Federer, Alcaraz, Team Europe, Team World: Everything you always wanted to know about the 2024 Laver Cup – updated with winner

What is the Laver Cup?

The Laver Cup is an international men’s tennis team event held between Team Europe (consisting of players from Europe) and Team World (consisting of players from all regions except Europe). The event is held alternately in Europe and in another city in the rest of the world.

The tournament was inspired by golf’s Ryder Cup and is named after Australian tennis legend Rod Laver.

Who won THE 2024 Laver Cup?

Team Europe beat Team World 13-11 in the 2024 Laver Cup, after trailing 8-4 heading into the final day.

Francisco Cerundolo beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 to put Team World ahead in the first match of the tournament on Friday. Stefanos Tsitsipas then levelled with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Thanasi Kokkinakis and Grigor Dimitrov beat Alejandro Tabilo 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) to put Europe ahead before the American partnership of Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton saw off Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev 7-6 (5), 6-4 to even the scores after day one.

On day two, Frances Tiafoe beat Danill Medevedev 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 to once against pull ahead of Team Europe, before Carlos Alcaraz put on a sensational performance and beat Ben Shelton 6-4, 6-4 to level the scores at 4-4. In the evening session, Taylor Fritz outlasted Alexander Zverev 6-4, 7-5, before Ben Shelton and Alejandro Tabilo dominated Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-1, 6-2 in the doubles match. The two victories meant that Team World led 8-4 heading into the third day of the Laver Cup.

On day three, Alcaraz and Ruud handed Shelton his first-ever doubles loss in Laver Cup, with the pair taking down Shelton/Tiafoe 6-2, 7-6(6) to begin the day’s play. However, Shelton gained his revenge with a brilliant 6-7 (6), 7-5, 10-7 victory over Medvedev, which saw the Russian lucky not to be defaulted after he threw his racquet into the crowd during the first-set tiebreak.

With Team World needing just one win from the remaining two matches on Sunday, Team Europe sent in their big guns in world No 2 Zverev and No 3 Alcaraz. Both delivered, with Zverev downing Tiafoe in a tight 6-7 (5), 7-5, 10-5 clash, while Alcaraz sealed the victory in a sudden death match against Fritz, prevailing 6-2, 7-5 to secure Team Europe’s 13-11 win.

The victory is only the second time a team has come back from being behind at the start of day three, with Team World doing so when they claimed their maiden Laver Cup title in 2022.

Where IS the 2024 Laver Cup beING held?

The 2024 Laver Cup was held in Berlin, Germany, between September 20 and 22.

Who IS in Team Europe for the 2024 Laver Cup?

Carlos Alcaraz was captain Bjorn Borg’s first pick for the 2024 Laver Cup and made his debut in the competition. In February 2024, Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev joined the team; both are previous champions. Grigor Dimitrov, Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas made up the remainder of the team.

Rafael Nadal was due to also play for Team Europe, but he pulled out a couple of weeks before the tournament due to ongoing fitness concerns. Italy’s Flavio Cobolli and Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff were alternates for Team Europe.

Who was in Team WORLD for the 2024 Laver Cup?

Captain John McEnroe originally picked Australia’s Alex de Minaur and Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul as his first picks for Team World for the 2024 edition. However, both De Minaur and Paul have sinced pulled out with injury and fitness issues.

They were replaced by Francisco Cerundolo and Thanasi Kokkinakis. Frances Tiafoe, Ben Shelton and Alejandro Tabilo made up the remainder of Team World.

Who will captain the teams after the 2024 Laver Cup?

Andre Agassi will take over as Team World captain following the conclusion of the 2024 Laver Cup. His first event will be in San Francisco in 2025.

France’s Yannick Noah has been appointed as captain for Team Europe and he will also start in San Francisco in 2025.

Introducing the next Team Europe Captain, Yannick Noah.

Noah will attend this year’s Laver Cup in Berlin to prepare for his new role and be formally introduced as the next Team Europe Captain. His term will begin with Laver Cup San Francisco 2025. https://t.co/rzn4uIQQCU pic.twitter.com/WD25XijYgg

— Laver Cup (@LaverCup) May 29, 2024

Who played at the 2023 Laver Cup?

Defending champion Team World consisted of:

• Taylor Fritz
• Tommy Paul
• Ben Shelton
• Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Frances Tiafoe
• Francisco Cerundolo

Team Europe consisted of:

• Andrey Rublev
• Casper Ruud
• Hubert Hurkacz
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Gael Monfils
• Arthur Fils

Where was the 2023 Laver Cup held?

The 2023 edition of the Laver Cup was held in Vancouver, Canada at the Rogers Arena. The previous editions have been held in the below cities:

• 2017 (inaugural edition) – Prague, Czech Republic
• 2018 – Chicago, United States
• 2019 – Geneva, Switzerland
• 2020 – not held due to coronavirus pandemic
• 2021 – Boston, United States
• 2022 – London, United Kingdom

Who won the 2023 Laver Cup?

Team World recorded a 13-2 victory to defend their Laver Cup title.

Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe, who each went 3-0 over the weekend, clinched the victory with a 7-6(4), 7-6(5) victory.

What is the format of the Laver Cup?

The tournament is played over three days with the first two days consisting of a day and a night session, and a day session on the third day. Four matches – three singles and a doubles match– are played each day. All matches are played in a best-of-three sets format with ad scoring. If the first two sets are tied, then the third is decided by a 10-point match tiebreaker.

Each win earns the team one point on Friday, two points on Saturday, and three points on Sunday. The first team to win 13 points (out of a total 24 points available) wins the trophy. If the points are tied at 12-12 at the end of all matches, a fifth match (the “Decider”) is played on the final day to determine the winner of the tournament.

Who came up with the concept for the Laver Cup?

The tournament is the brainchild of Roger Federer and his agent, Tony Godsick. The tournament is an ATP-sanctioned event.

The tournament is named after Rod Laver, one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. Laver. who hailed from Australia, is the only player in the history of the sport to win the calendar Grand Slam (all four majors in a single season) twice – in 1962 as an amateur and in 1969 as a pro.

Who selects the Laver Cup teams?

Three of the six players on each team qualify based on their ATP singles rankings as of the Monday after Roland-Garros in June, although if they do not wish to be selected, the captains will choose another high-ranked individual. The captains select the other three members of their team – the “captain’s picks” – to be made before the 2024 US Open.

Who are the champions of the previous editions of the Laver Cup?

So far the winners and scores have been:

• 2017 – Team Europe defeated Team World 15–9
• 2018 – Team Europe defeated Team World 13–8
• 2019 – Team Europe defeated Team World 13−11
• 2020 – Not played due to Coronavirus
• 2021 – Team Europe defeated Team World 14-1
• 2022 – Team World defeated Team Europe 13-8
• 2023 – Team World defeated Team Europe 13-2

Is Roger Federer at the 2024 Laver Cup?

Yes, Federer did arrive in Berlin a couple of days prior to the start of the 2024 Laver Cup. The Swiss spoke to the media on a range of topics and also took to the courts for a practice hit.

The way Federer plays tennis like that’s what he was put on Earth to do will never cease to glue me to the screen, even when he's 80 and the equivalent of Rod Laver in young people's minds

🎥 @TennisLegende pic.twitter.com/gcIzjF6BPs

— Bastien Fachan (@BastienFachan) September 19, 2024

Federer was also at the 2023 Laver Cup. He retired at the 2022 edition and marked the one-year anniversary since his step back from competitive tennis by appearing on the first day to make the draw for the last match. He gave a 30-minute on-court interview with Jim Courier after Friday night’s final match.