2017 Laver Cup#Matches
{{Infobox tennis tournament year|2017|Laver Cup
|date=22–24 September 2017
|edition=1st
|surface=Hard indoor
|location=Prague, Czech Republic
|venue=O2 Arena (Prague)
|champ=Team Europe
17px 15 – 9 17px
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/41381665|title=Laver Cup 2017: Team Europe beat Team World 15-9 in inaugural competition|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 September 2017}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2017/08/24/1958|title=Laver on a high in Manhattan|work=Laver Cup|date=2017-08-24}} Shortly afterwards Raonic withdrew and was replaced by Nick Kyrgios.{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2017/08/26/kyrgios-adds-firepower-team-world|title=Kyrgios adds firepower to Team World|work=Laver Cup|date=2017-08-26}} Later Frances Tiafoe took the place of del Potro who had also withdrawn.{{Cite tweet|user=LaverCup|number=910231788160663552|date=2017-09-19|title=Rising American star Frances Tiafoe is a late addition}}
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.{{Cite web |last=John Crim |title=Laver Cup Prize Money {{!}} 2022 Breakdown & Historicals |url=https://tenniscompanion.org/prize-money/laver-cup/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220924192249/https://tenniscompanion.org/prize-money/laver-cup/ |archive-date=2022-09-24 |access-date= |website=TennisCompanion |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Nathan Evans |title=Laver Cup 2022 prize money: How much do winning teams and individuals earn? |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/laver-cup-2022-prize-money-how-much-winners/hdhmf53mld836ccukrxsiw0q |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220924192725/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/laver-cup-2022-prize-money-how-much-winners/hdhmf53mld836ccukrxsiw0q |archive-date=2022-09-24 |access-date= |website=www.sportingnews.com |date=21 September 2022 |language=en}}
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
File:Laver Cup 2017 O2 Arena Prague (inside).jpg in Prague during the first day of the event.]]
File:Rod Laver et la l'équipe Europe lors de la Laver Cup en 2017.jpg
| valign=top
| {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|17px Team Europe |
| colspan=2|Captain: {{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg |
| colspan=2|Vice-captain: {{flagicon|SWE}} Thomas Enqvist |
| width=190|Player
!Rank* |
|---|
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal
|align=center|1 |
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer
|align=center|2 |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev
|align=center|4 |
| {{flagicon|CRO}} Marin Čilić
|align=center|5 |
| {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominic Thiem
|align=center|7 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|{{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Berdych |align=center|19 |
| style="background:#eaf3ff;"
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Verdasco |align=center|40 |
{{col-break|gap=2em}}
|
| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|17px Team World | |
| colspan=2|Captain: {{flagicon|USA}} John McEnroe | |
| colspan=2|Vice-captain: {{flagicon|USA}} Patrick McEnroe | |
| width=190|Player
!Rank* | |
|---|---|
| style="background:#fcc;" | {{Flagicon|CAN}} |align=center|11 |
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey
|align=center|16 | |
| {{Flagicon|USA}} John Isner
|align=center|17 | |
| style="background:#eee8aa;"
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios |align=center|20 | |
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock
|align=center|21 | |
| style="background:#fcc;"
|{{Flagicon|ARG}} |align=center|24 | |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|{{Flagicon|CAN}} Denis Shapovalov |align=center|51 | |
| style="background:#eee8aa;"
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe |align=center|72 | |
| style="background:#eaf3ff;"
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Thanasi Kokkinakis | align=center|81PR(215) |
|}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" | |
| width=10px bgcolor=#ddffdd| | Captain's pick |
| width=10px bgcolor=#ffcccc| | Withdrew |
| width=10px bgcolor=#eee8aa| | Replacement |
| width=10px bgcolor=#eaf3ff| | Alternate |
- {{Small|Singles rankings as of 18 September 2017}}
- {{small|PR
= Protected ranking}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/how-it-works|title=How Laver Cup Works|work=Laver Cup|accessdate=2017-09-20}}
| class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align: center"
! Day ! width=60| Date ! width=60| Match ! width=250| 17px Team Europe ! width=250| 17px Team World ! Score ! Team points |
| style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan=4| 1 | rowspan=4| 22 Sep | rowspan=3| Singles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|CRO}} Marin Čilić | {{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe | align=left| 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–0) | 1–0 |
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|AUT}} Dominic Thiem
| {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner | align=left| 6–7(15–17), 7–6(7–2), [10–7] | 2–0 |
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Denis Shapovalov | align=left| 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5) |3–0 |
