Let's dive into an exciting rivalry between Sinner and Alcaraz ahead of French Open 2025 Final.
World No. 1, Jannik Sinner will take on world No. 2, Carlos Alcaraz in the highly-anticipated clash of the 2025 Roland Garros on Sunday. It would be a blockbuster clash of the season as for the first time, they will lock horns in a final. Both superstars have combined to win the last five Grand Slams. Both stars have every final they’ve played: Alcaraz is 4-0; Sinner 3-0. After a thrilling women’s singles final, we can expect a cracking finish in men’s singles finale between two young superstars of the game.
Jannik Sinner dispatched the 24-time Grand Slam winner, Novak Djokovic in the semifinal to reach his third straight major finals. It was his fourth straight win over the Serbian legend. The Italian ace didn’t drop a single set in the 2025 Roland Garros and he is on a 29-set winning streak in the Slams. If he wins the French Open, then he will have a golden chance at Wimbledon to win all four Grand Slam tournaments within 12 months.
Sinner has dropped just two games in last 49 games and surprisingly, both defeats came against Alcaraz. They previously met in the final of Rome Masters and Carlos had the last laugh in straight sets. The world No. 1 has only one career title on clay court which came against Alcaraz at Umag 2022. It would be his first Roland Garros final and the pressure will be mounting on him.
On the other hand, Carlos Alcaraz is playing like a champion and won last year’s French Open. The Spaniard overcame Lorenzo Musetti in semifinals as the Italian rival retired in the fourth set. Alcaraz already won two sets and he had a 2-0 lead over Musetti in fourth set. Like Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz has never lost a Grand Slam finals and made a 4-0 start in the Slam finals.
The world No. 2 has a career-best start on the clay court this year with a dominant 21-1 record, including the victory against Sinner in the Italian Open final. The defending champion is on a 13-match winning streak and is just one win way to secure consecutive Roland Garros titles. It should be a battle of nerves and a finale between two biggest champions.
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have a lengthy rivalry with 12 matches between two. They are currently the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the ATP rankings. Both stars have produced one of the exciting rivalry in the men’s tennis and it could be bigger year by year like we saw in the big three – Nadal, Federer and Djokovic.
Carlos Alcaraz holds the 8-4 lead over Jannik Sinner and won four out of last five meetings. Meanwhile, Carlos Alcaraz has a 3-1 lead on the clay court which is a significant advantage ahead of the Roland Garros final.
Let’s rewind the iconic rivalry between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who will be in action for the title glory in the 2025 French Open.
Experts called it a preview for the 2025 French Open final and it eventually happened. Sinner and Alcaraz competed for the Rome Masters title, just a week before the Roland Garros. The Spaniard continued his clay-court brilliance over Sinner and extended his lead to 3-1 with a straight-set victory. It was the fourth straight victory for the Spaniard against Sinner.
Carlos Alcaraz held the nerves to beat Jannik Sinner in the final of the China Open to extended his H2H lead to 7-4. Sinner recently won the US Open title and he was ranked 1 in the tournament. It was also the first time when both players met each other as world’s No. 1 and No. 2 players. Alcaraz outclassed Sinner 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-6(3) to become the first player in ATP Tour history to win an ATP 500 singles title on every surface.
It was the dream campaign for Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open as he won his first ever Roland Garros trophy. During the title run, he beat Sinner in the semifinals which lasted more than four hours. The Spaniard was two-set down in the match but went on to win the five-set thriller 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Later, Carlos beat Zverev to become the youngest male player in history to win a major title on three court surfaces.
It was fourth ATP Masters 1000 match between two and Alcaraz avenged the previous year’s semifinal loss in China Open by eliminating Sinner in the 2024 Indian Wells. The 2nd seed, Carlos lost the opening set 6-1 but came back to win the next two sets 6-3, 6-2 to reach the BNP Paribas Open final. With this win, Alcaraz ended Sinner’s 19-match winning streak and levelled their rivalry to 4–4. In the title clash, the Spaniard beat Daniil Medvedev to win his first title after the gap of eight months.
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz met for the third semifinal in the year, including two in masters. Both had one victory each in their previous two matchups. Sinner took down Alcaraz in the China Open semifinals to claim his fourth tour-level win against the Spaniard. He later overcame world No. 3 Daniil Medvedev in the final for the first time in 7th meeting and moved into the top 5 of the ATP rankings.
Alcaraz and Sinner met each other for the second time in a single month in the Miami Open. The Italian ace took a revenge of the Indian Wells semifinal loss with a three-set victory against the defending champion. Carlos didn’t drop a single set before losing to Jannic in the semifinals. Meanwhile, the Italian ace lost to fourth seed Daniil Medvedev in straight sets in the final.
2023 Indian Wells was a special tournament for Carlos Alcaraz and the Spaniard beat Sinner in the semifinal in the title journey. During this run, he also recorded his 100th career win and won his eighth career title and third ATP 1000 title. He beat Daniil Medvedev in the final by breaking his 19-match winning streak.
For the second time in a year, Alcaraz and Sinner locked horns in a Grand Slam tournament. Alcaraz completed his revenge of the fourth-round defeat to Sinner in Wimbledon as he knocked out the Italian ace in the quarterfinals of the 2022 US Open, saving a match point in the fourth set. It was a pure five-set thriller where the Spaniard was two-set down. It also recorded as the second longest match in US Open history. With a victory over Rudd in the final, Carlos became the youngest No. 1 in the ATP rankings.
It remains Jannik Sinner’s first clay-court victory against Carlos Alcaraz and the first-ever tournament final between two. The Italian ace defeated the top seed in the final of the 2022 Plava Laguna Croatia Open to claim his maiden clay court title.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner met each other for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament where the Italian ace had the last laugh with a four-set victory. During the 2022 Wimbledon Sinner recorded his first win at this Major and after beating Alcaraz, the Italian ace reached his third Grand Slam quarterfinal. He faced the eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals and lost in a hard-fought five-set thriller.
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz started their rivalry on a big level with 2021 Paris Masters. Both previously met in the Alicante Challenger which is not considered as an ATP tournament. The Spaniard defeated eight-seeded, Sinner 7-6(1), 7-5 to claim first Masters victory in the long rivalry.
This is the very first time when Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner faced each other in a challenger tournament. During this period, both players just started their journey in tennis. The Spaniard overcame Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the round of 32 in the 2019 Alicante Challenger. It was also their first clay-court matchup.
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