Tennis played as a team game rather than an individual one, the Laver Cup pitted Europe against the World at The O2 in September 2026, with Alcaraz and Zverev among the eight billed.
The Laver Cup, Roger Federer’s team tennis competition, set Europe against the World to The O2 arena in North Greenwich from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 September 2026.
The cup is named for Rod Laver, the Australian who won all four majors in a single calendar year twice, in 1962 and 1969.
It follows the Ryder Cup model: captains on the bench, and players who are rivals for the rest of the season coaching one another. Federer’s management company founded it in 2017 with Tennis Australia and the Brazilian businessman Jorge Paulo Lemann, and Björn Borg and John McEnroe captained the first editions.
Twelve matches are played across the three days, nine singles and three doubles. A match won on Friday is worth one point, on Saturday two and on Sunday three. Thirteen points wins the cup, so the result is rarely settled before the final day.
Yannick Noah captained Europe, with Tim Henman as his vice-captain. The billed teams carried Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud against Taylor Fritz, Alex de Minaur and Ben Shelton.
The tournament changes host city every year and has named Los Angeles for 2027.