# 2018 Laver Cup

The 2018 Laver Cup was the second 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 United Center in Chicago, United States from 21 until 23 September.
Team Europe successfully defended their title, winning the tournament 13–8. The attendance was 93,584 over the three days.

## Player selection

On 19 March 2018, Roger Federer for Team Europe and Nick Kyrgios for Team World were the first players to confirm their participation.
On 28 June 2018, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martín del Potro committed to this event, as well as Kevin Anderson, John Isner and Diego Schwartzman on 26 July 2018.
On 13 August 2018, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin announced their participation for Team Europe. As their final picks, the team captains Björn Borg and John McEnroe chose Kyle Edmund and Jack Sock, respectively. As in 2017, del Potro withdrew shortly before the tournament started and was replaced by Frances Tiafoe.

## Prize money

The total prize money for the 2018 Laver Cup was $2,250,000 for all 12 participating players.
Each winning team member earned $250,000, which marks no increase in prize money compared to 2017.
Whereas, each of the losing team members earned $125,000 each.

## Participants

Team Europe :
| Captain: Björn Borg ||
| Vice-captain: Thomas Enqvist ||
| Player | Rank |
| Roger Federer | 2 |
| Novak Djokovic | 3 |
| Alexander Zverev | 5 |
| Grigor Dimitrov | 7 |
| David Goffin | 11 |
| Kyle Edmund | 16 |
| Jérémy Chardy | 41 |
Team World :
| Captain: John McEnroe ||
| Vice-captain: Patrick McEnroe ||
| Player | Rank |
| Juan Martín del Potro | 4 |
| Kevin Anderson | 9 |
| John Isner | 10 |
| Diego Schwartzman | 14 |
| Jack Sock | 17 |
| Nick Kyrgios | 27 |
| Frances Tiafoe | 40 |
| Nicolás Jarry | 46 |
* Singles rankings as of 17 September 2018
* Captain's pick
* Withdrew
* Replacement
* Alternate

## 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 | 21 Sep | Singles | Grigor Dimitrov | Frances Tiafoe | 6–1, 6–4 | 1–0 |
| 1 | 21 Sep | Singles | Kyle Edmund | Jack Sock | 6–4, 5–7, [10–6] | 2–0 |
| 1 | 21 Sep | Singles | David Goffin | Diego Schwartzman | 6–4, 4–6, [11–9] | 3–0 |
| 1 | 21 Sep | Doubles | N Djokovic / R Federer | K Anderson / J Sock | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 3–6, [6–10] | 3–1 |
| 2 | 22 Sep | Singles | Alexander Zverev | John Isner | 3–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, [10–7] | 5–1 |
| 2 | 22 Sep | Singles | Roger Federer | Nick Kyrgios | 6–3, 6–2 | 7–1 |
| 2 | 22 Sep | Singles | Novak Djokovic | Kevin Anderson | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–5, [6–10] | 7–3 |
| 2 | 22 Sep | Doubles | G Dimitrov / D Goffin | N Kyrgios / J Sock | 3–6, 4–6 | 7–5 |
| 3 | 23 Sep | Doubles | R Federer / A Zverev | J Isner / J Sock | 6–4, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, [9–11] | 7–8 |
| 3 | 23 Sep | Singles | Roger Federer | John Isner | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, [10–7] | 10–8 |
| 3 | 23 Sep | Singles | Alexander Zverev | Kevin Anderson | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 7–5, [10–7] | 13–8 |
| 3 | 23 Sep | Singles | Novak Djokovic | Nick Kyrgios | not played | not played |

## 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 |
| Kevin Anderson | World | | 3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Grigor Dimitrov | Europe | | 2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Novak Djokovic | Europe | | 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Kyle Edmund | Europe | | 1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Roger Federer | Europe | | 4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 5–4 |
| David Goffin | Europe | | 2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| John Isner | World | | 3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 3–5 |
| Nick Kyrgios | World | | 2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Diego Schwartzman | World | | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Jack Sock | World | | 4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 6–1 |
| Frances Tiafoe | World | | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Alexander Zverev | Europe | | 3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 5–3 |