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{{Infobox tennis tournament year|2006|Hopman Cup
| date     = 30 December 2005&nbsp;– 6 January 2006
| edition  = XVIII
| surface  = [[Tennis court#Indoor courts|Hard (indoor)]]
| location = [[Perth]], Western Australia
| venue    = [[Burswood Entertainment Complex]]
| champ    = {{hopman|United States}}
}}
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==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Seeds===
#'''{{flagu|United States}}''' – '''[[Lisa Raymond]]''' and '''[[Taylor Dent]]''' ''(champions)''
#{{ARG}} – [[Gisela Dulko]] and [[Gastón Gaudio]]
#{{flagu|Australia}} – [[Samantha Stosur]] and either [[Wayne Arthurs (tennis)|Wayne Arthurs]] or [[Todd Reid]]
#{{flagu|Russia}} – [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] and [[Yuri Schukin]]

{{col-2}}

===Unseeded===
*{{flagu|China}} – [[Peng Shuai]] and [[Sun Peng]]
*{{flagu|Germany}} – [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] and [[Nicolas Kiefer]]
*{{flagu|Netherlands}} – [[Michaëlla Krajicek]] and [[Peter Wessels]] ''(finalists)''
*{{SCG}} – [[Ana Ivanovic]] and [[Novak Djokovic]]
*{{flagu|Sweden}} – [[Sofia Arvidsson]] and [[Thomas Johansson]]
{{col-end}}

==Play-off==

===Netherlands vs. China===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Netherlands
|team2=China
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michaëlla Krajicek]] |3 |6 |3  |T2P1=[[Peng Shuai]] |6 |4 |6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Peter Wessels]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Sun Peng]] |2 |2 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michaëlla Krajicek]] |T1P2=[[Peter Wessels]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Peng Shuai]] |T2P2=[[Sun Peng]] |4 |4 | }}
}}

==Group A==

===Standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|Pos.
!width=165|Country
!width=40|W
!width=40|L
!width=80|Matches
!width=80|Sets
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1.
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagu|United States}}
| '''2'''
| 1
| 5 – 4
| 12 – 8
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
| 2.
| style="text-align:left;"|{{SCG}}
| '''2'''
| 1
| 5 – 4
| 10 – 8
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
| 3.
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagu|Sweden}}
| '''1'''
| 2
| 4 – 5
| 8 – 12
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
| 4.
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagu|Russia}}
| '''1'''
| 2
| 4 – 5
| 8 – 10
|-
|}

===United States vs. Serbia and Montenegro===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=United States
|team2=Serbia and Montenegro
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lisa Raymond]] |2 |4 |  |T2P1=[[Ana Ivanovic]] |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Taylor Dent]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Novak Djokovic]] |1 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lisa Raymond]] |T1P2=[[Taylor Dent]] |7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Ana Ivanovic]] |T2P2=[[Novak Djokovic]] |6 |2 | }}
}}

===Serbia and Montenegro vs. Sweden===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Serbia and Montenegro
|team2=Sweden
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Ana Ivanovic]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Sofia Arvidsson]] |3 |1 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Novak Djokovic]] |6.04 |6.03 |  |T2P1=[[Thomas Johansson]] |7 |7 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Ana Ivanovic]] |T1P2=[[Novak Djokovic]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Sofia Arvidsson]] |T2P2=[[Thomas Johansson]] |2 |4 | }}
}}

===United States vs. Russia===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=United States
|team2=Russia
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lisa Raymond]] |4 |1 |  |T2P1=[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Taylor Dent]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Yuri Schukin]] |2 |0 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lisa Raymond]] |T1P2=[[Taylor Dent]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |T2P2=[[Yuri Schukin]] |4 |1 | }}
}}

===Russia vs. Sweden===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Russia
|team2=Sweden
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |7 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Sofia Arvidsson]] |6.03 |4 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Yuri Schukin]] |6.07 |6.04 |  |T2P1=[[Thomas Johansson]] |7 |7 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |T1P2=[[Yuri Schukin]] |7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Sofia Arvidsson]] |T2P2=[[Thomas Johansson]] |5 |3 | }}
}}

===Serbia and Montenegro vs. Russia===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Serbia and Montenegro
|team2=Russia
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Ana Ivanovic]] |1 |4 |  |T2P1=[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Novak Djokovic]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Yuri Schukin]] |0 |2 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Ana Ivanovic]] |T1P2=[[Novak Djokovic]] |6 |7 | |T2P1=[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |T2P2=[[Yuri Schukin]] |2 |6.04 | }}
}}

===Sweden vs. United States===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Sweden
|team2=United States
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Sofia Arvidsson]] |2 |6 |6  |T2P1=[[Lisa Raymond]] |6 |2 |4  }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Thomas Johansson]] |7 |2 |6  |T2P1=[[Taylor Dent]] |6.05 |6 |3  }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Sofia Arvidsson]] |T1P2=[[Thomas Johansson]] | | |  |T2P1=[[Lisa Raymond]] |T2P2=[[Taylor Dent]] | | |wo=2  }}
}}

