Carlos Alcaraz beat Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 to hand Team Europe a 13-11 victory over Team World in the Laver Cup in the last session of the tournament here on Sunday.

Four-time grand slam champion Alcaraz romped through a one-sided first set before finishing off US Open finalist Fritz as Team Europe clinched their fifth Laver Cup title.

"It's been great. Obviously, we came here as a group, all of us, to win the Laver Cup. I'm pretty happy. I think everybody, for us, is," said Alcaraz. "I mean, it's been a really tough one... we almost lost."

Team World were in a commanding position on Saturday when Ben Shelton and Alejandro Tabilo defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud to put them 8-4 up.

However, captain Bjorn Borg's Team Europe came into the final day of competition full of fight and Alcaraz teamed up with Ruud to defeat Americans Shelton and Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) in the early doubles match to take three points and reduce the deficit to 7-8.

Team World extended their lead when Shelton beat Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 10-7 putting the team captained by John McEnroe within touching distance of a third consecutive title.

However, Alexander Zverev gave Team Europe hope when he overcame Tiafoe 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 10-5 to send the competition into a thrilling final session where French Open and Wimbledon champion Alcaraz wrapped up victory.

Next year's Laver Cup will be held in San Francisco.

On Saturday, Team World had won three of the four matches. After Friday's matches were split evenly, Tiafoe and Fritz beat top-five opponents and Shelton and Tabilo crushed Europe's Ruud and Tsitsipas 6-1, 6-2.

Team Europe's only win came from Alcaraz, who beat Shelton 6-4, 6-4 with one break in each set. Alcaraz saved all five break points he faced. Shelton conceded his first sets in his fifth career Laver Cup match.

Tiafoe beat No. 5 Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 6-4 (10-5) for the first time in six attempts.“Midway in the second (set) and in the tie-break, I felt like I was Roger Federer, honestly,” Tiafoe joked while smiling at Federer, who was in the stands.

The Laver Cup is formatted like golf's Ryder Cup. The first team to 13 points wins. There are four matches on Sunday, each worth three points.