The Laver Cup comes to The O2 from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 September 2026: Team Europe under Yannick Noah against Team World over five sessions, with Alcaraz, Zverev and Fritz billed.
The Laver Cup is named for Rod Laver, the Australian who won all four majors in a single calendar year twice, in 1962 and again in 1969, a thing nobody in the men’s game has done since. It was founded in 2017 on the Ryder Cup model: Team Europe against Team World, three days, captains on the bench, and the players sitting together and coaching one another in a sport that spends the rest of the year alone. Federer’s management company built it with Tennis Australia and the Brazilian businessman Jorge Paulo Lemann, and Björn Borg and John McEnroe captained the first editions against each other.
The scoring is what makes the third day matter. 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, and thirteen points wins the cup, which means the result can only be settled on the final day.
The 2026 edition is at The O2 from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 September, five sessions across three days. Yannick Noah captains Europe with Tim Henman as his vice-captain, and the billed teams carry Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud against Taylor Fritz, Alex de Minaur and Ben Shelton. The tournament changes city every year and has named Los Angeles for 2027.