2025 Laver Cup: Can a pair of Aussies help Team World retrieve its crown?

The eighth edition of the Laver Cup welcomes 12 players to San Francisco's Chase Centre as Team Europe and Team World prepare to clash.

History behind the Laver Cup

The Laver Cup is named after Australian legend Rod Laver to celebrate his achievements, including 11 Grand Slam singles titles and the world No.1 ranking.

The man who instigated the initiative was 20-time major winner Roger Federer, who was inspired by the Ryder Cup golf tournament, which comprises the best American golfers against the top Europeans.

The inaugural event took place at the O2 Arena in Prague, spearheaded by Federer and Rafael Nadal to help Team Europe win the first-ever Laver Cup.

Head-to-head

Team Europe lead the overall head-to-head 5-2, with Team World winning back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023.

In last year's edition, Team Europe bounced back, recording a 13-11 win.

Format and how it works

• The tournament consists of five sessions (Saturday-Monday AEST)

• Both singles and doubles are best of three sets with ad scoring. In the event of split sets, the third set is a 10-point match tiebreaker.

• Each player competes in at least one singles match during the first two days.

• No player can play singles more than twice during the three days.

• At least four of the six players must play doubles. No doubles combination is played more than once, unless for the decider on Day 3, if points are 12:12.

• The winning team must reach 13 points.

• In the event of a tie after all 12 matches are played, a final overtime doubles match – a decider – is played as a regular set with ad scoring and a tiebreak.

• If only one match is required on Sunday, an exhibition match is played following the trophy ceremony.

Squad lists

Team Europe

Carlos Alcaraz (No.1)

Alexander Zverev (No.3)

Holger Rune (No.11)

Casper Ruud (No.12)

Jakub Menšík (No.17)

Flavio Cobolli (No.25)

Team World

Taylor Fritz (No.5)

Alex de Minaur (No.8)

Francisco Cerúndolo (No.21)

Alex Michelsen (No.32)

João Fonseca (No.42)

Reilly Opelka (No.62)

Who are the captains?

For the first time since the Laver Cup's inception, 11-time major winner Björn Borg and long-time rival John McEnroe won't captain Team Europe and Team World, respectively.

Borg has been replaced by former French Open champion Yannick Noah, who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.

For Team World, another American great in the form of Andre Agassi will lead the side in a bid to recapture the title.

Queenslander and former world No.1 Pat Rafter has been selected as Team World's vice-captain, with Tim Henman stepping in as vice-captain for the Europeans.

What is at stake?

Aside from a trophy and bragging rights, each player from the winning team is in line to receive A$375,000, in addition to guaranteed participation fees.

The Laver Cup does not award ATP ranking points.

When does it start, and where can you watch?

It gets underway on Saturday, 5:30am AEST.

The only way to watch the Laver Cup in Australia is on Stan Sport.

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