2018 Laver Cup#Matches
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{{Infobox tennis tournament year|2018|Laver Cup
|date=21–23 September 2018
|edition=2nd
|surface=Hard indoor
|location=Chicago, United States
|venue=United Center
|champ=Team Europe
17px 13 – 8 17px
}}
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.
Team Europe successfully defended their title, winning the tournament 13–8.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/45623805 |title=Laver Cup: Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev win as Team Europe retain title in Chicago |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 September 2018 |access-date=24 September 2018}} The attendance was 93,584 over the three days.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/23/sports/tennis/ap-ten-laver-cup.html|title=Federer, Zverev Lead Team Europe to Laver Cup Victory|website=New York Times|date=23 September 2018}}
Player selection
On 19 March 2018, Roger Federer for Team Europe and Nick Kyrgios for Team World were the first players to confirm their participation.{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/03/19/rod-laver-roger-federer-john-mcenroe-and-nick-kyrgios-launch-laver-cup-in-chicago|title=Roger Federer and friends launch Laver Cup in Chicago|work=Laver Cup|date=2018-03-19}}{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/03/19/mcenroe-names-kyrgios-for-team-world|title=McEnroe names Kyrgios for Team World|work=Laver Cup|date=2018-03-19}}
On 28 June 2018, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martín del Potro committed to this event,{{Cite news|url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/57077/roger-federer-spends-time-with-his-children-at-wimbledon/|title=Del Potro and Kyrgios to be Federer and Djokovic's rivals at Laver Cup|work=Tennis World USA|date=2018-06-30}} as well as Kevin Anderson, John Isner and Diego Schwartzman on 26 July 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/07/26/anderson-isner-schwartzman-join-team-world|title=Anderson, Isner and Schwartzman join Team World|work=Laver Cup|date=2018-07-26}}
On 13 August 2018, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin announced their participation for Team Europe.{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/08/13/zverev-dimitrov-goffin-join-team-europe|title=Zverev, Dimitrov and Goffin join Team Europe|work=Laver Cup|date=2018-08-13}} As their final picks, the team captains Björn Borg and John McEnroe chose Kyle Edmund and Jack Sock, respectively.{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/08/21/tennis-royalty-announce-sock-edmund-final-laver-cup-team-selections|title=Sock and Edmund round out Laver Cup teams|work=Laver Cup|date=2018-08-21}} As in 2017, del Potro withdrew shortly before the tournament started and was replaced by Frances Tiafoe.
Prize money
The total prize money for the 2018 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, which marks no increase in prize money compared to 2017.
Whereas, each of the losing team members earned $125,000 each.
Participants
| 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|SUI}} Roger Federer
|align=center|2 |
| {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic
|align=center|3 |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev
|align=center|5 |
| {{flagicon|BUL}} Grigor Dimitrov
|align=center|7 |
| {{flagicon|BEL}} David Goffin
|align=center|11 |
| bgcolor=#ddffdd
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Kyle Edmund |align=center|16 |
| bgcolor=#eaf3ff
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jérémy Chardy |align=center|41 |
{{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|ARG}} |align=center|4 |
| {{flagicon|RSA}} Kevin Anderson
|align=center|9 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner
|align=center|10 |
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Schwartzman
|align=center|14 |
| bgcolor=#ddffdd
|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock |align=center|17 |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios
|align=center|27 |
| bgcolor=#eee8aa
|{{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe |align=center|40 |
| bgcolor=#eaf3ff
|{{flagicon|CHI}} Nicolás Jarry |align=center|46 |
|}
- Singles rankings as of 17 September 2018
| 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 |
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=2018-09-19}}
| 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| 21 Sep | rowspan=3| Singles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|BUL}} Grigor Dimitrov | {{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe | align=left| 6–1, 6–4 | 1–0 |
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GBR}} Kyle Edmund
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock | align=left| 6–4, 5–7, [10–6] | 2–0 |
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|BEL}} David Goffin
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Schwartzman | align=left| 6–4, 4–6, [11–9] | 3–0 |
| Doubles
| {{flagicon|SRB}} N Djokovic / {{flagicon|SUI}} R Federer | bgcolor=FFD1DC| {{flagicon|RSA}} K Anderson / {{flagicon|USA}} J Sock | align=left| 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [6–10] | 3–1 |
| style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan=4| 2 | rowspan=4| 22 Sep | rowspan=3| Singles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev | {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner | align=left| 3–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–7] | 5–1 |
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios | align=left| 6–3, 6–2 | 7–1 |
| {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic
| bgcolor=FFD1DC| {{flagicon|RSA}} Kevin Anderson | align=left| 6–7(5–7), 7–5, [6–10] | 7–3 |
| Doubles
| {{flagicon|BUL}} G Dimitrov / {{flagicon|BEL}} D Goffin | bgcolor=FFD1DC| {{flagicon|AUS}} N Kyrgios / {{flagicon|USA}} J Sock | align=left| 3–6, 4–6 | 7–5 |
| style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan=4| 3 | rowspan=4| 23 Sep | Doubles | {{flagicon|SUI}} R Federer / {{flagicon|GER}} A Zverev | bgcolor=FFD1DC| {{flagicon|USA}} J Isner / {{flagicon|USA}} J Sock | align=left| 6–4, 6–7(2–7), [9–11] | 7–8 |
| rowspan=3| Singles
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer | {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner | align=left| 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7] | 10–8 |
| bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev
| {{flagicon|RSA}} Kevin Anderson | align=left| 6–7(3–7), 7–5, [10–7] | 13–8 |
| {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios | colspan=2 align=center| not played |
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|Kevin|Anderson|Kevin Anderson (tennis)}}
| bgcolor="FFD1DC" |World | align="center" |{{flagicon|RSA}} |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|Grigor|Dimitrov}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|BUL}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1–0 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |1–0 |0–2 |1–2 |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Novak|Djokovic}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|SRB}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0–1 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–2 |0–2 |0–1 |0–3 |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Kyle|Edmund}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|GBR}} |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|Roger|Federer}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|SUI}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |2–0 |0–2 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–2 |5–0 |0–4 |5–4 |
| align="left" |{{sortname|David|Goffin}}
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|BEL}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1–0 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |1–0 |0–2 |1–2 |
| align="left" |{{sortname|John|Isner}}
| bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World | align="center" |{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |0–2 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–2 |0–5 |3–0 |3–5 |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Nick|Kyrgios}}
| bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World | align="center" |{{flagicon|AUS}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0–1 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |0–2 |2–0 |2–2 |
| align="left" |{{sortname|Diego|Schwartzman}}
| bgcolor="FFD1DC" |World | align="center" |{{flagicon|ARG}} |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 |3–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3–1 |0–1 |6–0 |6–1 |
| 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"|3 |2–0 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–1 |5–0 |0–3 |5–3 |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|lavercup.com}}
{{Laver Cup}}
{{2018 ATP World Tour}}
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