2010 Hopman Cup 2010 Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup XXII (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 22nd edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament started on 2 January 2010 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Australia. Eight nations competed. They were formed of one man and one woman from the same nation. The nations were split into two pools of four with the group winners contesting the final. Slovakia were the defending champions but were not invited to participate in 2010, whilst Kazakhstan qualified for the event by
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