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This will be the 22-time Grand Slam champion's fourth appearance at the three-day team tournament, which pits six top men's players from Europe against six of their counterparts from the rest of the world.
The comfortable victory from pole position at a Shanghai circuit that last hosted a Grand Prix in 2019 was Verstappen's fourth in five races in 2024 and came after he also won the season's first Saturday sprint.
The Gaurs round off their league campaign with 45 points from 22 matches. They are thus level on points with Mohun Bagan Super Giant who play Mumbai City FC on Monday.
City won 2-1 to take their tally to 47 points while Mohun Bagan Super Giant are second on 42 points.
Verstappen, who becomes only the second driver to win three consecutive Japanese Grands Prix alongside seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, now has a 13-point lead in the drivers standings over Perez.
Noah’s treble was complemented with a late strike by Spanish striker Carlos Martinez as Goa moved to 39 points in the standings, equalling their nearest competitors Odisha FC and the Mohun Bagan Super Giant.
It was Verstappen's first DNF (did not finish) since retiring from Albert Park in the 2022 race and ended his run of race wins at nine.
Alcaraz became the first man to defend a championship in the California desert since Novak Djokovic won three straight between 2014 and 2016.
Alcaraz came from behind to beat Jannik Sinner before Medvedev edged out American Tommy Paul 1-6, 7-6(3), 6-2 in the second semifinal.
Third seed Coco Gauff served up 17 double faults but still managed to beat China's Yuan Yue 6-4, 6-3 to reach the women's semifinals in the Californian desert for the first time.