Nell Hall Hopman Lesley Turner Bowrey, and Mary Carter Reitano. Although the tour was a financial success, Hopman was accused of overworking and underfeeding her players and forcing them to stay in inadequate hotels. As a result, Court refused to participate in the 1962 overseas tour led by Hopman. Hopman was employed by the United States Lawn Tennis Association and the Southern California Tennis Association from 1952 through 1954 to be the travelling companion and chaperon of Connolly. In 1962, she persuaded the International Tennis Federation to begin sponsoring the Federation Cup, now known as the Fed Cup, an international team event for
Russia at the Hopman Cup Russia at the Hopman Cup Russia is a nation that has competed at the Hopman Cup tournament on seven occasions, their first appearance coming at the 13th annual staging of the event in 2001. They have won the tournament on one occasion, in 2007, and were the runners up two years later in 2009. Before its dissolution, Russia used to form part of the Soviet Union which also competed at the Hopman Cup on two occasions in the early 1990s. Additionally, Russia is a member of the CIS which entered a team into the 1992 event. This is a list