2018 Hopman Cup Australian history. Switzerland defeated Germany in the final to win its third title. The draw took place on the 5th October 2017 and it placed the 8 teams into two groups, according to the following ranking-based seedings: All times are local (UTC+8). All times are local (UTC+8). 2018 Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup XXX (also known as the 2018 Mastercard Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. It took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. France were the defending champions; however they did not
Japan at the Hopman Cup Japan at the Hopman Cup Japan is a nation that has competed at the Hopman Cup tournament on five occasions, the first being at the inaugural annual staging in 1989. Before the introduction of the round robin competition format in 1996, Japan never passed the first round and since its introduction, the nation has never passed the qualification stage of the tournament. Japan also participated in the first two stagings of the now defunct Asian Hopman Cup, a qualifying tournament which ran from 2006 until 2009 and granted the winners entry into the Hopman Cup the following year. In both