Harry Hopman how this proved once again that amateurs were better than the pros." The Hopman Cup is named in his honour. His widow, Lucy Hopman, travels to Perth, Western Australia in January each year for the tournament. Hopman was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in 1978. Tennis great Jack Kramer, who was also a successful promoter of the professional tour, writes in his 1979 autobiography that Hopman "always knew exactly what was going on with all his amateurs. He had no children, no hobbies, and tennis was everything to him. Hopman always said he
Germany at the Hopman Cup Germany at the Hopman Cup Germany is a nation that has competed at fourteen Hopman Cup tournaments and first competed in the inaugural Hopman Cup in 1989 (competing in 1989 under the name West Germany). Germany reached the final for three consecutive years between 1993 and 1995, finishing as the runners-up in 1994 but winning the tournament on the other two occasions. This is a list of players who have played for Germany in the Hopman Cup. In the last tie against Argentina, Tommy Haas strained his thigh muscle during the singles match and was both forced to retire from