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2023 Laver Cup

{{short description|Sixth edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament}}

{{Infobox tennis tournament year|2023|Laver Cup

|date=22–24 September 2023

|edition=6th

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|location=Vancouver, Canada

|venue=Rogers Arena

|champ=Team World
17px  13 – 2  17px}}

The 2023 Laver Cup was the sixth edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held on an indoor hard court at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada from 22 until 24 September.

Team World won their second consecutive title after winning the Laver Cup for the first time last year.{{cite news|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/laver-cup-2022-sunday|title=Tiafoe Captures Laver Cup For Team World|website=ATP Tour|date=25 September 2022}}

In the 2023 Laver Cup, Team World achieved a dominant 13-2 victory over Team Europe.{{Cite web |title=Laver Cup 2023: Team World Crushes Team Europe 13-2 |url=https://vancouver.page/blog/laver-cup-2023-team-world-crushes-team-europe-13-2/ |website=Vancouver Page |date=24 September 2023}}

Player selection

On 2 February 2023, Félix Auger-Aliassime was the first player to confirm his participation for Team World.{{Cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/tennis/felix-auger-aliassime-to-help-defend-laver-cup-title-in-vancouver|title=Félix Auger-Aliassime to help defend Laver Cup title in Vancouver|website=Montreal Gazette|date=2 February 2023}} On 17 April 2023, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe were the next players to announce their participation for this team,{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2023/04/17/taylor-fritz-and-frances-tiafoe-return-to-team-world-for-laver-cup-vancouver|title=Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe return to Team World for Laver Cup Vancouver|website=Laver Cup|date=17 April 2023}} as well as Nick Kyrgios on 24 April,{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2023/04/24/nick-kyrgios-back-for-team-world|title=Nick Kyrgios back for Team World|website=Laver Cup|date=24 April 2023}} who however withdrew on 11 August.

On 20 April 2023, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev and, on 25 April, Holger Rune were the first players confirmed for Team Europe.{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2023/04/20/tsitsipas-and-rublev-first-to-line-up-for-team-europe|title=Tsitsipas and Rublev first to line up for Team Europe|website=Laver Cup|date=20 April 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2023/04/25/holger-rune-will-make-laver-cup-debut-in-vancouver|title=Holger Rune will make Laver Cup debut in Vancouver|website=Laver Cup|date=25 April 2023}} On 14 June 2023, Casper Ruud announced that he would also join this team.{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2023/06/14/ruud-returns-to-team-europe-for-laver-cup-vancouver-2023|title=Ruud returns to Team Europe for Laver Cup Vancouver 2023|website=Laver Cup|date=14 June 2023}}

On 23 August 2023, both teams announced their final line-ups. As their final picks, Team Europe captain Björn Borg chose Hubert Hurkacz and Gaël Monfils while Team World captain John McEnroe named Tommy Paul, Francisco Cerúndolo and Ben Shelton.{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2023/08/23/teams-finalized-for-laver-cup-vancouver|title=Teams finalized for Laver Cup Vancouver|website=Laver Cup|date=23 August 2023}} On 14 September 2023, it was announced that Milos Raonic would be joining Team World as an alternate.{{cite web |title=Milos Raonic Joins Team World As Alternate At 2023 Laver Cup In Vancouver |url=https://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/milos_raonic_joins_team_world_as_alternate_at_2023_laver_cup_in_vancouver/s1_17131_39255977 |website=Yardbarker |access-date=15 September 2023 |date=14 September 2023}} Shortly before the start of the tournament, Rune and Tsitsipas withdrew due to injuries and were replaced by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Arthur Fils.{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2023/09/17/davidovich-fokina-to-represent-team-europe-at-laver-cup-vancouver-2023|title=Davidovich Fokina to represent Team Europe at Laver Cup Vancouver 2023|website=Laver Cup|date=17 September 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/tsitsipas-laver-cup-2023-withdrawal|title=Tsitsipas Withdraws From Laver Cup|website=Laver Cup|date=19 September 2023}}

Participants

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{| class="wikitable nowrap"

!colspan=2|17px Team Europe

colspan=2|Captain: {{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg
colspan=2|Vice-captain: {{flagicon|SWE}} Thomas Enqvist
width=200|Player

