Hopman Cup Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an annual international eight-team indoor hardcourt tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January (sometimes commencing in late December) each year, which plays mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis. The championship is named in honour of Harry Hopman (1906–1985), an Australian tennis player and coach who guided the country to 15 Davis Cup titles between 1938 and 1969. Since the Hopman Cup was founded in 1989, it has been attended each year by Harry Hopman's widow, his second wife Lucy, who travels to the tournament annually from her home in the United
Russia at the Hopman Cup of players who have played for Russia in the Hopman Cup. In the 2007 final against Spain, the mixed doubles dead rubber was not played.<br> CIS at the Hopman Cup<br> Soviet Union 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