What’s new in the Laver Cup 2025 format? | OneFootball

Teammates, captains, and legends dressed up for the traditional “iconic photo” of the Laver Cup on the stunning Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, one of the most photographed bridges in the world. The competition guide is below:

CAPTAINS

The eighth edition of the team competition brings major changes to the benches. Team World will be led by captain Andre Agassi (replacing John McEnroe) and vice-captain Pat Rafter. Meanwhile, Team Europe will be under the direction of captain Yannick Noah (replacing Bjorn Borg) and vice-captain Tim Henman.

STARTERS

Each team is made up of six players. Three of the six players qualify based on their ATP ranking as of the Monday after Roland Garros. And three are “captain’s picks.”

Thus, we have Taylor Fritz, Alex de Minaur, Francisco Cerúndolo, Alex Michelsen, João Fonseca, and Reilly Opelka who will take the court for Team World, and Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Holger Rune, Casper Ruud, Jakub Mensik, and Flavio Cobolli for the Europeans.

ALTERNATES

The official organization announced that Tomas Machac (No. 22) will be the alternate for Europe, while Jenson Brooksby (No. 86) will be the substitute for Team World.

HOW IT’S PLAYED

The event consists of five sessions played over three days (Friday to Sunday). Both singles and doubles are best of three sets with tiebreaks. In case of a tie, the third set is a 10-point super tiebreak.

Each player competes in at least one singles match during the first two days. And no player may play singles more than twice over the three days.

At least four of the six players must play doubles. No doubles combination is played more than once, unless it’s needed to decide the outcome on day 3 and the score is tied 12-12.

WHERE IT’S PLAYED

The competition location rotates between Europe and “rest of the world” cities each year and takes place annually, two weeks after the US Open.

This time, it will be held from September 19 to 21, 2025, at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

WHO IS THE CHAMPION

Each match won is worth one point on Friday, two points on Saturday, and three points on Sunday. The first team to reach 13 points out of a total of 24 available wins the Cup. In case of a tie after all 12 matches have been played, a final doubles match is played. And if only one match is required on Sunday, an exhibition match is played after the trophy ceremony.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.