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2024 Laver Cup

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2024 Laver Cup
Date20–22 September 2024
Edition7th
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationBerlin, Germany
VenueUber Arena
Champions
Team Europe
 13 – 11 
← 2023 · Laver Cup · 2025 →

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]

Player selection

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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

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Team Europe
Captain: Sweden Björn Borg
Vice-captain: Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Player Rank
Germany Alexander Zverev 2
Spain Carlos Alcaraz 3
Daniil Medvedev 5
Norway Casper Ruud 9
Spain Rafael Nadal 9PR(154)
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 10
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 12
Italy Flavio Cobolli 32
Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 37
Team World
Captain: United States John McEnroe
Vice-captain: United States Patrick McEnroe
Player Rank
United States Taylor Fritz 7
Australia Alex de Minaur 11
United States Tommy Paul 13
United States Frances Tiafoe 16
United States Ben Shelton 17
Chile Alejandro Tabilo 22
Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo 31
Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis 78
  • Singles rankings as of 16 September 2024
  • PR = Protected ranking
Withdrew
Alternate

Matches

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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 Norway Casper Ruud Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo 4–6, 4–6 0–1
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis 6–1, 6–4 1–1
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov Chile Alejandro Tabilo 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2) 2–1
Doubles Spain C Alcaraz / Germany A Zverev United States T Fritz / United States B Shelton 6–7(5–7), 4–6 2–2
2 21 Sep Singles Daniil Medvedev United States Frances Tiafoe 6–3, 4–6, [5–10] 2–4
Spain Carlos Alcaraz United States Ben Shelton 6–4, 6–4 4–4
Germany Alexander Zverev United States Taylor Fritz 4–6, 5–7 4–6
Doubles Norway C Ruud / Greece S Tsitsipas United States B Shelton / Chile A Tabilo 1–6, 2–6 4–8
3 22 Sep Doubles Spain C Alcaraz / Norway C Ruud United States B Shelton / United States F Tiafoe 6–2, 7–6(8–6) 7–8
Singles Daniil Medvedev United States Ben Shelton 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [7–10] 7–11
Germany Alexander Zverev United States Frances Tiafoe 6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–5] 10–11
Spain Carlos Alcaraz United States Taylor Fritz 6–2, 7–5 13–11

Player statistics

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Player Team Nat Matches Matches win–loss Points win–loss
Singles Doubles Total Singles Doubles Total
Carlos Alcaraz Europe Spain 4 2–0 1–1 3–1 5–0 3–1 8–1
Francisco Cerúndolo World Argentina 1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Grigor Dimitrov Europe Bulgaria 1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Taylor Fritz World United States 3 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 3–3
Thanasi Kokkinakis World Australia 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 Norway 3 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 3–3
Ben Shelton World United States 5 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–2 3–3 6–5
Alejandro Tabilo World Chile 2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1
Frances Tiafoe World United States 3 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–3 2–6
Stefanos Tsitsipas Europe Greece 2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2
Alexander Zverev Europe Germany 3 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 3–3

References

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  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.
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