2018 Laver Cup

It was held on indoor hard courts at the United Center in Chicago, United States from 21 until 23 September.

2018 Laver Cup
Date	21–23 September 2018
Edition	2nd
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Chicago, United States
Venue	United Center
Champions
Team Europe  13 – 8
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Team Europe successfully defended their title, winning the tournament 13–8. The attendance was 93,584 over the three days.

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.

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.

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

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
			Kyle Edmund	Jack Sock	6–4, 5–7, [10–6]	2–0
			David Goffin	Diego Schwartzman	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]	3–0
		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
			Roger Federer	Nick Kyrgios	6–3, 6–2	7–1
			Novak Djokovic	Kevin Anderson	6–7(5–7), 7–5, [6–10]	7–3
		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
		Singles	Roger Federer	John Isner	6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7]	10–8
			Alexander Zverev	Kevin Anderson	6–7(3–7), 7–5, [10–7]	13–8
			Novak Djokovic	Nick Kyrgios	not played