2019 Laver Cup

2019 Laver Cup
Date	20–22 September 2019
Edition	3rd
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Venue	Palexpo
Champions
Team Europe  13 – 11
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The 2019 Laver Cup was the third 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 Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland from 20 until 22 September.

Team Europe successfully defended their title for a third consecutive year, winning the tournament 13−11.^[1]

Player selection[]

On 13 December 2018, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the first players to confirm their participation for Team Europe.^[2] During the 2019 Madrid Open, Stan Wawrinka expressed interest in participating in the event with Federer, but he instead played at the St. Petersburg Open in Russia.^[3] On 14 June 2019, Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev and Fabio Fognini announced their participation for Team Europe.^[4] On 3 July 2019, Kevin Anderson, John Isner, Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov were announced for Team World.^[5] Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nick Kyrgios were both confirmed for the event on 13 August 2019.^[6] As his final picks, Team World captain John McEnroe chose Jack Sock and Taylor Fritz, with Fritz replacing the injured Anderson.^[7]

Participants[]

2019 Laver Cup teams, with Team Europe in blue and Team World in red. Opening ceremony with the event's namesake Rod Laver.

Roger Federer being introduced.

Team Europe Captain: Björn Borg Vice-captain: Thomas Enqvist Player Rank Rafael Nadal 2 Roger Federer 3 Dominic Thiem 5 Alexander Zverev 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7 Fabio Fognini 11 Roberto Bautista Agut 10

Team World Captain: John McEnroe Vice-captain: Patrick McEnroe Player Rank Kevin Anderson 18 John Isner 20 Milos Raonic 24 Nick Kyrgios 27 Taylor Fritz 30 Denis Shapovalov 33 Jack Sock 210 Jordan Thompson 53

• Singles rankings as of 16 September 2019.

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.^[8] Since four matches are played each day, there were a total of 24 points available. However, since 12 of the total points were 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	20 Sep	Singles	Dominic Thiem	Denis Shapovalov	6–4, 5–7, [13–11]	1–0
			Fabio Fognini	Jack Sock	1–6, 6–7(3–7)	1–1
			Stefanos Tsitsipas	Taylor Fritz	6−2, 1−6, [10−7]	2−1
		Doubles	Roger Federer / Alexander Zverev	Denis Shapovalov / Jack Sock	6−3, 7−5	3−1
2	21 Sep	Singles	Alexander Zverev	John Isner	7−6(7−2), 4−6, [1−10]	3−3
			Roger Federer	Nick Kyrgios	6−7(5−7), 7−5, [10−7]	5−3
			Rafael Nadal	Milos Raonic	6−3, 7−6(7−1)	7−3
		Doubles	Rafael Nadal / Stefanos Tsitsipas	Nick Kyrgios / Jack Sock	4−6, 6−3, [6−10]	7−5
3	22 Sep	Doubles	Roger Federer / Stefanos Tsitsipas	John Isner / Jack Sock	7−5, 4−6, [8−10]	7−8
		Singles	Dominic Thiem	Taylor Fritz	5−7, 7−6(7−3), [5−10]	7−11
			Roger Federer	John Isner	6−4, 7−6(7−3)	10−11
			Alexander Zverev	Milos Raonic	6−4, 3−6, [10−4]	13−11

Player statistics[]

Player	Team	Nat.	Matches	Win–Loss			Points
				Singles	Doubles	Total	Singles	Doubles	Total
Roger Federer	Europe		4	2–0	1–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	6–3
Fabio Fognini	Europe		1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Taylor Fritz	World		2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–1
John Isner	World		3	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	3–0	5–3
Nick Kyrgios	World		2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2
Rafael Nadal	Europe		2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2
Milos Raonic	World		2	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–5	0–0	0–5
Denis Shapovalov	World		2	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2
Jack Sock	World		4	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	5–1	6–1
Dominic Thiem	Europe		2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–3
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Europe		3	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–5	1–5
Alexander Zverev	Europe		3	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	4–2

References[]

External links[]

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