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.
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. Shortly afterwards Raonic withdrew and was replaced by Nick Kyrgios. Later Frances Tiafoe took the place of del Potro who had also withdrawn.
Former rivals Bjorn Borg (Europe) and John McEnroe (World) were serving as captains for the 2017 edition.
Prize money The total prize money for the 2017 Laver Cup was $2,250,000 for all 12 participating players.
Each winning team member earned $250,000 in the inaugural edition of the Laver Cup.
Whereas, each of the losing team members earned $125,000 each.
Participants
Team EuropeCaptain: Björn BorgVice-captain: Thomas EnqvistPlayerRank* Rafael Nadal1 Roger Federer2 Alexander Zverev4 Marin Čilić5 Dominic Thiem7 Tomáš Berdych19 Fernando Verdasco40 Team WorldCaptain: John McEnroeVice-captain: Patrick McEnroePlayerRank* Milos Raonic11 Sam Querrey16 John Isner17 Nick Kyrgios20 Jack Sock21 Juan Martín del Potro24 Denis Shapovalov51 Frances Tiafoe72 Thanasi Kokkinakis81PR(215)
Captain's pick Withdrew Replacement Alternate
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.
Day Date Match type Team Europe Team World Score Team points <br/ >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 T Berdych / R Nadal N Kyrgios / J Sock 3–6, 7–6(9–7), [7–10] 3–1 2 23 Sep Singles Roger Federer Sam Querrey6–4, 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 R Federer / R Nadal S Querrey / J Sock 6–4, 1–6, [10–5] 9–3 3 24 Sep Doubles T Berdych / M Čilić J Isner / J 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 Isner5–7, 6–7(1–7) 12–9 Roger Federer Nick Kyrgios4–6, 7–6(8–6), [11–9] 15–9
Player statistics
PlayerTeamMatchesMatches win–lossPoints win–lossSinglesDoublesTotalSinglesDoublesTotalEurope30–10–20–30–20–40–6Europe21–00–11–11–00–31–3Europe32–01–03–05–02–07–0World31–11–02–13–13–06–1World31–11–02–12–31–03–3Europe41–11–12–22–32–14–4World30–20–10–30–50–20–7World10–10–00–10–10–00–1World40–12–12–20–24–24–4Europe11–00–01–01–00–01–0World10–10–00–10–10–00–1Europe22–00–02–04–00–04–0
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