2019 Laver Cup – Wikipedia

Third edition of the Laver Cup, a men’s tennis tournament

Tennis tournament

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[edit]

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]

Prize money[edit]

The total prize money for 2019 Laver Cup is set at $2,250,000 for all 12 participating players.^[8][9]

Each winning team member will pocket $250,000, which marks no increase in prize money compared to 2018.

Whereas, each of the losing team members will earn $125,000 each.

Participants[edit]

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

• Singles rankings as of 16 September 2019.
• PR = Protected ranking

Matches[edit]

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.^[10] 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	R Federer / A Zverev	D Shapovalov / J 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	R Nadal / S Tsitsipas	N Kyrgios / J Sock	4−6, 6−3, [6−10]	7−5
3	22 Sep	Doubles	R Federer / S Tsitsipas	J Isner / J 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

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