Australians Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova beat Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina and Alexandr Dolgopolov to win the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth. For the first time, the host nation fielded two teams in the tournament, and Kyrgios and Gavrilova went through the week unbeaten as Australia Green, culminating in their 2-0 win over Ukraine to give Australia their second Hopman Cup title. Both players won their singles matches in the final in straight sets, with the mixed doubles not being played.

Kyrgios collected his first senior ITF tournament title just four months after he was dumped from the Davis Cup team for the semifinal against Great Britain. Gavrilova was representing her adopted country for the first time, having been naturalised last month. Australia’s only previous title was when Mark Phillippoussis teamed with teenager Jelena Dokic in 1999, while Ukraine have been beaten twice in the Hopman Cup final, previously in 1995.

Hopman Cup

• The Hopman Cup is an annual international team indoor hardcourt tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January.
• The championship is named in honour of Harry Hopman (1906–1985), an Australian tennis player and coach who guided the country to 15 Davis Cup titles between 1938 and 1969.
• The tournament is a sanctioned event in the calendar of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), but individual player results are not included in the calculation of the tennis world rankings.