2021 Laver Cup

Last updated
2021 Laver Cup
Date24–26 September 2021
Edition4th
Surface Hard indoor
Location Boston, United States
Venue TD Garden
Champions
Team Europe
Laver-Cup-Europe.svg  14 – 1  Laver-Cup-Globe.svg
  2019  · Laver Cup ·  2022  

The 2021 Laver Cup was the fourth 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 TD Garden in Boston, United States from 24 until 26 September.

Contents

It was originally scheduled for September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid overlapping with the 2020 French Open, which was rescheduled for 20 September to 4 October. [1]

Team Europe captain Björn Borg and Team World captain John McEnroe reprised their roles from 2019. [2]

Team Europe won the title for a fourth consecutive edition.

Player selection

Roger Federer was originally the first player to confirm his participation for Team Europe on 28 February 2020, [3] but withdrew on 15 August 2021 due to a right knee injury. [4] However, he still attended the tournament to great fanfare. [5] Rafael Nadal also opted out due to a foot injury and Novak Djokovic opted out due to his busy schedule, having played the Olympics and US Open. [6]

Dominic Thiem announced his participation on 24 November 2020, [7] but withdrew on 18 August 2021 due to a wrist injury. [8]

On 16 July 2021, Matteo Berrettini announced he was joining Team Europe. [9] Five days later, Denis Shapovalov, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Diego Schwartzman were the first players confirmed for Team World. [10]

On 13 August 2021, organizers announced that Olympic champion Alexander Zverev would join Team Europe. The next day, Daniil Medvedev was also announced. Team Europe then announced its final line-up on 18 August 2021 with Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud also taking part. [11] Team World captain John McEnroe chose Reilly Opelka, John Isner and Nick Kyrgios as his final picks the following day. [12]

Prize money

The total prize money for the 2021 Laver Cup was $2,250,000 for all 12 participating players. [13] [14] Each winning team member earned $250,000 compared to $125,000 each for the losing team.

Participants

Laver-Cup-Europe.svg Team Europe
Captain: Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Borg
Vice-captain: Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Enqvist
PlayerRank
Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Medvedev 2
Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 3
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev 4
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev 5
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Berrettini 7
Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 10
Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López 110
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cameron Norrie 28
Laver-Cup-Globe.svg Team World
Captain: Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe
Vice-captain: Flag of the United States.svg Patrick McEnroe
PlayerRank
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime 11
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov 12
Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman 15
Flag of the United States.svg Reilly Opelka 19
Flag of the United States.svg John Isner 22
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kyrgios 95
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock 164
Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris 31
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. [15]

DayDateMatch
type
Laver-Cup-Europe.svg Team Europe Laver-Cup-Globe.svg Team WorldScoreTeam points
after match
124 SepSingles Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud Flag of the United States.svg Reilly Opelka6–3, 7–6(7–4)1–0
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Berrettini Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime6–7(3–7), 7–5, [10–8]2–0
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman4–6, 6–3, [11–9]3–0
Doubles Flag of Italy.svg M Berrettini / Flag of Germany.svg A Zverev Flag of the United States.svg J Isner / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov6–4, 6–7(2–7), [1–10]3–1
225 SepSingles Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kyrgios6–3, 6–45–1
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev Flag of the United States.svg John Isner7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–5]7–1
Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Medvedev Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov6–4, 6–09–1
Doubles Flag of Russia.svg A Rublev / Flag of Greece.svg S Tsitsipas Flag of the United States.svg J Isner / Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Kyrgios6–7(8–10), 6–3, [10–4]11–1
326 SepDoubles Flag of Russia.svg A Rublev / Flag of Germany.svg A Zverev Flag of the United States.svg R Opelka / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–3]14–1
Singles Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassimenot played
Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Medvedev Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman
Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas Flag of the United States.svg John Isner

Player statistics

PlayerTeamNat.MatchesMatches win–lossPoints win–loss
SinglesDoublesTotalSinglesDoublesTotal
Félix Auger-Aliassime World Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 10–10–00–10–10–00–1
Matteo Berrettini Europe Flag of Italy.svg 21–00–11–11–00–11–1
John Isner World Flag of the United States.svg 30–11–11–20–21–21–4
Nick Kyrgios World Flag of Australia (converted).svg 20–10–10–20–20–20–4
Daniil Medvedev Europe Flag of Russia.svg 11–00–01–02–00–02–0
Reilly Opelka World Flag of the United States.svg 20–10–10–20–10–30–4
Andrey Rublev Europe Flag of Russia.svg 31–02–03–01–05–06–0
Casper Ruud Europe Flag of Norway.svg 11–00–01–01–00–01–0
Diego Schwartzman World Flag of Argentina.svg 10–10–00–10–10–00–1
Denis Shapovalov World Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 30–11–11–20–21–31–5
Stefanos Tsitsipas Europe Flag of Greece.svg 21–01–02–02–02–04–0
Alexander Zverev Europe Flag of Germany.svg 31–01–12–12–03–15–1

