Laver Cup Berlin 2024: Meet the new-look Team World squad looking for a three-peat

New look, same title hopes for Team World at the 2024 Laver Cup. The American trio of Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe—all integral to victory for Team World last year in Vancouver—are back for more competition in Berlin, as the red-clad team seeks a third straight title.

But with Alex de Minaur and Tommy Paul withdrawing due to injury, this year's squad looks a little different than it did earlier this fall. It also features two first-time selections for captain John McEnroe, who will be succeeded by Andre Agassi in 2025.

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Learn more about the Team World that will take to the court in Berlin:

Francisco Cerundolo

• Second Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 1-0
• Country: Argentina
• Ranking: No. 31

The Arengtinian No. 1 made his Laver Cup debut last year, winning his singles match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. He's back for more in 2024 as a replacement for de Minaur. Cerundolo's highlights this season include a third career ATP singles title on clay in Umag, an Olympic debut and a fourth-round effort at Roland Garros, where he lost an epic five-setter to Novak Djokovic.

Taylor Fritz

• Fourth Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 3-1
• Country: United States
• Ranking: No. 7

Recent US Open finalist Fritz is playing Laver Cup for the third straight year and fourth time overall, having been an integral piece of the team's title runs in 2022 and 2023. This year, in addition to being the first American man to reach a Grand Slam singles final in 15 years, he has won two titles and reached the quarterfinals or better at nine tournaments. Though he's never played a doubles match in Laver Cup, he and Tommy Paul showed prowess this summer by winning a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics.

Thanasi Kokkinakis

• Second Laver Cup Appearance (First as Team Member)
• Career Laver Cup Record: 0-0
• Country: Australia
• Ranking: No. 78

Kokkinakis was an alternate for Team World at the first-ever Laver Cup in Prague seven years ago, but earned his official team call-up this week as a replacement for Paul. The oft-injured Aussie has delivered on big stages in 2024, winng at least one round at each of the four majors, delivering some upsets along the way. At Wimbledon, he came from two sets down to upset Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round, and also took out No. 11 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas at the US Open. At Roland Garros, he reached the third round, and pushed Fritz to five sets.

Ben Shelton

• Second Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 3-0
• Country: United States
• Ranking: No. 17

Fresh off a breakthrough to the 2023 US Open semifinals, Shelton was integral to Team World's title run in Vancouver last year, when he won three matches without losing a set—includng the Cup-winning doubles match with Frances Tiafoe. The 21-year-old left-hander reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 just last month, and since suiting up in Laver Cup last year has captured two ATP singles titles.

Alejandro Tabilo

• First Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 0-0
• Country: Chile
• Ranking: No. 22

Adding Chile to the roster of nations that have competed at Laver Cup is Tabilo, one of 2024's breakthrough players. The 27-year-old left-hander started the season ranked No. 85, but captured his first two career ATP singles titles and broke into the Top 20 in July.

Frances Tiafoe

• Fifth Laver Cup Appearance
• Career Laver Cup Record: 5-3
• Country: United States
• Ranking: No. 16

Tiafoe first represented Team World at the inaugural Laver Cup in 2017 as a 19-year-old, and Berlin will mark his fifth appearance on McEnroe’s roster. In 2022, Tiafoe delivered the first point for Team World with a singles victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas, and last year, went 3-0 in the squad's successful title defense. Tiafoe comes to Berlin off of having reached the US Open semifinals for the second time in the last three years.