| Laver Cup | |
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 2024 Laver Cup | |
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| ATP Tour | |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Editions | 7 (2024) |
| Location | European city, world city rotation |
| Surface | Hard (indoor) |
| Draw | 2 teams (Team Europe vs. Team World) |
| Website | https://lavercup.com/ |
| Men's pro tennis |
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The Laver Cup is an international indoor hard court men's team tennis tournament between Team Europe and Team World, the latter of which is composed of players from all other continents except Europe. Usually held annually since 2017,[1] the tournament is intended to be the Ryder Cup of the tennis world.[2] It normally takes place two weeks after the US Open, with the location rotating between various host cities (that usually do not have an ATP Tour event); alternating yearly between European cities and cities in the rest of the world.[3]
In addition to the guaranteed participation fees which are based upon the players' ATP rankings, each member of the winning team receives $250,000 in prize money, but the tournament itself does not count towards the players' point totals in the ATP Tour for that year.[4][5] In May 2019, the Laver Cup became an officially sanctioned ATP Tour event,[6] and the Laver Cup and the ATP renewed their agreement in 2024.[7]
Matches during the Laver Cup tournament differ from conventional 3-set matches played on the ATP Tour; in the event when the match is tied at one set all, a 10-point “match tiebreak” is played instead of a deciding final set (this is to ensure that all matches conclude within a reasonable timeframe of approximately two hours, whilst enabling four matches to be completed within a match day – that begins either at 1 pm local time for Days 1 and 2, or at 12 noon local time for the final Day 3 of the tournament).[8] In addition, unlike conventional ATP tour matches, coaching of match participants is commonly applied courtside by teammates and team captains.
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- ^ Clarey, Christopher (2017-09-24). "A Promising Debut for the Laver Cup, Buoyed by Two Timeless Stars". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ "Tennis: Laver Cup becomes official ATP event". Reuters. 2019-05-24.
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- ^ Tignor, Steve. "In Laver Cup, and now ATP Cup, the super-tiebreaker is having its day". Tennis.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.