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
Czech Republic at the Hopman Cup Czech Republic at the Hopman Cup The Czech Republic is a nation that has competed at the Hopman Cup tournament on ten occasions, first competing at the 5th Hopman Cup in 1993. They have won the title on two occasions: in 1994 and in 2012. Before its dissolution, the Czech Republic used to form part of Czechoslovakia which competed at the first four Hopman Cups, from 1989 until 1992. This is a list of players who have played for the Czech Republic in the Hopman Cup. In 2012, in the round robin tie against Denmark and in the final against