Eight nations are selected annually to compete in the Hopman Cup Tennis in Perth from 29/12/07 to 4/1/08. Each team consists of one male player and one female player. Each match-up between two teams at the championships consists of:

· one women's singles match

Each year the eight competing teams are separated into two groups of four (with two teams being seeded) and face-off against each of the other three teams in their group in a round-robin format. These seedings do not have much of an impact, as all teams meet each other regardless. The top team in each group then meet in a final to decide the champions.
The team lists this year are :

Group A Players Odds to win

Serbia Jelena Jankovic, Novak Djokovic 2.10
France Tatiana Golovin, Arnaud Clement 5.10
Argentina Gisela Dulko, Juan Ignacio Chela 32.00
Chinese Taipei Su-Wei Hsieh, Yen-Hsun Lu 50.00

Group B Players Odds to win

USA Serena Williams, Mardy Fish 4.50
Czech Rep Lucie Safarove, Tomas Berdych 5.30
Australia Alicia Molik, Peter Luczak 40.00
India Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna 50.00
Odds courtesy of betfair as at 26/12/07.

My tip for the Hopman Cup a final between Serbia and Czech Republic.
A fully fit Serbia should win the cup and should account for their group comfortable.
On the other hand group 2 is a much tighter affair with Czech Republic to edge out the unpredictable USA team of Serena Williams & Mardy Fish.
Happy tennis watching
Tony75.