| Doubles
| {{flagicon|CZE}} T Berdych / {{flagicon|ESP}} R Nadal | bgcolor= FFD1DC|{{flagicon|AUS}} N Kyrgios / {{flagicon|USA}} J Sock | align=left| 3–6, 7–6(9–7), [7–10] | 3–1 |
| style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan=4| 2 | rowspan=4| 23 Sep | rowspan=3| Singles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer | {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey | align=left|6–4, 6–2 | 5–1 |
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock | align=left| 6–3, 3–6, [11–9] | 7–1 |
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Berdych
| bgcolor= FFD1DC|{{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios | align=left| 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [6–10] | 7–3 |
| Doubles
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|SUI}} R Federer / {{flagicon|ESP}} R Nadal | {{flagicon|USA}} S Querrey / {{flagicon|USA}} J Sock | align=left| 6–4, 1–6, [10–5] | 9–3 |
| style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan=4| 3 | rowspan=4| 24 Sep | Doubles | {{flagicon|CZE}} T Berdych / {{flagicon|CRO}} M Čilić | bgcolor= FFD1DC|{{flagicon|USA}} J Isner / {{flagicon|USA}} J Sock | align=left| 6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8) | 9–6 |
| rowspan=3| Singles
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev | {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey | align=left| 6–4, 6–4 | 12–6 |
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal
| bgcolor= FFD1DC|{{flagicon|USA}} John Isner | align=left|5–7, 6–7(1–7) | 12–9 |
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios | align=left|4–6, 7–6(8–6), [11–9] | 15–9 |
Player statistics
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| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center"
!rowspan=2|Player !rowspan=2 width=40|Team !rowspan=2|{{abbr|Nat.|Nationality}} !rowspan=2 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Matches !class="unsortable" colspan=3 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Matches win–loss !class="unsortable" colspan=3|Points win–loss | |
| Singles
!Doubles !width=60 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !Singles !Doubles !width=60|Total | |
|---|---|
| align="left" |{{sortname|Tomáš|Berdych}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|CZE}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |0–1 |0–2 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–3 |0–2 |0–4 |0–6 | |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Marin|Čilić | Cilic, Marin}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|CRO}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1–0 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |1–0 |0–3 |1–3 |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Roger|Federer}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|SUI}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |2–0 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3–0 |5–0 |2–0 |7–0 | |
| align="left" |{{sortname|John|Isner}}
| bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1–1 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–1 |3–1 |3–0 |6–1 | |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Nick|Kyrgios}}
| bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1–1 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–1 |2–3 |1–0 |3–3 | |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Rafael|Nadal}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|ESP}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |1–1 |1–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–2 |2–3 |2–1 |4–4 | |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Sam|Querrey}}
| bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |0–2 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–3 |0–5 |0–2 |0–7 | |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Denis|Shapovalov}}
| bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|CAN}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0–1 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–1 |0–1 |0–0 |0–1 | |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Jack|Sock}}
| bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |0–1 |2–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–2 |0–2 |4–2 |4–4 | |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Dominic|Thiem}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|AUT}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1–0 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–0 |1–0 |0–0 |1–0 | |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Frances|Tiafoe}}
| bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0–1 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–1 |0–1 |0–0 |0–1 | |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Alexander|Zverev}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|GER}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |2–0 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–0 |4–0 |0–0 |4–0 |
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|lavercup.com}}
{{Laver Cup}}
{{2017 ATP World Tour}}
{{2017 in tennis}}
{{Portalbar|Tennis|Czech Republic|Europe|Sports}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laver Cup, 2017}}
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