Overview
- Day 1 features three singles and one doubles match, with Ruud vs. Opelka, Mensik vs. Michelsen, Cobolli vs. Fonseca, and Alcaraz joining Mensik to face Fritz and Michelsen in doubles.
- Official rosters list Europe’s Alcaraz, Zverev, Rune, Ruud, Mensik and Cobolli under captain Yannick Noah, while World fields Fritz, de Minaur, Cerundolo, Michelsen, Fonseca and Opelka under captain Andre Agassi.
- Team World enters short-handed after withdrawals by Ben Shelton, Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe reduced depth.
- Brazil’s 19-year-old Joao Fonseca debuts as the event’s youngest-ever player after meeting co-founder Roger Federer earlier in the week.
- Matches are best-of-three with a 10-point match tiebreak, with wins worth one point on Friday, two on Saturday and three on Sunday, and the first team to 13 points lifting the cup.