==Group B==

===Standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|Pos.
!width=165|Country
!width=40|W
!width=40|L
!width=80|Matches
!width=80|Sets
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1.
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagu|Netherlands}}
| 3
| 0
| 7 – 2
| 15 – 4
|-
| 2.
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagu|Australia}}
| 1
| 2
| 4 – 5
| 9 – 11
|-
| 3.
| style="text-align:left;"|{{ARG}}
| 1
| 2
| 4 – 5
| 9 – 11
|-
| 4.
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Germany}}
| 1
| 2
| 3 – 6
| 6 – 13
|}

===Germany vs. Australia===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Germany
|team2=Australia
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] |3 |5 |  |T2P1=[[Samantha Stosur]] |6 |7 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Nicolas Kiefer]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Wayne Arthurs (tennis)|Wayne Arthurs]] |3 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] |T1P2=[[Nicolas Kiefer]] |4 |6 |7  |T2P1=[[Samantha Stosur]] |T2P2=[[Wayne Arthurs (tennis)|Wayne Arthurs]] |6 |3 |6.08 }}
}}

===Netherlands vs. Argentina===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Netherlands
|team2=Argentina
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michaëlla Krajicek]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Gisela Dulko]] |4 |2 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Peter Wessels]] |6 |7 |  |T2P1=[[Gastón Gaudio]] |2 |6.05 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michaëlla Krajicek]] |T1P2=[[Peter Wessels]] |6 |3 |6.05 |T2P1=[[Gisela Dulko]] |T2P2=[[Gastón Gaudio]] |4 |6 |7 }}
}}

===Netherlands vs. Australia===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Netherlands
|team2=Australia
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michaëlla Krajicek]] |6.08 |4 |  |T2P1=[[Samantha Stosur]] |7 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Peter Wessels]] |7 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Todd Reid]] |5 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michaëlla Krajicek]] |T1P2=[[Peter Wessels]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Samantha Stosur]] |T2P2=[[Todd Reid]] |4 |2 | }}
}}

===Argentina vs. Germany===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Argentina
|team2=Germany
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Gisela Dulko]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] |1 |0 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Gastón Gaudio]] |3 |3 |  |T2P1=[[Nicolas Kiefer]] |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Gisela Dulko]] |T1P2=[[Gastón Gaudio]] |7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] |T2P2=[[Nicolas Kiefer]] |5 |0 | }}
}}

===Australia vs. Argentina===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Australia
|team2=Argentina
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Samantha Stosur]] |7 |6.03 |6  |T2P1=[[Gisela Dulko]] |5 |7 |3 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Todd Reid]] |0 |3 |  |T2P1=[[Gastón Gaudio]] |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Samantha Stosur]] |T1P2=[[Todd Reid]] |7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Gisela Dulko]] |T2P2=[[Gastón Gaudio]] |5 |3 | }}
}}

===Netherlands vs. Germany===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=Netherlands
|team2=Germany
|venue=
|date=
|surface=
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michaëlla Krajicek]] |6 |7 |  |T2P1=[[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] |4 |6.05 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Peter Wessels]] | | |  |T2P1=[[Nicolas Kiefer]] | | |wo=1 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michaëlla Krajicek]] |T1P2=[[Peter Wessels]] | | | |T2P1=[[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] |T2P2=[[Nicolas Kiefer]] | | |wo=1 }}
}}

==Final==

===United States vs. Netherlands===
{{HopmanCupbox
|team1=United States
|team2=Netherlands
|venue=[[Burswood Entertainment Complex]], [[Perth]]
|date=6 January 2006
|surface=Hard (indoors)
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lisa Raymond]] |4 |6.04 |  |T2P1=[[Michaëlla Krajicek]] |6 |7 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Taylor Dent]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Peter Wessels]] |1 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lisa Raymond]] |T1P2=[[Taylor Dent]] |4 |6 |7 |T2P1=[[Michaëlla Krajicek]] |T2P2=[[Peter Wessels]] |6 |2 |6.04 }}
}}

{{winners-other|2006 Hopman Cup Champions|United States|United States|Fourth}}

==External links==
*{{Hopman Cup year|edition=2006-xviii}}
*[http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=15737 ITF 2006 Hopman Cup Preview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929145836/http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=15737 |date=29 September 2007 }}
*[http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=16139 2006 Hopman Cup Article from the ITF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122358/http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=16139 |date=29 September 2007 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071209203328/http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200601/s1543213.htm Match Article from ABC]
*[http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=16139 ITF review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122358/http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=16139 |date=29 September 2007 }}

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