Andy Roddick has encouraged the powers that be to create a women’s version of the Laver Cup.
The latest version of the unique team event was a success and went right down to the final match on the final day to determine the winner.
It was Team Europe who prevailed after Carlos Alcaraz defeated Taylor Fritz to ensure captain Bjorn Borg won his final Laver Cup as captain.
This was also the fifth time that Team Europe had captured the title, and the first since claiming a 13-1 win in 2021.
Andy Roddick urges tennis to create a version of the Laver Cup for the WTA Tour
The Laver Cup is certainly one of the most unique events on the ATP Tour. It allows players to communicate with each other in a way that is not often seen in the usual solo events on the circuit.
It also provides players with the opportunity to seek advice from the captains who are legends of the game, in addition to the icons of the game and their teammates.
Following the success of the 2024 event, Andy Roddick thinks the blueprint is there for a women’s version to be created.
“There’s no IP here that can’t be copied. If you’re a huge investor in women’s tennis then go and just copy and paste this event,” Roddick said on his Served’ podcast. “Go do it. The blueprint is there. Go find an arena, go find a market, you don’t need a hundred players.
“I don’t understand why it’s like the Laver Cup’s responsibility to go do that. And by the way, I promise you most tennis people who know me, I would be saying the exact same thing if the situation was reversed and Serena had started something and it was a wild success.
“It wouldn’t be Serena’s responsibility to go and make a men’s event and bring them in to something that is successful.’
What did Roger Federer say about creating a women’s version of the Laver Cup?
Ahead of the Laver Cup, one of the event’s co-founders Roger Federer, spoke about the possibility of creating a women’s version.
He was in Berlin watching the seventh edition of the tournament which he won three times as a player.
Though he is open to the idea of women’s Laver Cup, the Swiss Maestro wants to ensure that the tournament continues to attract plenty of fans.
“You have options to say maybe we will do two years in Berlin or three years, instead of jumping from one to the next,” Federer told Bloomberg TV’s YouTube channel. “I don’t know, could we play Grand Slam venues?
“Could there be a Laver Cup for women as well? But the concern at the moment is to make sure we have a really good product with the Laver Cup.”
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