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2024 Laver Cup#Matches

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

{{Infobox tennis tournament year|2024|Laver Cup

|date=20–22 September 2024

|edition=7th

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|location=Berlin, Germany

|venue=Uber Arena

|champ=Team Europe
17px  13 – 11  17px

}}

The 2024 Laver Cup was the seventh 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 Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany from 20 until 22 September. Björn Borg and John McEnroe served as team captains for the last time. From 2025, Yannick Noah and Andre Agassi are set to replace them.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/laver-cup-yannick-noah-andre-agassi-362c468a83e19907c12c11bac2a0cc20|title=Yannick Noah to succeed Bjorn Borg as the captain of Team Europe in the Laver Cup|website=Associated Press|date=29 May 2024}} Team World were attempting to win the Laver Cup for the third year in a row after defending the title the previous year.{{cite news|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/laver-cup-2023-sunday|title=Shelton/Tiafoe Clinch Team World's Laver Cup Victory|website=ATP Tour|date=24 September 2023}} Team Europe won 13–11 to take an overall 5–2 lead in the series.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c3wp1xl3vplo|title=Team Europe edge out Team World to win Laver Cup|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=22 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/laver-cup-singles/2024/carlos-alcaraz-sweeps-aside-taylor-fritz-to-snatch-glory-for-team-europe-in-dramatic-final-day-comeback_sto20039243/story.shtml|title=Carlos Alcaraz sweeps aside Taylor Fritz to snatch Laver Cup for Team Europe in dramatic final-day comeback|publisher=Eurosport|accessdate=22 September 2024}}

Player selection

On 8 November 2023, Carlos Alcaraz was the first player to confirm his participation for Team Europe.{{Cite news|url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/laver-cup/2023/a-great-honour-carlos-alcaraz-to-make-laver-cup-debut-for-bjorn-borg-s-team-europe-in-berlin-in-2024_sto9874715/story.shtml|title='A great honour' - Carlos Alcaraz to make Laver Cup debut for Bjorn Borg's Team Europe in Berlin in 2024|website=Eurosport.com|date=8 November 2023}} On 8 February 2024, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev were the next players to announce their participation for this team.{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2024/02/08/medvedev-and-zverev-to-join-alcaraz-on-team-europe-at-laver-cup-berlin-2024|title=Medvedev and Zverev to join Alcaraz on Team Europe at Laver Cup Berlin 2024|website=Laver Cup|date=8 February 2024}}

On 11 April 2024, Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul were the first players to confirm their participation for Team World.{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2024/04/11/de-minaur-fritz-and-paul-line-up-for-team-world-at-laver-cup-2024|title=De Minaur, Fritz and Paul Line Up for Team World at Laver Cup 2024|website=Laver Cup|date=11 April 2024}} Rafael Nadal was announced as the fourth player for Team Europe on 22 April 2024.{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2024/04/22/rafael-nadal-joins-team-europe-for-laver-cup-berlin-2024|title=Rafael Nadal joins Team Europe for Laver Cup Berlin 2024|website=Laver Cup|date=22 April 2024}} Ben Shelton was confirmed for the event on 25 June 2024.{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2024/06/25/ben-shelton-returns-to-team-world-for-laver-cup-berlin-2024|title=Ben Shelton returns to Team World for Laver Cup Berlin 2024|website=Laver Cup|date=25 June 2024}}

On 17 July 2024, Team Europe announced its final line-up with Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas also taking part.{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2024/07/17/ruud-and-tsitsipas-complete-team-europes-2024-lineup|title=Ruud and Tsitsipas complete Team Europe’s 2024 lineup|website=Laver Cup|date=17 July 2024}} Team World captain John McEnroe chose Frances Tiafoe and Alejandro Tabilo as his final picks on 19 August 2024.{{cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2024/08/19/tiafoe-and-tabilo-join-team-world-for-laver-cup-berlin-2024|title=Tiafoe and Tabilo join Team World for Laver Cup Berlin 2024|website=Laver Cup|date=19 August 2024}}

On 12 September 2024, de Minaur, Paul and Nadal withdrew due to injuries and were replaced by Francisco Cerúndolo, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Grigor Dimitrov.{{cite news|url=https://www.puntodebreak.com/en/2024/09/12/laver-cup-2024-minaur-and-tommy-paul-drop-out-cerundolo-and-kokkinakis-step-in|title=Laver Cup 2024: De Miñaur and Tommy Paul drop out, Cerúndolo and Kokkinakis step in|website=Punto de Break|date=12 September 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://tennistonic.com/tennis-news/774125/grigor-dimitrov-will-replace-nadal-in-the-laver-cup/|title=Grigor Dimitrov will replace Nadal in the Laver Cup|website=Tennis Tonic|date=13 September 2024}}

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=180|Player

!width=50|Rank

{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev

|align=center|2

{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Alcaraz

|align=center|3

{{flagicon
} Daniil Medvedev

|align=center|5

|-

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Casper Ruud

|align=center|9

|--style="background:#ffcccc;"

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal

|align=center|9PR(154)

|-

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Grigor Dimitrov

|align=center|10

|-

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas

|align=center|12

|-style="background:#eaf3ff"

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Flavio Cobolli

|align=center|32

|-style="background:#eaf3ff"

|{{flagicon|GER}} Jan-Lennard Struff

|align=center|37

|}

{{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=180|Player

!width=50|Rank

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

|align=center|7

-style="background:#ffcccc;"

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Alex de Minaur

|align=center|11

-style="background:#ffcccc;"

