2024 Laver Cup

The 2024 Laver Cup was the seventh edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held on an indoor hard court at the Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany from 20 until 22 September. Björn Borg and John McEnroe served as team captains for the last time. From 2025, Yannick Noah and Andre Agassi are set to replace them.^[1] Team World were attempting to win the Laver Cup for the third year in a row after defending the title the previous year.^[2] Team Europe won 13–11 to take an overall 5–2 lead in the series.^[3][4]

2024 Laver Cup
Date	20–22 September 2024
Edition	7th
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Berlin, Germany
Venue	Uber Arena
Champions
Team Europe  13 – 11

Player selection

On 8 November 2023, Carlos Alcaraz was the first player to confirm his participation for Team Europe.^[5] On 8 February 2024, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev were the next players to announce their participation for this team.^[6]

On 11 April 2024, Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul were the first players to confirm their participation for Team World.^[7] Rafael Nadal was announced as the fourth player for Team Europe on 22 April 2024.^[8] Ben Shelton was confirmed for the event on 25 June 2024.^[9]

On 17 July 2024, Team Europe announced its final line-up with Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas also taking part.^[10] Team World captain John McEnroe chose Frances Tiafoe and Alejandro Tabilo as his final picks on 19 August 2024.^[11]

On 12 September 2024, de Minaur, Paul and Nadal withdrew due to injuries and were replaced by Francisco Cerúndolo, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Grigor Dimitrov.^[12][13]

Participants

Team Europe Captain: Björn Borg Vice-captain: Thomas Enqvist Player Rank Alexander Zverev 2 Carlos Alcaraz 3 Daniil Medvedev 5 Casper Ruud 9 Rafael Nadal 9PR(154) Grigor Dimitrov 10 Stefanos Tsitsipas 12 Flavio Cobolli 32 Jan-Lennard Struff 37

Team World Captain: John McEnroe Vice-captain: Patrick McEnroe Player Rank Taylor Fritz 7 Alex de Minaur 11 Tommy Paul 13 Frances Tiafoe 16 Ben Shelton 17 Alejandro Tabilo 22 Francisco Cerúndolo 31 Thanasi Kokkinakis 78

• Singles rankings as of 16 September 2024
• PR = Protected ranking

	Withdrew
	Alternate

Team Europe

Zverev

Alcaraz

Medvedev

Ruud

Dimitrov

Tsitsipas

Team World

Fritz

Tiafoe

Shelton

Tabilo

Cerúndolo

Kokkinakis

Matches

Each match win on day 1 is worth one point, on day 2 two points, and on day 3 three points. The first team to 13 points will win.^[14]

Day	Date	Match type	Team Europe	Team World	Score	Team points after match
1	20 Sep	Singles	Casper Ruud	Francisco Cerúndolo	4–6, 4–6	0–1
			Stefanos Tsitsipas	Thanasi Kokkinakis	6–1, 6–4	1–1
			Grigor Dimitrov	Alejandro Tabilo	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)	2–1
		Doubles	C Alcaraz / A Zverev	T Fritz / B Shelton	6–7(5–7), 4–6	2–2
2	21 Sep	Singles	Daniil Medvedev	Frances Tiafoe	6–3, 4–6, [5–10]	2–4
			Carlos Alcaraz	Ben Shelton	6–4, 6–4	4–4
			Alexander Zverev	Taylor Fritz	4–6, 5–7	4–6
		Doubles	C Ruud / S Tsitsipas	B Shelton / A Tabilo	1–6, 2–6	4–8
3	22 Sep	Doubles	C Alcaraz / C Ruud	B Shelton / F Tiafoe	6–2, 7–6(8–6)	7–8
		Singles	Daniil Medvedev	Ben Shelton	7–6(8–6), 5–7, [7–10]	7–11
			Alexander Zverev	Frances Tiafoe	6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–5]	10–11
			Carlos Alcaraz	Taylor Fritz	6–2, 7–5	13–11

Player statistics

Player	Team	Nat	Matches	Matches win–loss			Points win–loss
				Singles	Doubles	Total	Singles	Doubles	Total
Carlos Alcaraz	Europe		4	2–0	1–1	3–1	5–0	3–1	8–1
Francisco Cerúndolo	World		1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Grigor Dimitrov	Europe		1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Taylor Fritz	World		3	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	3–3
Thanasi Kokkinakis	World		1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Daniil Medvedev	Europe		2	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–5	0–0	0–5
Casper Ruud	Europe		3	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	3–3
Ben Shelton	World		5	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–2	3–3	6–5
Alejandro Tabilo	World		2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1
Frances Tiafoe	World		3	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–3	2–6
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Europe		2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2
Alexander Zverev	Europe		3	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	3–3

References

1. "Yannick Noah to succeed Bjorn Borg as the captain of Team Europe in the Laver Cup". Associated Press. 29 May 2024.
2. "Shelton/Tiafoe Clinch Team World's Laver Cup Victory". ATP Tour. 24 September 2023.
3. "Team Europe edge out Team World to win Laver Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
4. "Carlos Alcaraz sweeps aside Taylor Fritz to snatch Laver Cup for Team Europe in dramatic final-day comeback". Eurosport. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
5. "'A great honour' - Carlos Alcaraz to make Laver Cup debut for Bjorn Borg's Team Europe in Berlin in 2024". Eurosport.com. 8 November 2023.
6. "Medvedev and Zverev to join Alcaraz on Team Europe at Laver Cup Berlin 2024". Laver Cup. 8 February 2024.
7. "De Minaur, Fritz and Paul Line Up for Team World at Laver Cup 2024". Laver Cup. 11 April 2024.
8. "Rafael Nadal joins Team Europe for Laver Cup Berlin 2024". Laver Cup. 22 April 2024.
9. "Ben Shelton returns to Team World for Laver Cup Berlin 2024". Laver Cup. 25 June 2024.
10. "Ruud and Tsitsipas complete Team Europe's 2024 lineup". Laver Cup. 17 July 2024.
11. "Tiafoe and Tabilo join Team World for Laver Cup Berlin 2024". Laver Cup. 19 August 2024.
12. "Laver Cup 2024: De Miñaur and Tommy Paul drop out, Cerúndolo and Kokkinakis step in". Punto de Break. 12 September 2024.
13. "Grigor Dimitrov will replace Nadal in the Laver Cup". Tennis Tonic. 13 September 2024.
14. "How Laver Cup Works". Laver Cup. Retrieved 19 September 2024.

External links

• Official website