Team Europe won the 2026 Laver Cup at The O2 in London on Sunday 27 September, beating Team World 13-5 after Alexander Zverev defeated Learner Tien 7-6(3), 6-3 in the deciding singles match. Europe entered the final day leading 7-5 and secured the two victories needed to reach the competition’s 13-point target. Flavio Cobolli and Jakub Mensik won the opening doubles before Zverev finished the job, leaving the remaining scheduled singles matches unplayed.
Laver Cup London 2026 branding on temporary event barriers outside The O2 in North Greenwich, photographed on September 2026. Photo: London Construction Magazine.
Zverev delivers the winning points
The official Laver Cup final report confirms that Zverev clinched the trophy for Europe for the fourth time, following Chicago in 2018, Geneva in 2019 and Boston in 2021. The London victory also gave Yannick Noah his first title as Team Europe captain. Tien kept the opening set close, saving three break points at 5-5 before Zverev took the tiebreak. The German then broke in the second set and protected that advantage to secure the three points that ended the contest. “Winning as a team, there’s no better feeling in sports,” Zverev said after the victory.
Sunday’s doubles gave Europe its opening
Cobolli and Mensik had put Europe 10-5 ahead by beating Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-3. Their success meant Zverev stepped onto court knowing that victory would settle the tournament. According to the organiser’s doubles report, vice-captain Tim Henman said the selection allowed Carlos Alcaraz to concentrate on a possible singles appearance later on Sunday. Alcaraz had already played doubles on Friday and singles on Saturday. Cobolli described the win as his first match victory in three Laver Cup appearances. Mensik, meanwhile, had also won Friday’s doubles alongside Alcaraz. Their Sunday partnership delivered the first three points of the final session without requiring Alcaraz to return to the doubles court.
Why the final score was 13-5
The score represents team points, rather than the number of matches won. Under the Laver Cup scoring rules, each victory earns one point on Friday, two on Saturday and three on Sunday. Europe won seven of the ten competitive matches played in London; Team World won three. Europe collected three points on Friday, four on Saturday and six on Sunday. Team World earned one on Friday and four on Saturday. The increasing value of each day’s matches explains how Europe’s narrow overnight advantage became an eight-point winning margin within two Sunday fixtures.
LCM’s Laver Cup London 2026 guide set out the planned five-session programme. Once Europe reached 13 points, the scheduled Alcaraz–De Minaur and Rafael Jodar–Fritz singles matches were no longer needed. The official results page lists both as not played, along with the potential deciding doubles match. The next edition will take place at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, from 24 to 26 September 2027. The organiser has confirmed Los Angeles as the host for the tenth Laver Cup, where Europe will defend the title secured in London.
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