2017 Laver Cup

2017 Laver Cup
Date	22–24 September 2017
Edition	1st
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Venue	O2 Arena (Prague)
Champions
Team Europe  15 – 9
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The 2017 Laver Cup was the first edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held on indoor hard courts at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic from 22 until 24 September.

Team Europe won the inaugural tournament 15–9.^[1]

Player selection[]

On 24 August 2016, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the first of six players to confirm their participation for Team Europe. On 15 May 2017, more than eight months later, Milos Raonic was the first of six players to confirm his participation for Team World. By 24 August 2017, all six players from each team had been chosen: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Alexander Zverev, Marin Čilić, Dominic Thiem, and Tomáš Berdych for Team Europe, and Milos Raonic, John Isner, Jack Sock, Sam Querrey, Juan Martín del Potro, and Denis Shapovalov for Team World.^[2] Shortly afterwards Raonic withdrew and was replaced by Nick Kyrgios.^[3] Later Frances Tiafoe took the place of del Potro who had also withdrawn.^[4]

Former rivals Björn Borg of Sweden (Europe) and John McEnroe of the United States (World) were serving as captains for the 2017 edition.

Participants[]

The O2 Arena in Prague during the first day of the event.

Team Europe Captain: Björn Borg Vice-captain: Thomas Enqvist Player Rank* Rafael Nadal 1 Roger Federer 2 Alexander Zverev 4 Marin Čilić 5 Dominic Thiem 7 Tomáš Berdych 19 Fernando Verdasco 40

Team World Captain: John McEnroe Vice-captain: Patrick McEnroe Player Rank* Milos Raonic 11 Sam Querrey 16 John Isner 17 Nick Kyrgios 20 Jack Sock 21 Juan Martín del Potro 24 Denis Shapovalov 51 Frances Tiafoe 72 Thanasi Kokkinakis 215

* Singles rankings as of 18 September 2017

Matches[]

Each match win on day 1 was worth one point, on day 2 two points, and on day 3 three points. The first team to 13 points won.^[5] Since four matches were played each day, there were a total of 24 points available. However, since 12 of the total points are earned on day 3, neither team could win prior to the final day of play.

Day / Points	Date	Match type	Team Europe	Team World	Score	Team points after match
1	22 Sep	Singles	Marin Čilić	Frances Tiafoe	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–0)	1–0
			Dominic Thiem	John Isner	6–7(15–17), 7–6(7–2), [10–7]	2–0
			Alexander Zverev	Denis Shapovalov	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)	3–0
		Doubles	Tomáš Berdych / Rafael Nadal	Nick Kyrgios / Jack Sock	3–6, 7–6(9–7), [7–10]	3–1
2	23 Sep	Singles	Roger Federer	Sam Querrey	6–4, 6–2	5–1
			Rafael Nadal	Jack Sock	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]	7–1
			Tomáš Berdych	Nick Kyrgios	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]	7–3
		Doubles	Roger Federer / Rafael Nadal	Sam Querrey / Jack Sock	6–4, 1–6, [10–5]	9–3
3	24 Sep	Doubles	Tomáš Berdych / Marin Čilić	John Isner / Jack Sock	6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)	9–6
		Singles	Alexander Zverev	Sam Querrey	6–4, 6–4	12–6
			Rafael Nadal	John Isner	5–7, 6–7(1–7)	12–9
			Roger Federer	Nick Kyrgios	4–6, 7–6(8–6), [11–9]	15–9

Player statistics[]

Player	Team	Nat.	Matches	Win–Loss			Points
				Singles	Doubles	Total	Singles	Doubles	Total
Tomáš Berdych	Europe		3	0–1	0–2	0–3	0–2	0–4	0–6
Marin Čilić	Europe		2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–3
Roger Federer	Europe		3	2–0	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–0	7–0
John Isner	World		3	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	6–1
Nick Kyrgios	World		3	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	3–3
Rafael Nadal	Europe		4	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–1	4–4
Sam Querrey	World		3	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–5	0–2	0–7
Denis Shapovalov	World		1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Jack Sock	World		4	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	4–2	4–4
Dominic Thiem	Europe		1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Frances Tiafoe	World		1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Alexander Zverev	Europe		2	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	4–0

References[]

External links[]

• Official website