2006 Hopman Cup 2006 Hopman Cup The 2006 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the eighteenth Hopman Cup tournament. The champions were Lisa Raymond and Taylor Dent of the United States. The Netherlands qualified and reached the final. Michaëlla Krajicek won her singles match, and Taylor Dent beat Peter Wessels. The mixed doubles competition was won in close sets by Raymond and Dent. The event was held at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth on 30 December 2005 through 6 January 2006. This was the first elite-level tennis tournament in which players could challenge line calls
Japan at the Hopman Cup 2006 and 2007, Japan failed to progress past the round robin stage of the event, thus failing to gain entry into the main tournament in Australia. This is a list of players who have played for Japan in the Hopman Cup. Despite losing the qualification play-off in 2000, the Japanese team replaced the injured Belgium team for the tie against Australia. In this tie, Australian opponent Mark Philippoussis was unable to play either of his matches, thus defaulting two points to Japan. Japan at the Hopman Cup Japan is a nation that has competed at the Hopman Cup tournament on