2006 Hopman Cup
The 2006 Hopman Cup 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
- – Lisa Raymond and Taylor Dent
- – Gisela Dulko and Gastón Gaudio
- – Samantha Stosur and either Wayne Arthurs or Todd Reid
- – Svetlana Kuznetsova and Yuri Schukin
Unseeded
- – Peng Shuai and Sun Peng
- – Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Nicolas Kiefer
- – Michaëlla Krajicek and Peter Wessels
- – Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic
- – Sofia Arvidsson and Thomas Johansson