The tournament commenced on 31 December 2011 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia.

In that tournament's final the United States of America team of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and John Isner defeated Belgium's Justine Henin and Ruben Bemelmans 2–1.

Czech Republic won their second title, defeating France in the final 2–0.

[3] The 2012 Hyundai Hopman Cup was an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF.

In the event of a tie in the final group standings the following will be used to separate the nations; The seeds for the 2012 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Paul McNamee, Rob Casey and Geoff Masters.