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2006 Hopman Cup

Field	Value
date	30 December 2005 – 6 January 2006
edition	XVIII
surface	Hard (indoor)
location	Perth, Western Australia
venue	Burswood Entertainment Complex
champ

The 2006 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th Hopman Cup tournament. The champions were Lisa Raymond and Taylor Dent of the United States. The Netherlands qualified and reached the final. Michaëlla Krajicek won her singles match, and Taylor Dent beat Peter Wessels. The mixed doubles competition was won in close sets by Raymond and Dent. The event was held at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth on 30 December 2005 through 6 January 2006. This was the first elite-level tennis tournament in which players could challenge line calls using the Hawk-Eye technology. Players or teams had a limit of two unsuccessful challenges per set.

Teams

Seeds

United States – Lisa Raymond and Taylor Dent (champions)
– Gisela Dulko and Gastón Gaudio
Australia – Samantha Stosur and either Wayne Arthurs or Todd Reid
Russia – Svetlana Kuznetsova and Yuri Schukin

Unseeded

China – Peng Shuai and Sun Peng
Germany – Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Nicolas Kiefer
Netherlands – Michaëlla Krajicek and Peter Wessels (finalists)
– Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic
Sweden – Sofia Arvidsson and Thomas Johansson

Play-off

Netherlands vs. China

Group A

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1.	United States	2	1	5 – 4	12 – 8
2.		2	1	5 – 4	10 – 8
3.	Sweden	1	2	4 – 5	8 – 12
4.	Russia	1	2	4 – 5	8 – 10

United States vs. Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Sweden

United States vs. Russia

Russia vs. Sweden

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Russia

Sweden vs. United States

Group B

Standings

Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1.	Netherlands	3	0	7 – 2	15 – 4
2.	Australia	1	2	4 – 5	9 – 11
3.		1	2	4 – 5	9 – 11
4.	Germany	1	2	3 – 6	6 – 13

Germany vs. Australia

Netherlands vs. Argentina

Netherlands vs. Australia

Argentina vs. Germany

Australia vs. Argentina

Netherlands vs. Germany

Final

United States vs. Netherlands

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