Canada of Bianca Andreescu and Félix Auger-Aliassime beats Italy in the final and wins the Hopman Cup

While France and Richard Gasquet lost to Italy in the group stage, Canada held its own in the final of the Hopman Cup, a mixed competition run by the ITF, the governing body of the Grand Slams, Davis Cup, and Futures tournaments. This Sunday evening, Canada, buoyed by two victories from Bianca Andreescu—in singles and mixed doubles—won the title in Bari, Italy.

Canada got off to a great start from Bianca Andreescu, who was imperious this week. To reach the final step of this competition, the world-ranked 188th player had crushed her two previous singles matches (dropping four games in two matches) and held her own in mixed doubles with Félix Auger-Aliassime. Against Lucia Bronzetti, ranked 70th in the world, the Canadian continued her momentum by winning easily, 6-2, 6-3.

In the process, Félix Auger-Aliassime (27th) faced Flavio Cobolli (18th), who had beaten Richard Gasquet two days earlier . The match lived up to expectations, but the Italian won in the end (6-7 [7], 7-5, 10-8) to bring the score to 1-1 before the deciding mixed doubles. At the end of the evening, the final match, played by the same four protagonists, was won by the Canadian pair (6-3, 6-3).

Canada thus won its first Hopman Cup, succeeding Croatia, the 2023 winner. The 2024 edition, which was to be held in Nice, as in 2023, was canceled because it was "too close to the Olympic Games," according to the organization.