Post-tournament exhibition doubles match

As only one match was required on Day 3 of the 2021 Laver Cup, an exhibition match was played following the trophy ceremony. [16]

DayDateMatch type Laver-Cup-Europe.svg Team Europe Laver-Cup-Globe.svg Team WorldScore
326 SepExhibition doubles Flag of Russia.svg D Medvedev / Flag of Norway.svg C Ruud Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg F Auger-Aliassime / Flag of Argentina.svg D Schwartzman3–6, 3–6

Related Research Articles

The Laver Cup is an international indoor hard court men's team tennis tournament between Team Europe and Team World, the latter of which is composed of players from all other continents except Europe. Usually held annually since 2017, the tournament is intended to be the Ryder Cup of the tennis world. It normally takes place two weeks after the US Open, with the location rotating between various host cities ; alternating yearly between European cities and cities in the rest of the world. In addition to the guaranteed participation fees which are based upon the players' ATP rankings, each member of the winning team gets $250,000 in prize money, but the tournament itself does not count towards the players' point totals in the ATP Tour for that year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cameron Norrie</span> British tennis player (born 1995)

Cameron Norrie is a South African-born British professional tennis player. He has reached career-high rankings of world No. 8 in singles and No. 117 in doubles. Norrie has won five ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2021 Indian Wells Masters, and one doubles title. He has been the British No. 1 in men's singles since October 2021.

The 2017 Laver Cup was the first 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 O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic from 22 until 24 September.

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.

The 2019 ATP Finals (also known as the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played at the O2 Arena on indoor hard courts in London, United Kingdom, from 10 to 17 November 2019. It was the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2019 ATP Tour and was the 50th edition of the tournament (45th in doubles). The singles event was won by Stefanos Tsitsipas over Dominic Thiem in three sets. In doubles, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in straight sets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Laver Cup</span> Third edition of the Laver Cup, a mens tennis tournament

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season</span>

The 2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 14 January 2019, with the start of the Australian Open, and ended 24 November 2019 after Spain's victory at the conclusion of the Davis Cup Finals.

Roger Federer defeated the defending champion John Isner in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2019 Miami Open. It was Federer's fourth Miami Open title, his 28th and final Masters singles title, and his 101st career singles title overall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles</span> 2019 tennis event results

Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the final, 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 13–12(7–3) to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. At four hours and 57 minutes in length, it was the longest singles final in Wimbledon history. It was Djokovic's fifth Wimbledon title and 16th major title overall. Djokovic became the first man since Bob Falkenburg in 1948 to win the title after being championship points down, having saved two when down 7–8 in the fifth set. This was the first time since the 2004 French Open that a man saved championship points in order to win a major. Djokovic became the second man and third singles player overall to win multiple major titles after saving match point during the tournament, after Rod Laver and Serena Williams. Conversely, this was the third time that an opponent of Federer saved match points and went on to win the major, following Marat Safin in the 2005 Australian Open and Djokovic in the 2011 US Open.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Australian Open – Men's singles</span> 2020 tennis event results

Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Dominic Thiem in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2020 Australian Open. It was his record-extending eighth Australian Open title and 17th major title overall. With the win, Djokovic regained the world No. 1 singles ranking, and became the first player since Ken Rosewall to win major titles in three different decades, and the first to do so in the Open Era. The match also marked the first time Djokovic came back to win a major final after trailing two sets to one, having lost each of the last seven times this happened. Thiem became the first Austrian to reach the final. This was Thiem's third runner-up finish in as many major finals.

Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev in the final, 2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(8–6) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2020 US Open. It was his first major title, following three previous runner-up finishes. Thiem became the first man to come back from two sets down in a US Open final in the Open Era, the first to do so overall since 1949, and the first to do so in any major final since Gastón Gaudio at the 2004 French Open. Both players served for the championship in the final set, but both were broken at 30. This was the first time in history that the US Open title was decided by a fifth set tie-break, 50 years after the rule was introduced in 1970.

Daniil Medvedev defeated Dominic Thiem in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2020 ATP Finals. Medvedev became the fourth man to defeat the world's top-three ranked players en route to a title.

Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open. It was his record-extending ninth Australian Open title and his 18th major title overall. With his fourth round win against Milos Raonic, Djokovic joined Roger Federer as only the second man with 300 or more match wins in majors.

Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–7(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 French Open. It was his second French Open title and 19th major title overall. With this victory, he became the first man to achieve the double career Grand Slam in the Open Era, and the first player in the Open Era to win a major after coming back from two sets to love down in two matches during the same major. Tsitsipas became the first Greek player to reach a major final. It also marked the second consecutive year a man trailed by two sets in a major final yet rallied to win, following Dominic Thiem's victory at the 2020 US Open.

Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Matteo Berrettini in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. It was his sixth Wimbledon title and 20th major title overall, tying Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's all-time record total of men's singles titles.

Daniil Medvedev defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 US Open. It was his first major title. Medvedev became the third Russian man, after Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin, to win a major singles title, and the first to do so since Safin at the 2005 Australian Open. He lost just one set during the tournament, against Botic van de Zandschulp in the quarterfinals. Djokovic was aiming to become the second man in the Open Era, after Rod Laver in 1969, to complete the Grand Slam. He was also attempting to win an outright record 21st major singles title and surpass his Big Three counterparts, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. By reaching the final, Djokovic tied Federer's record of 31 men's singles major finals contested, and repeated his 2015 achievement of contesting the maximum-possible 28 major singles matches in a season. This marked Djokovic's record sixth runner-up finish at the event.

Cameron Norrie defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Indian Wells Masters. It was his first ATP Tour Masters 1000 title, and he became the first Briton to win the title. Basilashvili became the first Georgian to reach a Masters-level final since Alex Metreveli in 1968, and the first to do so while representing Georgia as an independent nation.

The 2022 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 3 January 2022, with the start of the ATP 250 tournament in Melbourne. It includes Nadal's best start to an ATP Tour season, when he won his first 20 matches in a row. It was also his career-first season winning the first two majors of the year, hence completing the Australian-French title double. As such, Nadal broke his tie with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, and became the first man in history to win a total 21, and 22 Grand Slam singles titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Laver Cup</span> Fifth edition of the Laver Cup, a mens tennis tournament

The 2022 Laver Cup was the fifth edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held on an indoor hard court at The O2 Arena in London, England from 23 until 25 September.

Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Nick Kyrgios in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. It was his seventh Wimbledon title and 21st major singles title overall. Djokovic became the fifth man in the Open Era to record a streak of at least four consecutive titles at one major. By reaching his 32nd men's singles major final, he surpassed Roger Federer's all-time record. Djokovic also became the first player to win 80 matches at all four majors with his first-round win over Kwon Soon-woo. Because the ATP decided not to award ranking points in response to Wimbledon's banning of Russian and Belarusian players, Djokovic dropped out of the top five in the ATP rankings after winning the tournament.

References

  1. "Laver Cup Boston 2020 moved to 2021". Laver Cup. 17 April 2020.
  2. "2020 Laver Cup To Be Held In Boston". ATP Tour. 23 September 2019.
  3. "Roger Federer to headline the fourth Laver Cup in Boston in September". Tennis World. 28 February 2020.
  4. "Roger Federer sidelined for 'many months' due to further knee surgery". Sky Sports. 16 August 2021.
  5. "Roger Federer got a standing ovation at the Laver Cup 2021". Tennis World. 25 September 2021.
  6. "How will the absence of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic affect the 2021 Laver Cup in Boston?". First Sportz. 22 August 2021.
  7. "Thiem To Compete In 2021 Laver Cup". ATP Tour. 24 November 2020.
  8. "Thiem To Miss Remainder Of 2021 Season". ATP Tour. 18 August 2021.
  9. "Berrettini to represent Team Europe at Laver Cup 2021". Laver Cup. 16 July 2021.
  10. "Denis Shapovalov, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Diego Schwartzman line up for Team World at Laver Cup Boston". Laver Cup. 21 July 2021.
  11. "Team Europe is set to defend the title". Laver Cup. 18 August 2021.
  12. "Opelka, Isner and Kyrgios complete Team World line up for Laver Cup 2021". 19 August 2021.
  13. John Crim. "Laver Cup Prize Money | 2022 Breakdown & Historicals". TennisCompanion. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24.
  14. Nathan Evans (21 September 2022). "Laver Cup 2022 prize money: How much do winning teams and individuals earn?". www.sportingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24.
  15. "How Laver Cup Works". Laver Cup. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  16. "Team Europe earns dominant victory at 2021 Laver Cup". www.usta.com. Retrieved 2022-09-26.