Highlights from OKBET Hopman: All-Time Bests and Historic Markers

OKBET APPS | Swiss tennis duo Roger Federer (20 Grand Slam titles) and Belinda Bencic (4 titles) won their second straight Mastercard Hopman Cup yesterday.

In a thrilling winner-take-all mixed-doubles final, they triumphed against the world’s No. 2 Angelique Kerber and No. 4 Alexander Zverev of Germany.

This was the tournament by the statistics after eight days of top-tier tennis play and a record-breaking total attendance of 110,364.

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Playing out on the Court

• The 2019 Mastercard Hopman Cup was won by Switzerland in a victory over Germany.
• To sum it up, Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic prevailed against Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber. 2-1
• Federer and Bencic were the first doubles team in Hopman Cup history to win back-to-back titles, and their victory gave Switzerland its fourth overall and second in a row.
• Federer has now won three consecutive Hopman Cups thanks to this victory.
• New Year’s Day saw the best selfie ever shot, but not before 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams squared off against Roger Federer in mixed doubles as the United States took on Switzerland.
• Ex-No. 3 in the world After retiring from professional tennis, David Ferrer competed in his last Hopman Cup match in Australia. Team Spain’s Garbine Muguruza benefited from his partnership.
• Swiss, German, Australian, American, French, Spanish, Greek, and British delegates all participated in 2019.
• Four Grand Slam singles winners were represented, including No. 2 Angelique Kerber, a three-time winner, No. 3 Roger Federer, a twenty-time winner, and No. 4 Novak Djokovic, a current top-10 player. Two-time Grand Slam winner Garbine Muguruza, 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, and Alexander Zverev
• Eight players, including Garbine Muguruza, Lucas Pouille, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Maria Sakkari, Frances Tiafoe, Cameron Norrie, Katie Boulter, and David Ferrer, competed in their first Mastercard Hopman Cup.
• Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Alexander Zverev, Alize Cornet, Belinda Bencic, Angelique Kerber, Ashleigh Barty, and Matthew Ebden were among the eight players to return, four of whom were also present in 2018.
• At 195 kilometers per hour, Serena Williams of the United States served faster than any other woman in the event.
• For men, Alexander Zverev of Germany had the quickest serve at 220 kilometers per hour.

Activity away from the court

• The top tennis players in the world have been able to see many different sides of Perth while competing here.
• Roger Federer went to Nambung National Park to see the Pinnacles. Before encountering a Western Rock Lobster at the Lobster Shack in Cervantes, he played tennis with a bunch of teenage tennis players from the area.
• While on Rottnest Island, Angelique Kerber and Alexander Zverev snapped the first-ever selfie by a Hopman Cup team with a quokka. Additionally, they participated in ‘glass bottom’ kayaking on one of the island’s beaches.
• Community Coffee Co is a new café in Subiaco, and Ash Barty and Matt Ebden headed there to have some coffee and check out the Australian-themed wall art.
• At Caversham Wildlife Park, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari interacted with wombats, kangaroos, and koalas. Tsitsipas traveled to Rottnest Island as well.
• During their time in Western Australia, Lucas Pouille and Alize Cornet learned to surf with Surfing WA at Trigg Beach.
• Before the New Year’s Eve Gala for the tournament, Katie Boulter got dolled up for a picture session atop RAC Arena with a view of Perth.
• In addition, Boulter and Cameron Norrie rode a jet boat down Perth’s famous Swan River, where they saw a pod of dolphins and posed for pictures against the city’s famous landmarks.
• Each of the 16 competitors walked the red carpet at the New Year’s Eve Gala for the Mastercard Hopman Cup, held at Crown Towers, which was attended by more than 450 people. Group A’s Alexander Zverev, David Ferrer, Ash Barty, and Alize Cornet, as well as Group B’s Serena Williams, Katie Boulter, Roger Federer, and Stefanos Tsitsipas, were all interviewed during the tournament.
• Special guests Tim Campbell and the string quartet Aquila performed that evening.

