It was held on indoor hard courts at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic from 22 until 24 September.

[1] On 24 August 2016, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the first of six players to confirm their participation for Team Europe.

By 24 August 2017, all six players from each team had been chosen: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Alexander Zverev, Marin Čilić, Dominic Thiem, and Tomáš Berdych for Team Europe, and Milos Raonic, John Isner, Jack Sock, Sam Querrey, Juan Martín del Potro, and Denis Shapovalov for Team World.

[4] Former rivals Bjorn Borg (Europe) and John McEnroe (World) were serving as captains for the 2017 edition.

[5][6] Each winning team member earned $250,000 in the inaugural edition of the Laver Cup.