“Today there were few moments of the match that, I mean, the level was insane.” Even if Carlos Alcaraz hadn’t absorbed the entirety of the contest on the otherworldly level the spectators at Court Philippe-Chatrier had on Sunday evening, the Spaniard admitted that there were phases of play when world no. 1 Jannik Sinner constricted him to the hilt during their marathon French Open 2025 final.
“Being Jannik on the other side of the net playing at such a great level, sometimes I thought: ‘What can I do? What can I do?’ He was moving unbelievably,” Alcaraz added.
Rallying back from three championship points posed against him in the third set, Alcaraz produced a stunning fightback to clinch the Roland-Garros title, defending the crown from last season. Multiple streaks of high-level tennis and frailties of four-plus hour marathons were on the line as Alcaraz and Sinner went neck-and-neck down to the wire. With his stunning victory, the 22-year-old Alcaraz brought down a few of Sinner’s super feats while rewriting the record books on his own.
FRENCH OPEN 2025 FINAL: SINNER VS ALCARAZ HIGHLIGHTS
Here’s a look at all the records and stats broken in the Alcaraz vs Sinner French Open 2025 final
- 5* – Entering the final with unbeaten records in Grand Slam finals, Sinner suffered his first defeat in four Major finals, while Alcaraz extended his winning run to five successive summit clashes. Alcaraz is only the second man after Roger Federer (7) to win each of their first Grand Slam final appearances.
- 31 – Starting the quarterfinal of the victorious Australian Open 2025, Sinner collected 31 consecutive set wins before losing to Alcaraz in the third set of their pulsating clash. Only Federer (36), Rafael Nadal (35) and John McEnroe (35) have won more consecutive Grand Slam sets in the Open Era.
- 3 – Aged 22 years and 34 days old, Alcaraz became the third-youngest man to win five Grand Slam titles in history. He was only a day older than his great compatriot Nadal (22y 33d). Bjorn Borg remains the youngest, winning his fifth title at 1978 Roland-Garros, aged 22y 5d.
- 4 – Following the Big 3 of Novak Djokovic, Federer and Nadal, Alcaraz is only the fourth man to win Grand Slam titles in four successive years.
- 8 – Alcaraz is only the eighth man in Open Era history to defend their Roland-Garros title, joining Nadal and Gustavo Kuerten as the only players to achieve it in the 21st century.
Successful #RolandGarros Men’s Title Defense (Open Era):
Jan Kodes – 1970-71
Bjorn Borg – 1974-75, 1978-81
Ivan Lendl – 1986-87
Jim Courier – 1991-92
Sergi Bruguera – 1993-94@gugakuerten – 2000-01@RafaelNadal – 2005-08, 2010-14, 2017-20@carlosalcaraz – 2024-25— ATP Media Info (@ATPMediaInfo) June 8, 2025
- 2 – The Alcaraz vs Sinner French Open 2025 final is the second-longest Grand Slam final in history, coming only behind Djokovic and Nadal’s 5 hour and 53 minutes Australian Open 2012 final at 5 hours and 29 minutes. The only other 5-plus hours Major final was played between Nadal and Daniil Medvedev at AO 2022.
- 5 – With five Grand Slam wins in the 21st century, Alcaraz only trails Djokovic (24), Nadal (22) and Federer (20).
- 3 – Alcaraz is only the third man in history to clinch multiple ATP Masters clay and Roland-Garros titles in a single season, following Thomas Muster (1995) and Nadal (2005-08, 2010, 2012-13, 2017-18). Playing four clay tournaments this season, Alcaraz won all but one of his 22 matches, including three titles.
- 4.2 – Alcaraz’s has now won a Major title every 4.2 tournaments he has played in. The Spaniard surpassed Federer (1 per 4.4) in win rate, with only Djokovic (3.2) and Nadal (3.5) placed ahead.
