HOPMAN CUP X Perth, Australia Jan. 3-10, 1998 Men+Women's Team Exhibition 8 Teams - $587,880 Surface: Hard The Teams: Group A: Spain(1): Carlos Moya and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Australia(4): Pat Rafter and Annabel Ellwood Sweden: Thomas Enqvist and Asa Carlsson Slovak Republic: Karol Kucera and Karina Habsudova Romania were eliminated during the playoff against the Slovak Republic Romania: Dinu Pescariu and Irina Spirlea Group B: France(2): Cedric Pioline and Mary Pierce South Africa(3): Wayne Ferreira and Amanda Coetzer U.S.A.: Jonathan Stark and Chanda Rubin Germany: Tommy Haas and Anke Huber Playoff: Slovak Republic 2, Romania 1 Karina Habsudova, Slovak Republic def. Irina Spirlea, Romania, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Karol Kucera, Slovak Republic def. Dinu Pescariu, Romania, 6-1, 6-2 Pescariu and Sprilea, Romania def. Kucera and Habsudova, Slovak Republic, 6-4, 4-6, 8-6 (tiebreak) Round Robin Australia 3, Sweden 0 Annabel Ellwood, Australia def. Asa Carlsson, Sweden, 6-4, 6-4 Patrick Rafter, Australia def. Thomas Enqvist, Sweden, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 Patrick Rafter and Annabel Ellwood, Australia def. Thomas Enqvist and Asa Carlsson, Sweden, 6-2, 6-4 Spain 2, Slovak Republic 1 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain, def. Karina Habsudova, Slovak Republic, 6-2, 6-3. Karol Kucera, Slovak Republic, def. Carlos Moya, Spain, 7-5, 6-4. Moya and Sanchez Vicario, Spain, def. Kucera and Habsudova, Slovak Republic, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1. South Africa 2, United States 1 Chanda Rubin, USA, def. Amanda Coetzer, South Africa, 6-4, 6-3. Wayne Ferreira, South Africa, def. Jonathan Stark, USA, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Ferreira and Coetzer, South Africa, def. Stark and Rubin, USA, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. France 3, Germany 0 Mary Pierce, France, def. Anke Huber, Germany, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Cedric Pioline, France, def. Tommy Haas, Germany, 6-4, 6-4. Pioline and Pierce def. Huber and Haas 2-6, 6-3, 7-3 (Tiebreak only for third set). Slovak Repbulic 3, Sweden 0 Karina Habsudova, Slovak Republic, def. Asa Carlsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-3. Karol Kucera, Slovak Republic, def. Thomas Enqvist, Sweden, 6-4, 6-4. Habsudova and Kucera, Slovak Republic, def. Carlsson and Enqvist, Sweden, 7-5, 6-3. Australia 2, Spain 1 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain def. Annabel Ellwood, Australia, 6-2, 6-4 Patrick Rafter, Austrlia def. Carlos Moya, Spain, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 Patrick Rafter and Annabel Ellwood, Australia def. Carlos Moya and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain, 7-5, 6-2 South Africa 2, Germany 1 Anke Huber, Germany, def. Amanda Coetzer, South Africa, 6-3, 6-3 Wayne Ferreira, South Africa, def. Tommy Haas, Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Ferreira and Coetzer def. Haas and Huber 6-2, 6-2 France 3, United States 0 Mary Pierce, France, def. Chanda Rubin, United States, 6-0, 6-3 Cedric Pioline, France, def. Jonathan Stark, United States, 6-4, 6-3 Pioline and Pierce def. Stark and Rubin 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) Slovak Republic 2, Australia 1 Karina Habsudova, Slovak Republic, def. Annabel Ellwood, Australia, 6-3, 6-3 Pat Rafter, Australia, def. Karol Kucera, Slovak Republic, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 7-6 (7-3) Kucera and Habsudova, Slovak Republic, def. Rafter and Ellwood, Australia, 7-5, 6-2 Spain 2, Sweden 1 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain, def. Asa Carlsson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-2 Thomas Enqvist, Sweden, def. Carlos Moya, Spain, 6-4, 6-1 Moya and Sanchez Vicario def. Enqvist and Carlsson 6-3, 6-4 France 3, South Africa 0 Mary Pierce, France, def. Amanda Coetzer, South Africa, 6-3, 6-3 Cedric Pioline, France, def. Wayne Ferreira, South Africa, 7-6, 6-3 Cedric Pioline and Mary Pierce, France, def. Wayne Ferreira and Amanda Coetzer, South Africa, 6-4, 7-6 United States 2, Germany 1 Anke Huber, Germany, def. Chanda Rubin, United States, 6-3, 6-1 Jonathan Stark, United States, def. Tommy Haas, Germany, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 Jonathan Stark and Chanda Rubin, United States, def. Tommy Haas and Anke Huber, Germany, 6-3, 6-4 Standings after round robin: Group A W L Group B W L *Slovak Republic 2 1 *France 3 0 Spain 2 1 South Africa 2 1 Australia 2 1 USA 1 2 Sweden 0 3 Germany 0 3 *Wins group and advanced to final ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finals Slovakia 2, France 1 Mary Pierce, France def. Karina Habsudova, Slovak Republic, 6-4, 7-5 Karol Kucera, Slovak Republic def. Cedric Pioline, France, 7-6, 6-4 Karol Kucera and Karina Habsudova, Slovak Republic def. Cedric Pioline and Mary Pierce, France, 6-3, 6-4