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tommy Paul

|align=center|13

{{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe

|align=center|16

{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Shelton

|align=center|17

{{flagicon|CHI}} Alejandro Tabilo

|align=center|22

{{flagicon|ARG}} Francisco Cerúndolo

|align=center|31

{{flagicon|AUS}} Thanasi Kokkinakis

|align=center|78

|}

  • {{small|Singles rankings as of 16 September 2024}}
  • {{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=750

| caption_align = center

| header = 15px Team Europe

| image1 = Zverev MCM23 (20).jpg

| caption1 = Zverev

| image2 = Alcaraz MCM22 (27) (52036462443) (edited).jpg

| caption2 = Alcaraz

| image3 = Medvedev MCM23 (4) (52882575332).jpg

| caption3 = Medvedev

| image4 = Ruud RG22 (58) (52144535415).jpg

| caption4 = Ruud

| image5 = Dimitrov PM19 (6) (49308113042).jpg

| caption5 = Dimitrov

| image6 = Tsitsipas S. MCM22 (20) (52036915350).jpg

| caption6 = Tsitsipas

}}

{{multiple image|perrow=6|align=left|total_width=750

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

| caption3 = Shelton

| image4 = Tabilo RGQ23 (52942983162).jpg

| caption4 = Tabilo

| image5 = Cerundolo MCM23 (21) (52883527185).jpg

| caption5 = Cerúndolo

| image6 = Kokkinakis WMQ23 (53061887829).jpg

| caption6 = Kokkinakis

}}

{{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=19 September 2024}}

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| 20 Sep

| rowspan=3| Singles

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Casper Ruud

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

| style="text-align:left"| 4–6, 4–6

| 0–1

bgcolor="lightblue"| {{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Thanasi Kokkinakis

| style="text-align:left"| 6–1, 6–4

| 1–1

bgcolor="lightblue"| {{flagicon|BUL}} Grigor Dimitrov

| {{flagicon|CHI}} Alejandro Tabilo

| style="text-align:left"| 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)

| 2–1

Doubles

| {{flagicon|ESP}} C Alcaraz / {{flagicon|GER}} A Zverev

| bgcolor="ffd1dc"| {{flagicon|USA}} T Fritz / {{flagicon|USA}} B Shelton

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

| 2–2

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

| rowspan=4| 2

| rowspan=4| 21 Sep

| rowspan=3| Singles

| {{flagicon

} Daniil Medvedev

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

| style="text-align:left"| 6–3, 4–6, [5–10]

| 2–4

|-

| bgcolor="lightblue"| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Alcaraz

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ben Shelton

| style="text-align:left"| 6–4, 6–4

| 4–4

|-

| {{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev

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

| style="text-align:left"| 4–6, 5–7

| 4–6

|-

| Doubles

| {{flagicon|NOR}} C Ruud / {{flagicon|GRE}} S Tsitsipas

| bgcolor="ffd1dc"| {{flagicon|USA}} B Shelton / {{flagicon|CHI}} A Tabilo

| style="text-align:left"| 1–6, 2–6

| 4–8

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

| rowspan=4| 3

| rowspan=4| 22 Sep

| Doubles

| bgcolor="lightblue"| {{flagicon|ESP}} C Alcaraz / {{flagicon|NOR}} C Ruud

| {{flagicon|USA}} B Shelton / {{flagicon|USA}} F Tiafoe

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

| 7–8

|-

| rowspan=3| Singles

| {{flagicon|}} Daniil Medvedev

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

| style="text-align:left"| 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [7–10]

| 7–11

|-

| bgcolor="lightblue"| {{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev

| {{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe

| style="text-align:left"| 6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–5]

| 10–11

|-

| bgcolor="lightblue"| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Alcaraz

| {{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Fritz

| style="text-align:left"| 6–2, 7–5

| 13–11

|}

Player statistics

{{mw-datatable}}

class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center"

!rowspan=2 width=140|Player

!rowspan=2 width=40|Team

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Nat|Nationality}}

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

!colspan=3 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Matches win–loss

!colspan=3|Points win–loss

Singles

!Doubles

!width=60 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total

!Singles

!Doubles

!width=60|Total

align="left"|{{sortname|Carlos|Alcaraz}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

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

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4

|2–0

|1–1

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

|5–0

|3–1

|8–1

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|Grigor|Dimitrov}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

|align=center|{{flagicon|BUL}}

|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|Taylor|Fritz}}

|bgcolor="ffdldc"|World

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

|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|Thanasi|Kokkinakis}}

|bgcolor="ffdldc"|World

|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|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|Daniil|Medvedev}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

|align=center|{{flagicon

}

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

|0–2

|0–0

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

|0–5

|0–0

|0–5

|-

|align="left"|{{sortname|Casper|Ruud}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

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

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

|0–1

|1–1

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

|0–1

|3–2

|3–3

|-

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

|bgcolor="ffd1dc"|World

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

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|5

|1–1

|2–1

|style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3–2

|3–2

|3–3

|6–5

|-

|align="left"|{{sortname|Alejandro|Tabilo}}

|bgcolor="ffdldc"|World

|align=center|{{flagicon|CHI}}

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

|0–1

|1–0

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

|0–1

|2–0

|2–1

|-

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

|bgcolor="ffdldc"|World

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

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

|1–1

|0–1

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

|2–3

|0–3

|2–6

|-

|align="left"|{{sortname|Stefanos|Tsitsipas}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

|align=center|{{flagicon|GRE}}

|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|Alexander|Zverev}}

|bgcolor="lightblue"|Europe

|align=center|{{flagicon|GER}}

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

|1–1

|0–1

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

|3–2

|0–1

|3–3

|}

References

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External links

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