{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox tennis tournament year|2018|Laver Cup |date=21–23 September 2018 |edition=2nd |surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard indoor]] |location=[[Chicago]], [[United States]] |venue=[[United Center]] |champ=<big>'''Team Europe''' <br> [[File:Laver-Cup-Europe.svg|17px]] &nbsp;'''13 – 8'''&nbsp; [[File:Laver-Cup-Globe.svg|17px]]</big> }}

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/45623805 |title=Laver Cup: Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev win as Team Europe retain title in Chicago |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 September 2018 |access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> The attendance was 93,584 over the three days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/23/sports/tennis/ap-ten-laver-cup.html|title=Federer, Zverev Lead Team Europe to Laver Cup Victory|website=New York Times|date=23 September 2018}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/03/19/rod-laver-roger-federer-john-mcenroe-and-nick-kyrgios-launch-laver-cup-in-chicago|title=Roger Federer and friends launch Laver Cup in Chicago|work=Laver Cup|date=2018-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/03/19/mcenroe-names-kyrgios-for-team-world|title=McEnroe names Kyrgios for Team World|work=Laver Cup|date=2018-03-19}}</ref>

On 28 June 2018, [[Novak Djokovic]] and [[Juan Martín del Potro]] committed to this event,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/57077/roger-federer-spends-time-with-his-children-at-wimbledon/|title=Del Potro and Kyrgios to be Federer and Djokovic's rivals at Laver Cup|work=Tennis World USA|date=2018-06-30}}</ref> as well as [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]], [[John Isner]] and [[Diego Schwartzman]] on 26 July 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/07/26/anderson-isner-schwartzman-join-team-world|title=Anderson, Isner and Schwartzman join Team World|work=Laver Cup|date=2018-07-26}}</ref>

On 13 August 2018, [[Alexander Zverev]], [[Grigor Dimitrov]] and [[David Goffin]] announced their participation for Team Europe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/08/13/zverev-dimitrov-goffin-join-team-europe|title=Zverev, Dimitrov and Goffin join Team Europe|work=Laver Cup|date=2018-08-13}}</ref> As their final picks, the team captains [[Björn Borg]] and [[John McEnroe]] chose [[Kyle Edmund]] and [[Jack Sock]], respectively.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/08/21/tennis-royalty-announce-sock-edmund-final-laver-cup-team-selections|title=Sock and Edmund round out Laver Cup teams|work=Laver Cup|date=2018-08-21}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=John Crim |title=Laver Cup Prize Money {{!}} 2022 Breakdown & Historicals |url=https://tenniscompanion.org/prize-money/laver-cup/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220924192249/https://tenniscompanion.org/prize-money/laver-cup/ |archive-date=2022-09-24 |access-date= |website=TennisCompanion |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nathan Evans |title=Laver Cup 2022 prize money: How much do winning teams and individuals earn? |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/laver-cup-2022-prize-money-how-much-winners/hdhmf53mld836ccukrxsiw0q |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220924192725/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/laver-cup-2022-prize-money-how-much-winners/hdhmf53mld836ccukrxsiw0q |archive-date=2022-09-24 |access-date= |website=www.sportingnews.com |date=21 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