Attendance

• The 2019 Mastercard Hopman Cup had the highest attendance in the tournament’s history, with 110,364 spectators present.
• A record 14,032 people saw Switzerland and Germany win the championship in the final.
• There were 14,064 spectators for the evening session on Tuesday, January 1 between Switzerland and the United States, which included Serena Williams and Roger Federer in mixed doubles.
  Print and electronic media
• Throughout eighty newspapers, radio stations, and television stations from all over Australia and beyond (including Switzerland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States) covered the event extensively.
• Matthew Pavlich and Scherri-Lee Biggs, both of Channel Nine Perth, were among the hosts for the first time when the competition aired live throughout Australia on Channel Nine.
• For the sixth year running, Tennis Australia oversaw the tournament’s home coverage. Todd Woodbridge, Alicia Molik, John Fitzgerald, Mark Petchey, Casey Dellacqua, and Peter Marcato were among the 2019 commentators.
  Broadcast by 16 networks, the competition was seen in over 200 countries throughout the world.
• Asia (Fox Sports Asia), Europe (Eurosport), New Zealand (Sky), Germany (ZDF and ADR), Switzerland (SSR SRG), Tennis Channel in the United States, Africa (SuperSport), Canada (TVA), Latin America and the Caribbean (ESPN International), the Middle East (beIn Sports), and India (IQIYI, CCTV) all aired coverage of the tournament (Sony 6).

Recent Efforts

• Youths (aged 14 and under) were granted free admission to all daytime Mastercard Hopman Cup events for the first time ever.
• The 2019 Mastercard Hopman Cup expanded its presence from Yagan Square to RAC Arena, giving fans a taste of the competition as soon as they got off the bus or train. This week included the champions walk, original street art, and live performances.
• Activations and events for the Mastercard Hopman Cup expanded around Perth beginning in November, with Vegemite providing electricity to the tournament’s ballkids for the first time.
• La Roche-Posay became an official sponsor of the Hopman Cup, and its representatives walked the RAC Arena area handing out sunscreen to spectators.
• Ridesharing service Uber became the tournament’s official sponsor.
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• Players in the Mastercard Hopman Cup utilized a total of 290 racquets and 2985 Dunlop tennis balls.
• 1,500 towels were utilized, in addition to 120 player towels with custom embroidery.
  The 2019 Mastercard Hopman Cup team consisted of 66 Vegemite ballkids aged 12-15.
• A total of 32 linesmen, 4 chair umpires, and 1 referee from Australia and across the globe officiated the matches.
• A total of 16 Jaguar F Pace vehicles and 3 shuttles were used to carry the players.

Recreational tennis and participation by fans

• Another year of the Mastercard Hopman Cup Trophy Tour has passed. Over 2,350 students from 14 different schools took part in the tournament’s official mascot, “Hoppy,” and its eight Red Ball events.
• The Have A Hit On Us program, run by 54 tennis clubs in Western Australia, gave all Hopman Cup ticketholders free court rental for one hour throughout the tournament.
• At RAC Arena’s Tennis West activation area, kids could play on two Tennis Hot Shots courts or in the Hit The Target inflatable, which attracted more than 6,000 youngsters.
• There were almost 180 Tennis Hot Shots competitors that got on the court at the Mastercard Hopman Cup, and 39 of them took part in the coin toss initiative.
• The Mastercard Bankwest Human Vending machine handed out over 8,000 free items to spectators to make their experience at the tennis match more pleasurable.
• On New Year’s Day at Nova, the mascot, Nova Boy, danced with the dog, Hoppy. Three brand new Jaguar cars, including the new all-electric Jaguar I Pace, were on display for customers to check out.
• As the Official Mindfulness and Athletic Apparel Partner, lululemon helped more than 400 spectators take a deep breath and relax.
• There were around 3000 participants in the Channel Nine activation, and only three could decipher the code in time to win the $1,000 reward.
• A perfect summer cocktail, The Garden Bar by Aperol Spritz and Coopers was enjoyed by thousands of admirers.
• The City of Perth gave out more than 85,000 hand waver national flags to spectators so that they could show their support for their team of choice.