2022 Laver Cup

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2022 Laver Cup
Laver Cup 2022 Final.jpg
Date23–25 September 2022
Edition5th
Surface Hard (indoor)
Location London, England
Venue The O2 Arena
Champions
Team World
Laver-Cup-Globe.svg  13 – 8  Laver-Cup-Europe.svg
  2021  · Laver Cup ·  2023  

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.

Contents

This tournament marked the retirement of 20-time major singles champion and former singles world No. 1, Roger Federer. [1] The former champion partnered longtime rival Rafael Nadal in the opening doubles match, and was narrowly defeated in a third-set super tiebreak against Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. [2]

Team World won the title for the first time. [3]

Player selection

On 3 February 2022, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were the first players to confirm their participation for Team Europe. [4]

On 17 June 2022, Félix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz and Diego Schwartzman were the first players confirmed for Team World. [5] On 29 June 2022, Andy Murray announced he would make his Laver Cup debut for Team Europe. [6]

Novak Djokovic was announced as the fourth player for Team Europe on 22 July 2022, completing the Big Four lineup for the event. [7]

On 2 August 2022, organizers announced that Jack Sock would join Team World. [8] On 10 August 2022, Team Europe announced its final line-up with Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud also taking part. [9] Team World captain John McEnroe chose John Isner and Alex de Minaur as his final picks on 25 August 2022. [10] However, Isner withdrew due to injury. As a result, he was replaced by Frances Tiafoe. [11]

Federer played his 1750th (singles and doubles combined) and last match on the ATP Tour in doubles partnering Nadal on Day 1, and was replaced by alternate Matteo Berrettini from Day 2. [12] Nadal also withdrew after Day 1; his place was taken by Cameron Norrie. [13]

Prize money

The total prize money for 2022 Laver Cup was set at $2,250,000 for all 12 participating players. [14] [15]

Each winning team member pocketed $250,000, the same amount as in the 2021 Laver Cup. Each losing team member received $125,000.

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 Norway.svg Casper Ruud 2
Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal 3
Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 6
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 7
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer 9PR(NR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray 43
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Berrettini 15
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cameron Norrie 8
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 the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 12
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime 13
Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman 17
Flag of the United States.svg Frances Tiafoe 19
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur 22
Flag of the United States.svg John Isner 42
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock 128
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Paul 29
Withdrew prior to tournament (substituted by replacements)
Replacement
Withdrew after Day 1 of tournament (substituted by alternates)
Alternate (substituted)
Alternate (not substituted)

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. [16]

DayDateMatch
type
Laver-Cup-Europe.svg Team Europe Laver-Cup-Globe.svg Team WorldScoreTeam points
after match
123 SepSingles Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock6–4, 5–7, [10–7]1–0
Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman6–2, 6–12–0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur7–5, 3–6, [7–10]2–1
Doubles Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg R Federer / Flag of Spain.svg R Nadal Flag of the United States.svg J Sock / Flag of the United States.svg F Tiafoe6–4, 6–7(2–7), [9–11]2–2
224 SepSingles Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Berrettini Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime7–6(13–11), 4–6, [10–7]4–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cameron Norrie Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz1–6, 6–4, [8–10]4–4
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic Flag of the United States.svg Frances Tiafoe6–1, 6–36–4
Doubles Flag of Italy.svg M Berrettini / Flag of Serbia.svg N Djokovic Flag of Australia (converted).svg A de Minaur / Flag of the United States.svg J Sock7–5, 6–28–4
325 SepDoubles Flag of Italy.svg M Berrettini / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Murray Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg F Auger-Aliassime / Flag of the United States.svg J Sock6–2, 3–6, [8–10]8–7
Singles Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime3–6, 6–7(3–7)8–10
Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas Flag of the United States.svg Frances Tiafoe6–1, 6–7(11–13), [8–10]8–13
Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritznot played

Player statistics

PlayerTeamNat.MatchesMatches win–lossPoints win–loss
SinglesDoublesTotalSinglesDoublesTotal
Félix Auger-Aliassime World Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 31–11–02–13–23–06–2
Matteo Berrettini Europe Flag of Italy.svg 31–01–12–12–02–34–3
Alex de Minaur World Flag of Australia (converted).svg 21–00–11–11–00–21–2
Novak Djokovic Europe Flag of Serbia.svg 31–11–02–12–32–04–3
Roger Federer Europe Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 10–00–10–10–00–10–1
Taylor Fritz World Flag of the United States.svg 11–00–01–02–00–02–0
Andy Murray Europe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 20–10–10–20–10–30–4
Rafael Nadal Europe Flag of Spain.svg 10–00–10–10–00–10–1
Cameron Norrie Europe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 10–10–00–10–20–00–2
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
Jack Sock World Flag of the United States.svg 40–12–12–20–14–24–3
Frances Tiafoe World Flag of the United States.svg 31–11–02–13–21–04–2
Stefanos Tsitsipas Europe Flag of Greece.svg 21–10–01–11–30–01–3

References

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  12. "Roger Federer names dream doubles partner for final match after confirming he won't play singles at Laver Cup". The Independent. 21 September 2022.
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