SAN FRANCISCO—Just over a decade after the ATP Tour event in the San Francisco Bay Area left the region, the men have returned. How fitting that in a part of the country renowned for innovation that its 2025 incarnation of high-level men’s pro tennis is the highly creative and compelling team event, the Laver Cup.
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Taking place over three days starting on Friday, September 19 inside San Francisco’s Chase Center, one of Laver Cup’s biggest stylistic wrinkles is that each day, victors are awarded more points as the two squads seek to earn the 13 points required for victory. A Friday victory counts as one, Saturday two, Sunday three. Another element is that in lieu of a third set, matches are decided by a ten-point tiebreak. The payoff of this concurrently compressed and expansive format is that the competition will not be decided until the last day, making for a rare mix of collaboration and intensity.
Led by new captains Yannick Noah and Tim Henman, Team Europe is the holder, winner of this event five times in its seven-year history. Team World, also boasting a new leadership duo in Andre Agassi and Patrick Rafter, is seeking to regain the title it last won two years ago.
Here’s a look at Friday’s four matches:
