Laver Cup

The Laver Cup is an international indoor hard court men's tennis tournament between two teams: Team Europe and Team World, the latter of which is composed of players from non-European countries. Held annually,[1] the tournament is intended to be the Ryder Cup of the tennis world.[2] It takes place two weeks after the US Open, with the location rotating. In addition to the guaranteed participation fees which are based upon the players' ATP rankings, each member of the winning team gets $250,000 in prize money, but the tournament itself does not count towards the players' point totals in the ATP Tour for that year.[3][4] In May 2019, the Laver Cup became an officially sanctioned ATP Tour event.[5]

Laver Cup
Tournament information
Founded2017 (2017)
Editions3 (2017, 2018, 2019)
LocationEuropean city, World city rotation
SurfaceHard indoor
Draw2 teams (Team Europe vs Team World)
Websitehttps://lavercup.com/

Format

The competition pits six top European players against six of their counterparts from the rest of the world. There are 12 matches played over three days (nine singles and three doubles). Each match victory on day 1 is worth one point, on day 2 two points, and on day 3 three points. The first team to claim 13 points win the tournament. Each player takes the court once or twice for singles, with at least four of the six taking part in doubles. All matches are played as best-of-three, with a 10-point tiebreaker if play goes to a third set.[6]

History

The tournament is named after Australian tennis legend Rod Laver, a tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the sport. Roger Federer's management company, TEAM8, Brazilian businessman and former Davis Cup player Jorge Paulo Lemann, and Tennis Australia partnered to create the Laver Cup.[7] Roger Federer was inspired to create a tennis team tournament based on the biennial Ryder Cup golf tournament, which features the best golfers from the United States playing against the best golfers from Europe.[8]

Former rivals Björn Borg of Sweden (Europe) and John McEnroe of the United States (World team) were announced to serve as captains for at least the first three editions.[9] After the 2019 edition, they announced that they will reprise their roles as team captains for a fourth straight edition.[10]

2017: Inaugural edition
The O2 Arena in Prague during the first Laver Cup.[11]
Main article: 2017 Laver Cup

The first edition was held in Prague from 22 to 24 September 2017, at the O2 Arena. Team Europe defeated Team World 15–9.

Team Europe
Captain: Björn Borg
Player Rank
Rafael Nadal 1
Roger Federer 2
Alexander Zverev 4
Marin Čilić 5
Dominic Thiem 7
Tomáš Berdych 19
Team World
Captain: John McEnroe
Player Rank
Sam Querrey 16
John Isner 17
Nick Kyrgios 20
Jack Sock 21
Denis Shapovalov 51
Frances Tiafoe 72
  • Singles rankings as of 18 September 2017

2018
Main article: 2018 Laver Cup

The second edition was held in Chicago from 21 to 23 September 2018, at the United Center. Team Europe defeated Team World 13–8.

Team Europe
Captain: Björn Borg
Player Rank
Roger Federer 2
Novak Djokovic 3
Alexander Zverev 5
Grigor Dimitrov 7
David Goffin 11
Kyle Edmund 16
Team World
Captain: John McEnroe
Player Rank
Kevin Anderson 9
John Isner 10
Diego Schwartzman 14
Jack Sock 17
Nick Kyrgios 27
Frances Tiafoe 40
  • Singles rankings as of 17 September 2018

2019
2019 Laver Cup at the Palexpo
Main article: 2019 Laver Cup

The third edition was held in Geneva from 20 to 22 September 2019, at the Palexpo. Team Europe defeated Team World 13−11 following a clinching ten-point tiebreak win from Alexander Zverev over Milos Raonic.

Team Europe
Captain: Björn Borg
Player Rank
Rafael Nadal 2
Roger Federer 3
Dominic Thiem 5
Alexander Zverev 6
Stefanos Tsitsipas 7
Fabio Fognini 11
Team World
Captain: John McEnroe
Player Rank
John Isner 20
Milos Raonic 24
Nick Kyrgios 27
Taylor Fritz 30
Denis Shapovalov 33
Jack Sock 210
  • Singles rankings as of 16 September 2019

2021
Main article: 2021 Laver Cup

The fourth edition of the Laver Cup will be held in Boston from 24 September to 26 September 2021, at the TD Garden. It was originally scheduled for September 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid overlapping with the 2020 French Open, which was also rescheduled.[12]

Team Europe
Captain: Björn Borg
Player Rank
Dominic Thiem 3
Roger Federer 5
Team World
Captain: John McEnroe
Player Rank
  • Singles rankings as of 24 November, 2020.

