Held in Perth, the Hopman Cup runs a unique team format with two players from each country competing.

The eight countries are split into two groups, and the four teams play each other in a round-robin format.

Each tie consists of three rubbers - a men’s singles match, a women’s singles match and a mixed doubles match.

Last year’s winners, France’s Richard Gasket and Kristina Mladenovic, are not present this time around but the losing finalists Jack Sock and Coco Vandeweghe are back, hoping to go one step further after losing a decisive mixed doubles match.

Hopman Cup 2018 UK TV channel

Coverage of the Hopman Cup, an ITF tournament that has no ATP tournament ranking points attached to it, will be shown by Eurosport in the UK.

It means that all the tennis action from the unofficial start of the season will feature on Eurosport  1 and 2, available to subscribers who have the Eurosport network as part of their package on channels 410/412 (HD) and 411/443 (HD).

Hopman Cup 2018 live stream

Sky Sports subscribers with Eurosport access on their TV used to be able to access the Discovery-owned channels via Sky Go.

However, that deal has expired and now viewers who want to watch the Hopman Cup online will have to buy a Eurosport Player pass.

Day passes cost £4.99 while an annual pass cost £29.99 and gives you access to both channels on a range of devices all year round.