!Rank

-style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Holger Rune

|align=center|4

-style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas

|align=center|5

{{flagicon
} Andrey Rublev

|align=center|6

|-

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Casper Ruud

|align=center|9

|-

|{{flagicon|POL}} Hubert Hurkacz

|align=center|16

|-

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

|align=center|25

|-

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Gaël Monfils

|align=center|35PR(142)

|-

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Arthur Fils

|align=center|44

|}

{{col-break|gap=2em}}

|

class="wikitable nowrap"

!colspan=2|17px Team World

colspan=2|Captain: {{flagicon|USA}} John McEnroe
colspan=2|Vice-captain: {{flagicon|USA}} Patrick McEnroe
width=200|Player

!Rank

style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
{{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Fritz

|align=center|8

{{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe

|align=center|11

{{flagicon|USA}} Tommy Paul

|align=center|13

{{flagicon|CAN}} Félix Auger-Aliassime

|align=center|14

{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Shelton

|align=center|19

{{flagicon|ARG}} Francisco Cerúndolo

|align=center|21

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios

|align=center|21PR(472)

style="background:#eaf3ff"

|{{flagicon|USA}} Christopher Eubanks

|align=center|32

style="background:#eaf3ff"

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Milos Raonic

|align=center|33PR(322)

|}

  • {{small|Singles rankings as of 18 September 2023}}
  • {{small|PR = Protected ranking}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"

|width=10px bgcolor=ffcccc|

Withdrew
width=10px bgcolor=eaf3ff|Alternate

{{multiple image|perrow=6|align=left|total_width=690

| caption_align = center

| header = 15px Team Europe

| image1 = Rublev MCM22 (23) (52036442068).jpg

| caption1 = Rublev

| image2 = Ruud RG22 (58) (52144535415).jpg

| caption2 = Ruud

| image3 = Hurkacz RG22 (2) (52144092826).jpg

| caption3 = Hurkacz

| image4 = Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (2023 US Open) 03 (cropped).jpg

| caption4 = Davidovich Fokina

| image5 = Gaël Monfils (2023 DC Open) 04 (cropped).jpg

| caption5 = Monfils

| image6 = Fils MLC21 (2).jpg

| caption6 = Fils

}}

{{multiple image|perrow=6|align=left|total_width=690

| caption_align = center

| header = 15px Team World

| image1 = Fritz RG22 (3) (52144327859).jpg

| caption1 = Fritz

| image2 = Frances Tiafoe US Open 2022 (cropped).jpg

| caption2 = Tiafoe

| image3 = Paul RG21 (2) (51376841649).jpg

| caption3 = Paul

| image4 = Auger Aliassime RG21 (91) (51377187345).jpg

| caption4 = Auger-Aliassime

| image5 = Shelton MCM23 (27) (52883150181).jpg

| caption5 = Shelton

| image6 = Cerundolo MCM23 (21) (52883527185).jpg

| caption6 = Cerúndolo

}}

{{clear}}

Matches

Each match win on day 1 is worth one point, on day 2 two points, and on day 3 three points. The first team to 13 points will win.{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/how-it-works|title=How Laver Cup Works|website=Laver Cup|access-date=18 September 2023}}

class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align:center"

! Day

! width=60| Date

! width=60| Match
type

! width=265| 17px Team Europe

! width=265| 17px Team World

! Score

! Team points
after match

style="border-top:2px solid gray;"

| rowspan=4| 1

| rowspan=4| 22 Sep

| rowspan=3| Singles

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Arthur Fils

| bgcolor="ffd1dc"| {{flagicon|USA}} Ben Shelton

| style="text-align:left"|6–7(4–7), 1–6

| 0–1

{{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

| bgcolor="ffd1dc"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Francisco Cerúndolo

| style="text-align:left"|3–6, 5–7

| 0–2

{{flagicon|FRA}} Gaël Monfils

| bgcolor="ffd1dc"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Félix Auger-Aliassime

| style="text-align:left"|4–6, 3–6

| 0–3

Doubles

| {{flagicon|FRA}} A Fils / {{flagicon|RUS}} A Rublev

| bgcolor="ffd1dc"|{{flagicon|USA}} T Paul / {{flagicon|USA}} F Tiafoe

| 3–6, 6–4, [6–10]

| 0–4

style="border-top:2px solid gray;"

| rowspan=4| 2

| rowspan=4| 23 Sep

| rowspan=3| Singles

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Rublev

| bgcolor="ffd1dc"|{{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Fritz

| style="text-align:left"|2–6, 6–7(3–7)

