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Laver Cup

Laver Cup: when it is played, who shows it, every champion and what it pays.

Updated 22 September 2026

The Laver Cup is a men's team competition: six players from Europe against six from the rest of the world, twelve matches over three days, indoors on hard courts. It is played two weeks after the US Open, and the host city alternates each year between Europe and the rest of the world, usually in places without a tournament of their own on the ATP Tour.

Matches are worth more as the weekend goes on: one point on Friday, two on Saturday, three on Sunday, and 13 of the 24 points on offer win the cup, which is why a deficit after two days settles nothing. Matches are best of three sets with a match tiebreak in place of a deciding set, and at 12-12 a decisive doubles over one set. There are no ranking points, though the competition has been an ATP-sanctioned event since 2019. It has been played since 2017, grew out of Roger Federer's idea of honouring Rod Laver and his generation, and takes its shape from golf's Ryder Cup: captains, a bench, coaching from the side of the court.

Next staging

Dates not yet known · Usually played 19 – 27 September 2027

Champions

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2025Team WorldTeam Europe15–9
2024Team EuropeTeam World13–11
2023Team WorldTeam Europe13–2
2022Team WorldTeam Europe13–8
2021Team EuropeTeam World14–1

Records

Most titles
Team World (3 titles)
In a row
Team World — 2 in a row, 2022–2023

From the years since 2021

Latest stories

Sources

  1. Laver Cup: About the Laver Cup
  2. Laver Cup: How the Laver Cup Works (Format, Punktewertung Freitag/Samstag/Sonntag, 13 Punkte zum Sieg, Qualifikation und Captain's Picks, 9. Auflage London 25.-27. September 2026)
  3. Wikipedia: Laver Cup (format, scoring by day, records)

Scores come from ESPN's live-scores feed, about a minute behind the court. Times are Berlin local time (CET/CEST).