Kazakhstan at the Hopman Cup
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Kazakhstan is a nation that has competed at two Hopman Cup
Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis...

 tournaments and first competed in the 22nd Hopman Cup in 2010. Its best result to date is finishing second in their group in 2010.

Before its dissolution
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the disintegration of the federal political structures and central government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , resulting in the independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union between March 11, 1990 and December 25, 1991...

, Kazakhstan used to form part of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 which also competed at the Hopman Cup on two occasions in the early 1990s. Additionally, Kazakhstan is a member of the CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....

 which entered a team into the 1992 event.

Kazakhstan also participated a number of times in the now defunct Asian Hopman Cup, a qualifying tournament which ran from 2006 until 2009 and granted the winners entry into the Hopman Cup the following year. In 2008 and 2009 Kazakhstan hosted the event in Astana
Astana
Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...

 finishing as the runners-up to Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei at the Hopman Cup
Chinese Taipei is a nation that has competed at the Hopman Cup tournament on two occasions. The nation's first appearance came in 2008 when they qualified for the event by winning the second annual Asian Hopman Cup. They repeated this feat the following year by again winning the Asian Hopman Cup...

 in 2008 and winning in 2009 to grant them access to the main tournament in Australia for the first time.

Players

This is a list of players who have played for Kazakhstan in the Hopman Cup.
Name Total W-L Singles W-L Doubles W-L First year played No. of years played
3–8 2–4 1–4 2010
2010 Hopman Cup
-Spain vs. United States:-Australia vs. United States:-Spain vs. Romania:*Pat Cash joined Cîrstea to take on the Spainsh duo in the doubles over a Pro Set. The Spanish pair won 8–4.-Spain vs. Australia:-Romania vs. United States:-Standings:...

 
2
1 0–4 0–2 0–2 2011
2011 Hopman Cup
-Serbia vs. Kazakhstan: -Belgium vs. Kazakhstan: -Serbia vs. Australia: -Australia vs. Kazakhstan: -Serbia vs. Belgium: -Standings:...

 
1
3–4 2–2 1–2 2010
2010 Hopman Cup
-Spain vs. United States:-Australia vs. United States:-Spain vs. Romania:*Pat Cash joined Cîrstea to take on the Spainsh duo in the doubles over a Pro Set. The Spanish pair won 8–4.-Spain vs. Australia:-Romania vs. United States:-Standings:...

 
2

1 Karatantcheva replaced Shvedova after the first tie in 2011 due to a knee injury sustained by Shvedova.

Results

Year Competition Location Opponent Score Result
2010
2010 Hopman Cup
-Spain vs. United States:-Australia vs. United States:-Spain vs. Romania:*Pat Cash joined Cîrstea to take on the Spainsh duo in the doubles over a Pro Set. The Spanish pair won 8–4.-Spain vs. Australia:-Romania vs. United States:-Standings:...

 1
Round Robin Burswood Dome, Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

Great Britain
Great Britain at the Hopman Cup
Great Britain is a nation that has competed at five Hopman Cup tournaments and appeared in the first edition in 1989. Great Britain's best result is finishing runner-up to Spain at the 2010 Hopman Cup.-Players:...

1–2 Lost
Round Robin Burswood Dome, Perth Russia
Russia at the Hopman Cup
Russia is a nation that has competed at the Hopman Cup tournament on seven occasions, their first appearance coming at the 13th annual staging of the event in 2001...

2–1 Won
Round Robin Burswood Dome, Perth Germany
Germany at the Hopman Cup
Germany is a nation that has competed at thirteen Hopman Cup tournaments and first competed in the inaugural Hopman Cup in 1989...

2–0 Won
2011
2011 Hopman Cup
-Serbia vs. Kazakhstan: -Belgium vs. Kazakhstan: -Serbia vs. Australia: -Australia vs. Kazakhstan: -Serbia vs. Belgium: -Standings:...

Round Robin Burswood Dome, Perth Serbia
Serbia at the Hopman Cup
Serbia is a nation that has competed at three Hopman Cup tournaments since it gained its independence following the break up of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. It first competed in the 18th Hopman Cup in 2006...

0–3 Lost
Round Robin Burswood Dome, Perth Belgium
Belgium at the Hopman Cup
Belgium is a nation that has competed at six Hopman Cup tournaments and first competed in the 12th Hopman Cup in 2000. Belgium has been the runner-up on one occasion, in 2011, when they finished second in their group but after Serbia's withdrawal from the final due to an abdominal injury sustained...

0–3 Lost
Round Robin Burswood Dome, Perth Australia
Australia at the Hopman Cup
Australia is a nation that has competed at each edition of the Hopman Cup tournament since the inaugural event in 1989. Australia won the title in 1999 and finished as the runners up in 1989 and 2003.-Players:...

0–3 Lost

1 In 2010, the mixed doubles dead rubber against Germany was not played.
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