"The Laver Cup is an international indoor hard court men's tennis tournament between two teams: Team Europe and Team World, the latter of which is composed of players from non-European countries. Held annually (except for Summer Olympic years), the tournament takes place two weeks after the US Open, with the location rotating. In addition to the guaranteed participation fees which are based upon the player's ATP rankings, each member of the winning team gets $250,000 in prize money. "

adding - but, the tournement itself does not count for any points towards the ATP world tour of that year, at least as of 2017.[1]

because it is not specifically stated anywhere in the article yet and is important as some my be confused as to why none of players records reflect the results of this years tournament.

"The O2 Arena in Prague during the first Laver Cup."

Adding - Now with entirely black center court for the event, the first to use one such court in any tournament

Because this was an entirely new thing that had not been done before or any other tournament. most had just stuck with the tradition blue hard courts but the Laver Cup wanted to innovate and try this court out with top players.

  1. ^ Clarey, Christopher (2017-09-24). "A Promising Debut for the Laver Cup, Buoyed by Two Timeless Stars". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-09-27.