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 == {| |- valign=top | {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|[[File:Laver-Cup-Europe.svg|17px]] Team Europe |- |colspan=2|'''Captain:''' {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Borg]] |- |colspan=2|'''Vice-captain:''' {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thomas Enqvist]] |- !width=190|Player !Rank |- |{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] |align=center|2 |- |{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] |align=center|3 |- |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] |align=center|5 |- |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Grigor Dimitrov]] |align=center|7 |- |{{flagicon|BEL}} [[David Goffin]] |align=center|11 |-bgcolor=#ddffdd |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kyle Edmund]] |align=center|16 |-bgcolor=#eaf3ff |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jérémy Chardy]] |align=center|41 |} {{col-break|gap=2em}} | {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|[[File:Laver-Cup-Globe.svg|17px]] Team World |- |colspan=2|'''Captain:''' {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] |- |colspan=2|'''Vice-captain:''' {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick McEnroe]] |- !width=190|Player !Rank |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{Flagicon|ARG}} <s>[[Juan Martín del Potro]]</s> |align=center|4 |- |{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] |align=center|9 |- |{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] |align=center|10 |- |{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Schwartzman]] |align=center|14 |-bgcolor=#ddffdd |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] |align=center|17 |- |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nick Kyrgios]] |align=center|27 |-bgcolor=#eee8aa |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Frances Tiafoe]] |align=center|40 |-bgcolor=#eaf3ff |{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Nicolás Jarry]] |align=center|46 |} |} *<small>Singles rankings as of 17 September 2018</small> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |- |width=10px bgcolor=#ddffdd| ||Captain's pick |- |width=10px bgcolor=#ffcccc| ||Withdrew |- |width=10px bgcolor=#eee8aa| ||Replacement |- |width=10px bgcolor=#eaf3ff| ||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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/how-it-works|title=How Laver Cup Works|work=Laver Cup|accessdate=2018-09-19}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align: center" ! Day ! width=60| Date ! width=60| Match <br/> type ! width=250| [[File:Laver-Cup-Europe.svg|17px]] Team Europe ! width=250| [[File:Laver-Cup-Globe.svg|17px]] Team World ! Score ! Team points <br/ >after match |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4| 1 | rowspan=4| 21 Sep | rowspan=3| Singles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|BUL}} '''Grigor Dimitrov''' | {{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe | align=left| 6–1, 6–4 | '''1'''–0 |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GBR}} '''Kyle Edmund''' | {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock | align=left| 6–4, 5–7, [10–6] | '''2'''–0 |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|BEL}} '''David Goffin''' | {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Schwartzman | align=left| 6–4, 4–6, [11–9] | '''3'''–0 |- | Doubles | {{flagicon|SRB}} N Djokovic / {{flagicon|SUI}} R Federer | bgcolor=FFD1DC| '''{{flagicon|RSA}} K Anderson''' / '''{{flagicon|USA}} J Sock''' | align=left| 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 3–6, [6–10] | 3–'''1''' |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4| 2 | rowspan=4| 22 Sep | rowspan=3| Singles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GER}} '''Alexander Zverev''' | {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner | align=left| 3–6, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, [10–7] | '''5'''–1 |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|SUI}} '''Roger Federer''' | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios | align=left| 6–3, 6–2 | '''7'''–1 |- | {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic | bgcolor=FFD1DC| '''{{flagicon|RSA}} Kevin Anderson''' | align=left| 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 7–5, [6–10] | 7–'''3''' |- | Doubles | {{flagicon|BUL}} G Dimitrov / {{flagicon|BEL}} D Goffin | bgcolor=FFD1DC| '''{{flagicon|AUS}} N Kyrgios''' / '''{{flagicon|USA}} J Sock''' | align=left| 3–6, 4–6 | 7–'''5''' |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4| 3 | rowspan=4| 23 Sep | Doubles | {{flagicon|SUI}} R Federer / {{flagicon|GER}} A Zverev | bgcolor=FFD1DC| {{flagicon|USA}} '''J Isner''' / '''{{flagicon|USA}} J Sock''' | align=left| 6–4, 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, [9–11] | 7–'''8''' |- | rowspan=3| Singles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|SUI}} '''Roger Federer''' | {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner | align=left| 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, [10–7] | '''10'''–8 |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GER}} '''Alexander Zverev''' | {{flagicon|RSA}} Kevin Anderson | align=left| 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 7–5, [10–7] | '''13'''–8 |- | {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios | colspan=2 align=center| ''not played'' |}

==Player statistics==

{{mw-datatable}} {| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center" !rowspan="2"|Player !rowspan="2" width="40"|Team !rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Nat.|Nationality}} !rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Matches !class="unsortable" colspan=3 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Matches win–loss !class="unsortable" colspan=3|Points win–loss |- !Singles !Doubles !width=60 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !Singles !Doubles !width=60|Total |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Kevin|Anderson|Kevin Anderson (tennis)}} | bgcolor="FFD1DC" |World | align="center" |{{flagicon|RSA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1–1 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–1 |2–3 |1–0 |3–3 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Grigor|Dimitrov}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|BUL}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1–0 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |1–0 |0–2 |1–2 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Novak|Djokovic}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|SRB}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0–1 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–2 |0–2 |0–1 |0–3 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Kyle|Edmund}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|GBR}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1–0 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–0 |1–0 |0–0 |1–0 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Roger|Federer}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|SUI}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |2–0 |0–2 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–2 |5–0 |0–4 |5–4 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|David|Goffin}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|BEL}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1–0 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |1–0 |0–2 |1–2 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|John|Isner}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World | align="center" |{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |0–2 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–2 |0–5 |3–0 |3–5 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Nick|Kyrgios}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World | align="center" |{{flagicon|AUS}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0–1 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |0–2 |2–0 |2–2 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Diego|Schwartzman}} | bgcolor="FFD1DC" |World | align="center" |{{flagicon|ARG}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0–1 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–1 |0–1 |0–0 |0–1 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Jack|Sock}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World | align="center" |{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |0–1 |3–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3–1 |0–1 |6–0 |6–1 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Frances|Tiafoe}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World | align="center" |{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0–1 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–1 |0–1 |0–0 |0–1 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Alexander|Zverev}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe | align="center" |{{flagicon|GER}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |2–0 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–1 |5–0 |0–3 |5–3 |}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|lavercup.com}}

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