs. United States

France
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

United States
0

		1	2
1	Mary Pierce Chanda Rubin	6 0	6 3
2	Cédric Pioline Jonathan Stark	6 4	6 3
3	Mary Pierce / Cédric Pioline Chanda Rubin / Jonathan Stark	6 4	7⁷ 6³

United States vs. Germany

United States
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia
1998
Hard (indoors)

Germany
1

		1	2	3
1	Chanda Rubin Anke Huber	3 6	1 6
2	Jonathan Stark Tommy Haas	7⁷ 6⁴	6³ 7⁷	6 4
3	Chanda Rubin / Jonathan Stark Anke Huber / Tommy Haas	6 3	6 4

France vs. South Africa

France
3

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia^[2]
1998
Hard (indoors)

South Africa
0

		1	2
1	Mary Pierce Amanda Coetzer	6 3	6 3
2	Cédric Pioline Wayne Ferreira	7⁸ 6⁶	6 3
3	Mary Pierce / Cédric Pioline Amanda Coetzer / Wayne Ferreira	6 4	7⁷ 6⁴

Final

Slovakia
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Burswood, Australia^[3]
10 January 1998
Hard (indoors)

France
1

		1	2
1	Karina Habšudová Mary Pierce	4 6	5 7
2	Karol Kučera Cédric Pioline	7⁹ 6⁷	6 4
3	Karina Habšudová / Karol Kučera Mary Pierce / Cédric Pioline	6 3	6 4

1998 Hopman Cup Champions
Slovakia First title

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Hopman Cup 1998 (X)". Hopman Cup. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
^ "Plus: Tennis -- Hopman Cup; France to Meet Slovakia in Final". The New York Times. 10 January 1998. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
^ Carkeek, Tom (11 January 1998). "Slovakia Rules Hopman Cup". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 January 2015.