Hopman Cup Director is Paul Kilderry after the resignation of Steve Ayles. Previously, the former Australian tennis player Paul McNamee, who played a key role in the founding of the championships, was the tournament director. Up to and including 2012, the venue was the Burswood Dome at the Burswood Entertainment Complex. The 2005/06 Hopman Cup was the first elite-level tennis tournament in which the system was introduced allowing players to challenge point-ending line calls similar to that in clay court tournaments. The challenged calls are immediately reviewed on a large monitor using Hawk-Eye technology. The 20th Hopman Cup, in 2008, was intended
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