The ninth edition of the Laver Cup is set to get underway later this month in London.
Inspired by the Ryder Cup golf tournament, the Laver Cup was created by Roger Federer‘s management company, TEAM8, Brazilian businessman Jorge Paulo Lemann, and Tennis Australia.
The event, named after tennis legend Rod Laver, features two sides, Team Europe and Team World, pitted against each other in a series of singles and doubles matches spanning three days.
Its first edition was in 2017, and since then, the competition has gone from strength to strength, attracting the world’s very best players every season.
In 2018, Federer was asked to give an explanation for why he wanted to create the Laver Cup.
As per Tennis World USA, Federer said: “I just wanted everybody to have a really nice time, a good time, and celebrate tennis.
“Give the legends a platform, have the young guys rub shoulders with great players, future legends, legends already like Borg, McEnroe, and Laver, and have other legends around as well.
“It’s so helpful, and it motivates you so much as a player to know its history a little bit, because maybe the future of tennis- they want to find out more through an event like this.
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“I was educated very much on everything that has happened in the past. I don’t know everything, but a lot, and I feel like I was very lucky to have good people around me who told me who was important in tennis, who did what.
“That was sort of the idea, and that fans would come in and say, All right, we’ll have a great weekend.”
What happened at last year’s edition of the Laver Cup
After being denied a three-peat in 2024, Team World recaptured the Laver Cup title in 2025.
Led by captain Andre Agassi, the winning Team World side consisted of Taylor Fritz, Alex de Minaur, Francisco Cerundolo, Alex Michelsen, Joao Fonseca, Reilly Opelka and Jenson Brooksby.
Team Europe consisted of Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Holger Rune, Casper Ruud, Jakub Mensik, Flavio Cobolli and Tomas Machac.
Team Europe took a 3-1 lead on day one last year, with Joao Fonseca earning Team World their only point by beating Flavio Cobolli in singles.
On day two, however, Team World swept Team Europe, winning all four matches to go 9-3 up.
The two sides won two matches each on the final day, with Team World ultimately winning the cup.
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