Team Europe beats Team World 13-5 to reclaim Laver Cup in London

Team Europe won the 2026 Laver Cup on Sunday, September 27, beating Team World 13-5 at The O2 in London. Alexander Zverev sealed the title with a 7-6(3), 6-3 win over Learner Tien, according to the ATP Tour.

Team Europe was captained by Yannick Noah, in his second year in the role, and Team World by Andre Agassi.

How the weekend unfolded

The event ran from Friday to Sunday, with match values rising each day: one point per match on Friday, two on Saturday and three on Sunday. The first team to 13 points wins.

On Friday, Casper Ruud beat Francisco Cerundolo 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-8, and Brandon Nakashima beat Jakub Mensik 6-1, 3-6, 10-7. Rafael Jodar then beat Alexander Bublik 6-2, 6-3, and Mensik and Carlos Alcaraz won their doubles against Bublik and Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4. Europe led 3-1 after the first day, according to Yahoo Sports.

Team World took the lead in the first Saturday session. Tien beat Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 2-6, 10-7, and Alex de Minaur beat Zverev 2-6, 7-6, 11-9, putting World ahead 5-3.

Alcaraz saves match points

Europe responded in the second Saturday session. Alcaraz beat Fritz 6-3, 4-6, 13-11, saving two match points at 9/10 and 10/11 in the deciding tiebreak, the ATP Tour reported. He saved them with an ace down the T and a defensive overhead.

"I feel the drop shot is part of my game… I tried to use it in my favour," Alcaraz said, according to the ATP Tour.

Ruud and Zverev then beat Bublik and Nakashima 6-4, 7-6(7) in doubles, giving Europe a 7-5 lead going into Sunday.

Sunday's clinch

Cobolli and Mensik opened Sunday by beating de Minaur and Fritz 7-5, 6-3, taking Europe to 10 points. Zverev then defeated Tien in straight sets to reach 13.

"I haven't won a Laver Cup match in two years, so I'm happy I did it today. Massive credit to the entire Team World," Zverev said, according to the Laver Cup website. "Winning as a team — there's no better feeling in sports. We don't have enough of it in tennis."

The Laver Cup website reported that it was Zverev's fourth Laver Cup title, after wins in Chicago in 2018, Geneva in 2019 and Boston in 2021. The German now holds the event record of 26 career points across seven appearances.

Why it matters

The result returns the trophy to Team Europe, which had to recover from a two-point deficit on Saturday before winning all four of its remaining matches. It also extended Zverev's record as the top points scorer in the event's history.

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