# 2017 Laver Cup

The 2017 Laver Cup was the first edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held on indoor hard courts at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic from 22 until 24 September.
Team Europe won the inaugural tournament 15–9.

## Player selection

On 24 August 2016, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the first of six players to confirm their participation for Team Europe. On 15 May 2017, more than eight months later, Milos Raonic was the first of six players to confirm his participation for Team World. By 24 August 2017, all six players from each team had been chosen: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Alexander Zverev, Marin Čilić, Dominic Thiem, and Tomáš Berdych for Team Europe, and Milos Raonic, John Isner, Jack Sock, Sam Querrey, Juan Martín del Potro, and Denis Shapovalov for Team World. Shortly afterwards Raonic withdrew and was replaced by Nick Kyrgios. Later Frances Tiafoe took the place of del Potro who had also withdrawn.
Former rivals Bjorn Borg (Europe) and John McEnroe (World) were serving as captains for the 2017 edition.

## Prize money

The total prize money for the 2017 Laver Cup was $2,250,000 for all 12 participating players.
Each winning team member earned $250,000 in the inaugural edition of the Laver Cup.
Whereas, each of the losing team members earned $125,000 each.

## Participants

Team Europe :
| Captain: Björn Borg ||
| Vice-captain: Thomas Enqvist ||
| Player | Rank$^*$ |
| Rafael Nadal | 1 |
| Roger Federer | 2 |
| Alexander Zverev | 4 |
| Marin Čilić | 5 |
| Dominic Thiem | 7 |
| Tomáš Berdych | 19 |
| Fernando Verdasco | 40 |
Team World :
| Captain: John McEnroe ||
| Vice-captain: Patrick McEnroe ||
| Player | Rank$^*$ |
| Milos Raonic | 11 |
| Sam Querrey | 16 |
| John Isner | 17 |
| Nick Kyrgios | 20 |
| Jack Sock | 21 |
| Juan Martín del Potro | 24 |
| Denis Shapovalov | 51 |
| Frances Tiafoe | 72 |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | 81$^{PR(215)}$ |
* Captain's pick
* Withdrew
* Replacement
* Alternate
* Singles rankings as of 18 September 2017
* PR = Protected ranking

## Matches

Each match win on day 1 was worth one point, on day 2 two points, and on day 3 three points. The first team to 13 points won.
| Day | Date | Match type | Team Europe | Team World | Score | Team points after match |
| 1 | 22 Sep | Singles | Marin Čilić | Frances Tiafoe | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–0)}$ | 1–0 |
| 1 | 22 Sep | Singles | Dominic Thiem | John Isner | 6–7$^{(15–17)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, [10–7] | 2–0 |
| 1 | 22 Sep | Singles | Alexander Zverev | Denis Shapovalov | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ | 3–0 |
| 1 | 22 Sep | Doubles | T Berdych / R Nadal | N Kyrgios / J Sock | 3–6, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, [7–10] | 3–1 |
| 2 | 23 Sep | Singles | Roger Federer | Sam Querrey | 6–4, 6–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | 23 Sep | Singles | Rafael Nadal | Jack Sock | 6–3, 3–6, [11–9] | 7–1 |
| 2 | 23 Sep | Singles | Tomáš Berdych | Nick Kyrgios | 6–4, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [6–10] | 7–3 |
| 2 | 23 Sep | Doubles | R Federer / R Nadal | S Querrey / J Sock | 6–4, 1–6, [10–5] | 9–3 |
| 3 | 24 Sep | Doubles | T Berdych / M Čilić | J Isner / J Sock | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ | 9–6 |
| 3 | 24 Sep | Singles | Alexander Zverev | Sam Querrey | 6–4, 6–4 | 12–6 |
| 3 | 24 Sep | Singles | Rafael Nadal | John Isner | 5–7, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ | 12–9 |
| 3 | 24 Sep | Singles | Roger Federer | Nick Kyrgios | 4–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, [11–9] | 15–9 |

## Player statistics

| Player | Team | Nat. | Matches | Matches win–loss | Matches win–loss | Matches win–loss | Points win–loss | Points win–loss | Points win–loss |
| Player | Team | Nat. | Matches | Singles | Doubles | Total | Singles | Doubles | Total |
| Tomáš Berdych | Europe | | 3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–6 |
| Marin Čilić | Europe | | 2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Roger Federer | Europe | | 3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 |
| John Isner | World | | 3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| Nick Kyrgios | World | | 3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Rafael Nadal | Europe | | 4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–4 |
| Sam Querrey | World | | 3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–7 |
| Denis Shapovalov | World | | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Jack Sock | World | | 4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–4 |
| Dominic Thiem | Europe | | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Frances Tiafoe | World | | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Alexander Zverev | Europe | | 2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |