2026 Laver Cup
Tennis tournament
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The 2026 Laver Cup was the ninth edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. Held at The O2 Arena in London, the tournament was played on indoor hard courts.[1] Yannick Noah and Andre Agassi served as team captains, returning from the previous year. Team Europe defeated Team World 13–5.
| 2026 Laver Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25–27 September 2026 |
| Edition | 9th |
| Surface | Hard (indoor) |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Venue | The O2 Arena |
| Champions | |
Team Europe  13 – 5  | |
Player selection
On 18 November 2025, Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz were the first players to confirm their participation for Team Europe and Team World respectively.[2] On 19 February 2026, Alexander Zverev and Alex de Minaur were the next players to join the roster for the event.[3] On 7 May 2026, Ben Shelton was confirmed for the event. On 15 June 2026, Jakub Menšík and Flavio Cobolli were confirmed for Team Europe, and Alexander Bublik was confirmed for Team World.
On 25 June 2026, Learner Tien and Tommy Paul were confirmed as the final picks for Team World.[4] Team Europe announced Rafael Jódar on 15 July 2026, making his Laver Cup debut[5] and Casper Ruud was announced as the final pick on 28 July 2026.[6] On 12 September 2026, Paul withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Francisco Cerúndolo.[7] On 17 September 2026, Shelton withdrew and was replaced by Brandon Nakashima.[8]
Participants
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- Singles rankings as of 21 September 2026
| Withdrew | |
| Alternate |
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Matches
Each match win on day 1 is worth one point, on day 2 two points, and on day 3 three points. The first team reaching 13 points will win.[9]
| Day | Date | Match type |
Team Europe |
Team World |
Score | Team points after match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Sep | Singles |  Casper Ruud |
 Francisco Cerúndolo |
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–8] | 1–0 |
 Jakub Menšík |
 Brandon Nakashima |
1–6, 6–3, [7–10] | 1–1 | |||
 Rafael Jódar |
 Alexander Bublik |
6–2, 6–3 | 2–1 | |||
| Doubles | C Alcaraz / J Menšík |
A Bublik / T Fritz |
6–4, 6–4 | 3–1 | ||
| 2 | 26 Sep | Singles |  Flavio Cobolli |
Learner Tien |
3–6, 6–2, [7–10] | 3–3 |
 Alexander Zverev |
 Alex de Minaur |
6–2, 6–7(5–7), [9–11] | 3–5 | |||
| Carlos Alcaraz |
Taylor Fritz |
6–3, 4–6, [13–11] | 5–5 | |||
| Doubles | C Ruud / A Zverev |
A Bublik / B Nakashima |
6–4, 7–6(9–7) | 7–5 | ||
| 3 | 27 Sep | Doubles | F Cobolli / J Menšík |
A de Minaur / T Fritz |
7–5, 6–3 | 10–5 |
| Singles | Alexander Zverev |
Learner Tien |
7–6(7–3), 6–3 | 13–5 | ||
| Carlos Alcaraz |
Alex de Minaur |
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| Rafael Jódar |
Taylor Fritz | |||||
Player statistics
| Player | Team | Nat | Matches | Matches win–loss | Points win–loss | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Doubles | Total | Singles | Doubles | Total | ||||
| Carlos Alcaraz | Europe | |
2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Alexander Bublik | World | |
3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| Francisco Cerúndolo | World | |
1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Flavio Cobolli | Europe | |
2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Alex de Minaur | World | |
2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| Taylor Fritz | World | |
3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–6 |
| Rafael Jódar | Europe | |
1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Jakub Menšík | Europe | |
3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Brandon Nakashima | World | |
2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Casper Ruud | Europe | |
2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Learner Tien | World | |
2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Alexander Zverev | Europe | |
3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
