# 2018 Laver Cup > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Laver_Cup > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Laver_Cup.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Laver_Cup > Source revision: 1334680962 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 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 ← 2017 · Laver Cup · 2019 → The **2018 Laver Cup** was the second edition of the [Laver Cup](/source/Laver_Cup), a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held on indoor hard courts at the [United Center](/source/United_Center) in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), United States from 21 until 23 September. Team Europe successfully defended their title, winning the tournament 13–8.[1] The attendance was 93,584 over the three days.[2] ## Player selection On 19 March 2018, [Roger Federer](/source/Roger_Federer) for Team Europe and [Nick Kyrgios](/source/Nick_Kyrgios) for Team World were the first players to confirm their participation.[3][4] On 28 June 2018, [Novak Djokovic](/source/Novak_Djokovic) and [Juan Martín del Potro](/source/Juan_Mart%C3%ADn_del_Potro) committed to this event,[5] as well as [Kevin Anderson](/source/Kevin_Anderson_(tennis)), [John Isner](/source/John_Isner) and [Diego Schwartzman](/source/Diego_Schwartzman) on 26 July 2018.[6] On 13 August 2018, [Alexander Zverev](/source/Alexander_Zverev), [Grigor Dimitrov](/source/Grigor_Dimitrov) and [David Goffin](/source/David_Goffin) announced their participation for Team Europe.[7] As their final picks, the team captains [Björn Borg](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg) and [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) chose [Kyle Edmund](/source/Kyle_Edmund) and [Jack Sock](/source/Jack_Sock), respectively.[8] As in 2017, del Potro withdrew shortly before the tournament started and was replaced by [Frances Tiafoe](/source/Frances_Tiafoe). ## Prize money The total prize money for the 2018 Laver Cup was $2,250,000 for all 12 participating players.[9][10] 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.[11] 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 ## Player statistics Player Team Nat. Matches Matches win–loss Points win–loss 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 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Laver Cup: Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev win as Team Europe retain title in Chicago"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/45623805). BBC Sport. September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Federer, Zverev Lead Team Europe to Laver Cup Victory"](https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/23/sports/tennis/ap-ten-laver-cup.html). *New York Times*. September 23, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Roger Federer and friends launch Laver Cup in Chicago"](https://lavercup.com/news/2018/03/19/rod-laver-roger-federer-john-mcenroe-and-nick-kyrgios-launch-laver-cup-in-chicago). *Laver Cup*. March 19, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["McEnroe names Kyrgios for Team World"](https://lavercup.com/news/2018/03/19/mcenroe-names-kyrgios-for-team-world). *Laver Cup*. March 19, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Del Potro and Kyrgios to be Federer and Djokovic's rivals at Laver Cup"](https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/57077/roger-federer-spends-time-with-his-children-at-wimbledon/). *Tennis World USA*. June 30, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Anderson, Isner and Schwartzman join Team World"](https://lavercup.com/news/2018/07/26/anderson-isner-schwartzman-join-team-world). *Laver Cup*. July 26, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Zverev, Dimitrov and Goffin join Team Europe"](https://lavercup.com/news/2018/08/13/zverev-dimitrov-goffin-join-team-europe). *Laver Cup*. August 13, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Sock and Edmund round out Laver Cup teams"](https://lavercup.com/news/2018/08/21/tennis-royalty-announce-sock-edmund-final-laver-cup-team-selections). *Laver Cup*. August 21, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** John Crim. ["Laver Cup Prize Money | 2022 Breakdown & Historicals"](https://tenniscompanion.org/prize-money/laver-cup/). *TennisCompanion*.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Nathan Evans (September 21, 2022). ["Laver Cup 2022 prize money: How much do winning teams and individuals earn?"](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tennis/news/laver-cup-2022-prize-money-how-much-winners/hdhmf53mld836ccukrxsiw0q). *www.sportingnews.com*.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["How Laver Cup Works"](https://lavercup.com/how-it-works). *Laver Cup*. Retrieved September 19, 2018. ## External links - [Official website](http://lavercup.com) v t e Laver Cup Current champion (2025): Team World Editions / winners 2017: Team Europe 2018: Team Europe 2019: Team Europe 2020: no competition 2021: Team Europe 2022: Team World 2023: Team World 2024: Team Europe 2025: Team World Venues O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic (2017) United Center, Chicago, United States (2018) Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland (2019) TD Garden, Boston, United States (2021) The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom (2022, 2026) Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada (2023) Uber Arena, Berlin, Germany (2024) Chase Center, San Francisco, United States (2025) Rod Laver Statistics v t e 2018 ATP World Tour « 2017 2019 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Rome (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Paris (S, D) ATP World Tour 500 series Rotterdam (S, D) Rio de Janeiro (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) London (S, D) Halle (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Washington D.C. 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