The 2018 Laver Cup was the second 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 United Center in Chicago, United States from 21 until 23 September.
| 2018 Laver Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21–23 September 2018 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Surface | Hard indoor |
| Location | Chicago, United States |
| Venue | United Center |
| Champions | |
Team Europe  13 – 8  | |
Team Europe successfully defended their title, winning the tournament 13–8.[1] The attendance was 93,584 over the three days.[2]
Player selection
editOn 19 March 2018, Roger Federer for Team Europe and Nick Kyrgios for Team World were the first players to confirm their participation.[3][4]
On 28 June 2018, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martín del Potro committed to this event,[5] as well as Kevin Anderson, John Isner and Diego Schwartzman on 26 July 2018.[6]
On 13 August 2018, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin announced their participation for Team Europe.[7] As their final picks, the team captains Björn Borg and John McEnroe chose Kyle Edmund and Jack Sock, respectively.[8] As in 2017, del Potro withdrew shortly before the tournament started and was replaced by Frances Tiafoe.
Prize money
editThe total prize money for the 2018 Laver Cup was $2,250,000 for all 12 participating players.[9][10]
Each winning team member earned $250,000, which marks no increase in prize money compared to 2017.
Whereas, each of the losing team members earned $125,000 each.
Participants
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- Singles rankings as of 17 September 2018
| Captain's pick | |
| Withdrew | |
| Replacement | |
| Alternate |
Matches
editEach 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.[11]
| Day | Date | Match type |
Team Europe
|
Team World
|
Score | Team points after match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Sep | Singles |  Grigor Dimitrov
|
 Frances Tiafoe
|
6–1, 6–4 | 1–0 |
 Kyle Edmund
|
Jack Sock
|
6–4, 5–7, [10–6] | 2–0 | |||
 David Goffin
|
 Diego Schwartzman
|
6–4, 4–6, [11–9] | 3–0 | |||
| Doubles |  N Djokovic /  R Federer
|
 K Anderson / J Sock
|
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [6–10] | 3–1 | ||
| 2 | 22 Sep | Singles |  Alexander Zverev
|
John Isner
|
3–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–7] | 5–1 |
| Roger Federer
|
 Nick Kyrgios
|
6–3, 6–2 | 7–1 | |||
| Novak Djokovic
|
Kevin Anderson
|
6–7(5–7), 7–5, [6–10] | 7–3 | |||
| Doubles | G Dimitrov / D Goffin
|
N Kyrgios / J Sock
|
3–6, 4–6 | 7–5 | ||
| 3 | 23 Sep | Doubles | R Federer / A Zverev
|
J Isner / J Sock
|
6–4, 6–7(2–7), [9–11] | 7–8 |
| Singles | Roger Federer
|
John Isner
|
6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7] | 10–8 | ||
| Alexander Zverev
|
Kevin Anderson
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6–7(3–7), 7–5, [10–7] | 13–8 | |||
| Novak Djokovic
|
Nick Kyrgios
|
not played | ||||
Player statistics
edit| Player | Team | Nat. | Matches | Matches win–loss | Points win–loss | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Doubles | Total | Singles | Doubles | Total | ||||
| Kevin Anderson | World |
|
3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Grigor Dimitrov | Europe |
|
2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Novak Djokovic | Europe |
|
2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Kyle Edmund | Europe |
|
1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Roger Federer | Europe |
|
4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 5–4 |
| David Goffin | Europe |
|
2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| John Isner | World |
|
3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 3–5 |
| Nick Kyrgios | World |
|
2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Diego Schwartzman | World |
|
1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Jack Sock | World |
|
4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 6–1 |
| Frances Tiafoe | World |
|
1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Alexander Zverev | Europe |
|
3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 5–3 |
References
edit- ^ "Laver Cup: Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev win as Team Europe retain title in Chicago". BBC Sport. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Federer, Zverev Lead Team Europe to Laver Cup Victory". New York Times. 23 September 2018.
- ^ "Roger Federer and friends launch Laver Cup in Chicago". Laver Cup. 2018-03-19.
- ^ "McEnroe names Kyrgios for Team World". Laver Cup. 2018-03-19.
- ^ "Del Potro and Kyrgios to be Federer and Djokovic's rivals at Laver Cup". Tennis World USA. 2018-06-30.
- ^ "Anderson, Isner and Schwartzman join Team World". Laver Cup. 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Zverev, Dimitrov and Goffin join Team Europe". Laver Cup. 2018-08-13.
- ^ "Sock and Edmund round out Laver Cup teams". Laver Cup. 2018-08-21.
- ^ John Crim. "Laver Cup Prize Money | 2022 Breakdown & Historicals". TennisCompanion. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24.
- ^ Nathan Evans (21 September 2022). "Laver Cup 2022 prize money: How much do winning teams and individuals earn?". www.sportingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24.
- ^ "How Laver Cup Works". Laver Cup. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
