The Laver Cup is an international men's tennis competition to be held annually, except during Olympic years, two weeks after the US Open, with the location rotating. The first edition will be held in Prague on September 22–24, 2017, indoors at the O2 Arena. The competition is named after Australian tennis legend Rod Laver.
The competition will pit six top European players against their counterparts from the rest of the world.
There will be 12 matches played over three days (nine singles and three doubles), with the number of points awarded for victories increasing each day. Each player will take the court once or twice for singles, with at least four of the six taking part in doubles.
All the matches will be best-of-three, but if the first two sets are split, they will go to a 10-point tiebreaker.
Former rivals Björn Borg of Sweden (Europe) and John McEnroe of the United States (World team) will serve as captains for the first three years.
Roger Federer's management company, TEAM8; Brazilian businessman Jorge Paulo Lemann, a former Davis Cup player; and Tennis Australia partnered to create the Laver Cup. On August 24, 2016, Rafael Nadal confirmed he will take part in the inaugural edition of the Laver Cup.