The Laver Cup It has become one of the most iconic tournaments on the current tennis scene, thanks to the mix of camaraderie and individual competition between two teams, Europe and the Rest of the Worldwho compete every year in an official tournament and, although they do not distribute points ATPmanages to have big stars in its cast. Carlos Alcaraz He was the most outstanding tennis player of the edition of 2024as a guide and hero of the European team to a title that also brings significant money to the champions.
Alcaraz won eight of the 13 points of the European team in the Laver Cup 2024 and was the architect of the decisive point against Taylor Fritzin a match in which he won by 6-2, 7-5 to give the last three points to his team. With Carlos’ victory, the European team completed the comeback against Rest of the World and regained the title of the Laver Cupwhich in 2022 and 2023 had gone to its great rival.
One of the main doubts about the Laver Cup They are the profits for its participants, and although the money generated by the tournament is relevant, we are not talking about a competition that stands out for awarding excessive prizes, but rather it values teamwork within a unique competition in men’s tennis. , which now reaches its seventh edition, always under the format of duels between Europe and the Rest of the World.
He prize money total of the Laver Cup Looking ahead to the 2024 edition it is 2.25 million dollarsjust over two million euros. Taking into account that we are talking about a call for six tennis players for the team of Europechampion since last Sunday, and another six for the one from Rest of the World, The money that results after the distribution of money is not too much, compared to other major tournaments.
The Laver Cup does not stand out for the money
Europe, champion in the Laver Cup 2024distributes to each of the six tennis players in his lineup an amount of $250,000in an equitable division in which variables such as the number of victories or points that each tennis player has won do not enter. Therefore, Carlos Alcarazgreat star of the European team with eight points and three victories in the competition weekend in Berlinhe gets the same as his other five teammates, Dimitrov, Zverev, Medvedev, Tstitsipas and Ruud.
For its part, the team of Rest of the Worldformed by Tiafoe, Shelton, Cerundolo, Tabilo, Fritz and Kokkinakispockets $125,000 per tennis player, half of the champion’s prize, something that was already agreed upon by the organizer and that allows adding some money to the world team, despite the defeat against the team of Europe. The total amount broken down does not even take into account the captains of each team, in this edition John McEnroe (Rest of the World) and Bjorn Borg (Europe) nor the substitutes, which in 2024 only Europe had with Jan-Lennard Struff and Flavio Cobolli.
