{{short description|Third edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament}} {{Infobox tennis tournament year|2019|Laver Cup |logo=Laver Cup black court before match.jpg |date=20–22 September 2019 |edition=3rd |surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard indoor]] |location=[[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] |venue=[[Palexpo]] |champ=<big>'''Team Europe''' <br> [[File:Laver-Cup-Europe.svg|17px]] &nbsp;'''13 – 11'''&nbsp; [[File:Laver-Cup-Globe.svg|17px]]</big> |after_year=2021 }}

The '''2019 Laver Cup''' was the third 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 [[Palexpo]] in [[Geneva]], Switzerland from 20 until 22 September.

[[Team Europe]] successfully defended their title for a third consecutive year, winning the tournament 13−11.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/49789208|title=Laver Cup: Team Europe clinch dramatic 13-11 win over Team World|publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 September 2019}}</ref>

==Player selection== On 13 December 2018, [[Roger Federer]] and [[Rafael Nadal]] were the first players to confirm their participation for Team Europe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2018/12/13/nadal-to-team-with-federer-for-laver-cup-in-geneva|title=Nadal to team up with Federer for Laver Cup in Geneva|date=2018-12-13}}</ref> During the [[2019 Mutua Madrid Open|2019 Madrid Open]], [[Stan Wawrinka]] expressed interest in participating in the event with Federer, but he instead played at the [[2019 St. Petersburg Open|St. Petersburg Open]] in Russia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1125420/Roger-Federer-Stan-Wawrinka-Laver-Cup-snub|title=Roger Federer reveals disappointed feelings Stan Wawrinka's Laver Cup snub|date=2019-05-10}}</ref>

On 14 June 2019, [[Dominic Thiem]], [[Alexander Zverev]] and [[Fabio Fognini]] announced their participation for Team Europe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/thiem-zverev-fognini-laver-cup-2019-announcement|title=Zverev, Thiem & Fognini To Play For Team Europe In 2019 Laver Cup|work=ATP Tour|date=2019-06-14}}</ref>

On 3 July 2019, [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]], [[John Isner]], [[Milos Raonic]] and [[Denis Shapovalov]] were announced for Team World.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anderson, Isner, Raonic, Shapovalov Confirmed For 2019 Laver Cup |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/anderson-isner-raonic-shapovalov-laver-cup-2019 |access-date=4 July 2019 |work=ATP Tour |date=3 July 2019}}</ref>

[[Stefanos Tsitsipas]] and [[Nick Kyrgios]] were both confirmed for the event on 13 August 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2019/08/13/tsitsipas-and-kyrgios-set-to-renew-rivalry-at-the-laver-cup|title=Tsitsipas and Kyrgios set to renew rivalry at the Laver Cup|work=Laver Cup|date=2019-08-13}}</ref> As his final picks, Team World captain [[John McEnroe]] chose [[Jack Sock]] and [[Taylor Fritz]], with Fritz replacing the injured Anderson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/news/2019/09/10/jack-sock-and-taylor-fritz-round-out-team-world|title=Jack Sock and Taylor Fritz round out Team World|work=Laver Cup|date=2019-09-10}}</ref>

== Prize money == The total prize money for the 2019 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 2018.

Whereas, each of the losing team members earned $125,000 each.

== Participants == [[File:Laver Cup opening with Laver.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|2019 Laver Cup teams, with Team Europe in blue and Team World in red. Opening ceremony with the event's namesake [[Rod Laver]].]] [[File:Laver Cup Roger Federer intro.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Roger Federer]] being introduced.]] {| |- 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]] |- !Player !Rank |- |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]] |align=center|2 |- |{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] |align=center|3 |- |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]] |align=center|5 |- |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] |align=center|6 |- |{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]] |align=center|7 |- |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Fognini]] |align=center|11 |-style="background:#eaf3ff;" |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Roberto Bautista Agut]] |align=center|10 |} {{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]] |- !Player !Rank |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{Flagicon|RSA}} <s>[[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]]</s> |align=center|18 |- |{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] |align=center|20 |- |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Milos Raonic]] |align=center|24 |- |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nick Kyrgios]] |align=center|27 |-style="background:#eee8aa;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Taylor Fritz]] |align=center|30 |- |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Denis Shapovalov]] |align=center|33 |- |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] |align=center|119<sup>PR(210)</sup> |-style="background:#eaf3ff;" |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jordan Thompson (tennis)|Jordan Thompson]] |align=center|53 |} |}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |width=10px bgcolor=#ffcccc| ||Withdrew |- |width=10px bgcolor=#eee8aa| ||Replacement |- |width=10px bgcolor=#eaf3ff| ||Alternate |}

*{{small|Singles rankings as of 16 September 2019.}} *{{small|PR <nowiki>=</nowiki> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lavercup.com/how-it-works|title=How Laver Cup Works|work=Laver Cup|access-date=2019-08-14}}</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| 20 Sep | rowspan=3| Singles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|AUT}} '''Dominic Thiem''' | {{flagicon|CAN}} Denis Shapovalov | align=left| 6–4, 5–7, [13–11] | '''1'''–0 |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Fognini | bgcolor=ffd1dc|{{flagicon|USA}} '''Jack Sock''' | align=left| 1–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup> | 1–'''1''' |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GRE}} '''Stefanos Tsitsipas''' | {{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Fritz | align=left| 6−2, 1−6, [10−7] | '''2'''−1 |- | Doubles | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|SUI}} '''R Federer''' / {{flagicon|GER}} '''A Zverev''' | {{flagicon|CAN}} D Shapovalov / {{flagicon|USA}} J Sock | align=left| 6−3, 7−5 | '''3'''−1 |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4| 2 | rowspan=4| 21 Sep | rowspan=3| Singles | {{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev | bgcolor=ffd1dc|{{flagicon|USA}} '''John Isner''' | align=left| 7−6<sup>(7−2)</sup>, 4−6, [1−10] | 3−'''3''' |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|SUI}} '''Roger Federer''' | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios | align=left| 6−7<sup>(5−7)</sup>, 7−5, [10−7] | '''5'''−3 |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''Rafael Nadal''' | {{flagicon|CAN}} Milos Raonic | align=left| 6−3, 7−6<sup>(7−1)</sup> | '''7'''−3 |- | Doubles |{{flagicon|ESP}} R Nadal / {{flagicon|GRE}} S Tsitsipas | bgcolor=ffd1dc|{{flagicon|AUS}} '''N Kyrgios''' / {{flagicon|USA}} '''J Sock''' | align=left| 4−6, 6−3, [6−10] | 7−'''5''' |- |-style="border-top:2px solid gray;" | rowspan=4| 3 | rowspan=4| 22 Sep | Doubles | {{flagicon|SUI}} R Federer / {{flagicon|GRE}} S Tsitsipas | bgcolor=ffd1dc|{{flagicon|USA}} '''J Isner''' / {{flagicon|USA}} '''J Sock''' | align=left| 7−5, 4−6, [8−10] | 7−'''8''' |- | rowspan=3| Singles | {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominic Thiem | bgcolor=ffd1dc|{{flagicon|USA}} '''Taylor Fritz''' | align=left| 5−7, 7−6<sup>(7−3)</sup>, [5−10] | 7−'''11''' |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|SUI}} '''Roger Federer''' | {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner | align=left| 6−4, 7−6<sup>(7−3)</sup> | '''10'''−11 |- | bgcolor=lightblue|{{flagicon|GER}} '''Alexander Zverev''' | {{flagicon|CAN}} Milos Raonic | align=left| 6−4, 3−6, [10−4] | '''13'''−11 |}

==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|Roger|Federer}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|SUI}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |2–0 |1–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3–1 |5–0 |1–3 |6–3 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Fabio|Fognini}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|ITA}} |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|Taylor|Fritz}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1–1 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |3–1 |0–0 |3–1 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|John|Isner}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1–1 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–1 |2–3 |3–0 |5–3 |- | 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|Rafael|Nadal}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|ESP}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1–0 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |2–0 |0–2 |2–2 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Milos|Raonic}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|CAN}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0–2 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–2 |0–5 |0–0 |0–5 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Denis|Shapovalov}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|CAN}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0–1 |0–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0–2 |0–1 |0–1 |0–2 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Jack|Sock}} | bgcolor="ffd1dc" |World |align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |1–0 |2–1 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3–1 |1–0 |5–1 |6–1 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Dominic|Thiem}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|AUT}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1–1 |0–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–1 |1–3 |0–0 |1–3 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Stefanos|Tsitsipas}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|GRE}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1–0 |0–2 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1–2 |1–0 |0–5 |1–5 |- | align="left" |{{sortname|Alexander|Zverev}} | bgcolor="lightblue" |Europe |align=center|{{flagicon|GER}} |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1–1 |1–0 |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2–1 |3–2 |1–0 |4–2 |}

== References == {{reflist}}

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

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