Laver Cup

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tennis Laver Cup
venue Geneva (2019; changing) Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
First run 2017
Tournament type Indoor tournament
Game surface Hard court
draw 6v6
Website Official website
As of September 22, 2019
Laver Cup 2017 in Prague

The Laver Cup is an international tennis tournament for men that takes place two weeks after the US Open every year, with the venue rotating. It took place for the first time from September 22nd to 24th 2017 in the O 2 Arena in Prague . The competition is named after the Australian tennis legend Rod Laver . In addition to the inaugural bonuses, which are awarded based on a player's respective world ranking position, each member of the winning team receives US $ 250,000 in prize money. No world ranking points are awarded. Initially, it was planned to pause the tournament in the Olympic years. Because of the great success of the tournament, it was decided to hold it annually. The tournament has officially been part of the ATP Tour since 2019 .

The 2020 event in Boston has been postponed by one year to the period from September 24th to 26th, 2021 due to the scheduling conflicts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic .

Competition mode

Six top European players challenge their competitors from the rest of the world in the competition. Twelve games (nine singles and three doubles) are played within three days - three singles and one double every day - with one point more being awarded for a win on each day. Each player plays one or two singles, and at least four of the six players play doubles, each pairing may only exist once. All games are played in "best-of-three" mode. If the first two sets are even, a match tie-break occurs . If it is 12:12 at the end of the encounter, two pairs of doubles play a match tie-break for the tournament victory. Former professionals Björn Borg from Sweden (Europe) and John McEnroe from the United States (rest of the world) were hired as captains for the first three years. Both have agreed to be available in 2020.

Roger Federer's management company TEAM8 , the Brazilian businessman and former Davis Cup player Jorge Paulo Lemann and Tennis Australia are jointly organizing the Laver Cup.

qualification

Four of the six players on a team qualify directly for the Laver Cup thanks to their world ranking position. To do this, the captain chooses two further players (“captain's pick”). On August 24, 2016, Rafael Nadal announced that he would take part in the Laver Cup. On June 29, 2017, Dominic Thiem also agreed to participate in the Laver Cup. On August 3, 2017, Jack Sock was appointed to the Rest of the World team by John McEnroe.

List of events

year winner Result loser venue Captain Europe Captain world
2017 Laver-Cup-Europe.svg Team Europe 15: 9 Laver-Cup-Globe.svg Team world Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague , O 2 arena SwedenSweden Bjorn Borg United StatesUnited States John McEnroe
2018 Laver-Cup-Europe.svg Team Europe 13: 8 Laver-Cup-Globe.svg Team world United StatesUnited States Chicago , United Center SwedenSweden Bjorn Borg United StatesUnited States John McEnroe
2019 Laver-Cup-Europe.svg Team Europe 13:11 Laver-Cup-Globe.svg Team world SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva , Palexpo SwedenSweden Bjorn Borg United StatesUnited States John McEnroe
2020 postponed to 2021
2021 - -: - - United StatesUnited States Boston , TD Garden SwedenSweden Bjorn Borg United StatesUnited States John McEnroe

Web links

Commons : Laver Cup  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christopher Clarey: In Laver Cup's Debut, Europe Towers Over the World. In: nytimes.com. September 21, 2017, accessed on September 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Charlie Eccleshare: What is the Laver Cup, why are Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal playing and how excited should we be about it? In: telegraph.co.uk. September 20, 2017, accessed on September 22, 2019 .
  3. ^ Christian Albrecht Barschel: Confusion about Laver Cup 2020. In: tennismagazin.de. April 18, 2019, accessed January 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Tennis: Laver Cup becomes official ATP event. In: Reuters. May 24, 2019, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Laver Cup Boston 2020 moved to 2021. In: lavercup.com. April 17, 2020, accessed on April 17, 2020 (English).
  6. ^ Borg and McEnroe to extend Laver Cup rivalry. In: lavercup.com. September 22, 2019, accessed on September 22, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Dynamic Doubles Duo: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal to team up in the inaugural Laver Cup. In: tennis.com. August 24, 2016, accessed on September 22, 2019 .
  8. ^ Federer, Nadal Sign Up for First Laver Cup. In: foxbusiness.com. August 15, 2016, accessed on September 22, 2019 .
  9. ↑ The Laver Cup is coming to Geneva. In: srf.ch. August 24, 2018, accessed September 22, 2019 .