| 0–6

bgcolor="lightblue"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Casper Ruud

| {{flagicon|USA}} Tommy Paul

| style="text-align:left"|7–6(8–6), 6–2

| 2–6

{{flagicon|POL}} Hubert Hurkacz

| bgcolor="ffd1dc"|{{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe

| style="text-align:left"|5–7, 3–6

| 2–8

Doubles

| {{flagicon|POL}} H Hurkacz / {{flagicon|FRA}} G Monfils

| bgcolor="ffd1dc"|{{flagicon|CAN}} F Auger-Aliassime / {{flagicon|USA}} B Shelton

| style="text-align:left"|5–7, 4–6

| 2–10

style="border-top:2px solid gray;"

| rowspan=4| 3

| rowspan=4| 24 Sep

| Doubles

| {{flagicon|POL}} H Hurkacz /{{flagicon|RUS}} A Rublev

| bgcolor="ffd1dc | {{flagicon|USA}} B Shelton / {{flagicon|USA}} F Tiafoe

| style="text-align:left"|6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)

| 2–13

rowspan=3| Singles

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Casper Ruud

| {{flag icon|USA}} Taylor Fritz

| rowspan=3 colspan=2| not played

{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Rublev

| {{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe

{{flagicon|POL}} Hubert Hurkacz

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Félix Auger-Aliassime

Player statistics

{{mw-datatable}}

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|Félix|Auger-Aliassime}}

|bgcolor="ffd1dc"|World

|align=center|{{flagicon|CAN}}

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2

|1–0

|1–0

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–0

|1–0

|2–0

|3–0

align="left"|{{sortname|Francisco|Cerúndolo}}

|bgcolor="ffd1dc"|World

|align=center|{{flagicon|ARG}}

|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|Alejandro|Davidovich Fokina}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

|align=center|{{flagicon|ESP}}

|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|Arthur|Fils}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

|align=center|{{flagicon|FRA}}

| style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| 2

| 0–1

| 0–1

| style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| 0–2

| 0–1

| 0–1

| 0–2

align="left"|{{sortname|Taylor|Fritz}}

|bgcolor="ffd1dc"|World

|align=center|{{flagicon|USA}}

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1

|1–0

|0–0

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–0

|2–0

|0–0

|2–0

align="left"|{{sortname|Hubert|Hurkacz}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

|align=center|{{flagicon|POL}}

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3

|0–1

|0–2

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–3

|0–2

|0–5

|0–7

align="left"|{{sortname|Gaël|Monfils}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

|align=center|{{flagicon|FRA}}

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2

|0–1

|0–1

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–2

|0–1

|0–2

|0–3

align="left"|{{sortname|Tommy|Paul|dab=tennis}}

|bgcolor="ffd1dc"|World

|align=center|{{flagicon|USA}}

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2

|0–1

|1–0

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1

|0–2

|1–0

|1–2

align="left"|{{sortname|Andrey|Rublev}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

|

|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|Casper|Ruud}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

|align=center|{{flagicon|NOR}}

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1

|1–0

|0–0

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–0

|2–0

|0–0

|2–0

align="left"|{{sortname|Ben|Shelton|dab=tennis}}

|bgcolor="ffd1dc"|World

|align=center|{{flagicon|USA}}

| style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3

| 1–0

| 2–0

| style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3–0

| 1–0

| 5–0

| 6–0

align="left"|{{sortname|Frances|Tiafoe}}

|bgcolor="ffd1dc"|World

|align=center|{{flagicon|USA}}

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3

|1–0

|2–0

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3–0

|2–0

|4–0

|6–0

Post-tournament exhibition doubles match

As only one match was required on Day 3 of the 2023 Laver Cup, an exhibition match was played following the trophy ceremony.

class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align: center"

! Day

! width=60| Date

! Match type

! width=265| 17px Team Europe

! width=265| 17px Team World

! Score

3

| 24 Sep

| Exhibition doubles

| {{flagicon|ESP}} A Davidovich Fokina / {{flagicon|FRA}} A Fils

| bgcolor="ffd1dc"|{{flagicon|USA}} C Eubanks / {{flagicon|CAN}} M Raonic

| 3–6, 6–3, [8–10]

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|lavercup.com}}

{{Laver Cup}}

{{2023 ATP Tour}}

{{2023 in tennis}}

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