Records & statistics

Tournament editions
Year Winner Score Runner-up Location Venue Europe captain World captain
2017 Team Europe 15–9 Team World Prague, Czech Republic O2 Arena Björn Borg John McEnroe
2018 Team Europe 13–8 Team World Chicago, United States United Center Björn Borg John McEnroe
2019 Team Europe 13–11 Team World Geneva, Switzerland Palexpo Björn Borg John McEnroe
2020 no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Boston, United States TD Garden Björn Borg John McEnroe
2022 London, United Kingdom The O2 Arena

Team statistics
Team Matches (points) won Laver
Cups
won
Day 1 (1 point) Day 2 (2 points) Day 3 (3 points) Total
Singles Doubles Total Singles Doubles Total Singles Doubles Total Singles Doubles Total
Team Europe 8 (8) 1 (1) 9 (9) 6 (12) 1 (2) 7 (14) 6 (18) 0 (0) 6 (18) 20 (38) 2 (3) 22 (41) 3
Team World 1 (1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 3 (6) 2 (4) 5 (10) 2 (6) 3 (9) 5 (15) 6 (13) 7 (15) 13 (28) 0

Player statistics
Player Team Nat First
year		 Last
year		 Laver Cups MP Win–Loss Points
App Won Singl. Doubl. Total Win% Singl. Doubl. Total
Kevin Anderson World 2018 2018 1 0 3 1–1 1–0 2–1 67% 2–3 1–0 3–3
Tomáš Berdych Europe 2017 2017 1 1 3 0–1 0–2 0–3 0% 0–2 0–4 0–6
Marin Čilić Europe 2017 2017 1 1 2 1–0 0–1 1–1 50% 1–0 0–3 1–3
Grigor Dimitrov Europe 2018 2018 1 1 2 1–0 0–1 1–1 50% 1–0 0–2 1–2
Novak Djokovic Europe 2018 2018 1 1 2 0–1 0–1 0–2 0% 0–2 0–1 0–3
Kyle Edmund Europe 2018 2018 1 1 1 1–0 0–0 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 1–0
Roger Federer Europe 2017 2019 3 3 11 6–0 2–3 8–3 73% 15–0 3–7 18–7
Fabio Fognini Europe 2019 2019 1 1 1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–1
Taylor Fritz World 2019 2019 1 0 2 1–1 0–0 1–1 50% 3–1 0–0 3–1
David Goffin Europe 2018 2018 1 1 2 1–0 0–1 1–1 50% 1–0 0–2 1–2
John Isner World 2017 2019 3 0 9 2–4 3–0 5–4 56% 5–9 9–0 14–9
Nick Kyrgios World 2017 2019 3 0 7 1–3 3–0 4–3 57% 2–7 5–0 7–7
Rafael Nadal Europe 2017 2019 2 2 6 2–1 1–2 3–3 50% 4–3 2–3 6–6
Sam Querrey World 2017 2017 1 0 3 0–2 0–1 0–3 0% 0–5 0–2 0–7
Milos Raonic World 2019 2019 1 0 2 0–2 0–0 0–2 0% 0–5 0–0 0–5
Diego Schwartzman World 2018 2018 1 0 1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–1
Denis Shapovalov World 2017 2019 2 0 3 0–2 0–1 0–3 0% 0–2 0–1 0–3
Jack Sock World 2017 2019 3 0 12 1–2 7–2 8–4 67% 1–3 15–3 16–6
Dominic Thiem Europe 2017 2019 2 2 3 2–1 0–0 2–1 67% 2–3 0–0 2–3
Frances Tiafoe World 2017 2018 2 0 2 0–2 0–0 0–2 0% 0–2 0–0 0–2
Stefanos Tsitsipas Europe 2019 2019 1 1 3 1–0 0–2 1–2 33% 1–0 0–5 1–5
Alexander Zverev Europe 2017 2019 3 3 8 5–1 1–1 6–2 75% 12–2 1–3 13–5

Participating nations
Nation Team Number of players
2017 2018 2019 2021 Total
Argentina World –1––1
Australia World 111–3
Austria Europe 1–113
Belgium Europe –1––1
Bulgaria Europe –1––1
Canada World 1–2–3
Croatia Europe 1–––1
Czech Republic Europe 1–––1
Germany Europe 111–3
Greece Europe ––1–1
Italy Europe ––1–1
Serbia Europe –1––1
South Africa World –1––1
Spain Europe 1–1–2
Switzerland Europe 11114
United Kingdom Europe –1––1
United States World 433–10

See also

References
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