Laver Cup Berlin 2024: Meet the heavyweights of Team Europe, out for revenge on home soil

Team Europe are hoping to make home-court advantage account at the 2024 Laver Cup. Retiring captain Bjorn Borg has assembled a heavyweight squad to try and halt Team World's two-Cup winning streak. Despite the late withdrawal of 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, Europe still has experience and silverware in abundance among their six contenders.

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Here's the lowdown on the players taking to the iconic black court in Berlin this week:

Carlos Alcaraz

• First Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 0-0
• Country: Spain
• Ranking: No. 3

Arguably the man to beat in tennis this year, the four-time major winner makes his Laver Cup debut off the back of a summer that saw him become the youngest player in history to complete the Channel Slam, with back-to-back triumphs at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, followed by Olympic silver back in Paris. He has enjoyed similar success in team competition this year, recently leading Spain to the final eight of the Davis Cup.

Grigor Dimitrov

• Second Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 1-1
• Country: Bulgaria
• Ranking: No. 10

A late call up to replace Nadal will be making his second Laver Cup appearance in Berlin. The former No. 3 was the first Bulgarian to compete for Team Europe, winning his opening match against Frances Tiafoe on his debut in 2018. This year, Dimitrov won his ninth ATP title in Brisbane, while also reaching the quarterfinals of both Roland Garros and the US Open.

Daniil Medvedev

• Second Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 1-0
• Ranking: No. 5

The 2021 US Open champion and former world No. 1 heads to Berlin in search of a second Laver Cup trophy, having helped Team Europe to victory in Boston three years ago. Medvedev started 2024 with a Grand Slam final appearance at the Australian Open and reached the semifinals of Wimbledon, where he was defeated by his new Laver Cup teammate, Alcaraz.

Casper Ruud

• Fourth Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 3-0
• Country: Norway
• Ranking: No. 9

The three-time Grand Slam runner-up is the highest-ranked Norwegian in ATP history and one of Team Europe's most consistent players. Ruud will be aiming to extend his perfect Cup record in Berlin, after winning a singles match in each of his previous appearances. A two-time Laver Cup winner, Ruud has won two ATP titles in 2024 and reached the semfinals at Roland Garros.

Stefanos Tsitsipas

• Fourth Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 4-3
• Country: Greece
• Ranking: No. 12

Greece's first-ever Grand Slam finalist returns to the Laver Cup after a year away, having won the trophy twice with Team Europe in 2019 and 2021. This year, he claimed his third ATP Masters 1000 title with victory in Monte Carlo, his eleventh career title overall and reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, where he lost to Alcaraz.

Alexander Zverev

• Fifth Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 8-3
• Country: Germany
• Ranking: No. 2

Zverev has all the ingredients to be the star of this year's Laver Cup: home favorite, career-high world ranking and one of the most successful players in the event's history. Berlin marks an incredible fifth appearance in the competition for the German, who reached the second Grand Slam final of his career this year at Roland Garros and won his 22nd ATP title in Rome. With a mammoth 18 points delivered in his four previous Cups, Team Europe has never lost when he has been in the line-up.