Here we are again, and likely amid many other final matchups. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are the two best players on the ATP tour, as they have been for over a year, and just as they are likely to stay for the foreseeable future.
The distance in ranking points is only growing between the Italian and the Spaniard. While Sinner has a stranglehold on the top ranking, Alcaraz is just as cemented into No. 2. If tennis fans want to see the best of men's tennis, they will want to see Sinner and Alcaraz as the last two standing in any tournament.
To get to the 2025 French Open final, though, Sinner had to get past all-time great Novak Djokovic. The Serb battled, but was ultimately no match for Sinner's court coverage and his ability to create the same kind of shots that Djokovic did in his prime. The Italian took the set in straight sets.
How to watch (and who will win) the men's 2025 French Open final
What the ATP No. 1 has not done is defeat Alcaraz since 2023, and that covers four straight wins for the Spaniard. Two have come on clay. All of their last seven matches have come in the semifinals of tournaments or the final. Alcaraz leads the head-to-head 5-2 in that time.
Sinner is the most consistently high-performing player on the tour, but Alcaraz is the better clay-court player. The Spaniard also won the Roland Garros title in 2024. He should have the advantage and the confidence to beat the top-ranked ATP player.
Last year, when the two met in the semis in Paris, Sinner had a one-set advantage entering the fourth set. Alcaraz somewhat easily won the final two sets 6-4 6-3. This is possibly the same path the Spaniard will take this year, too, but the guess here is that Alcaraz defeats Sinner in four sets to earn his fifth overall Grand Slam title.
French Open 2025 men's final details:
- Match time: Sinner and Alcaraz will start at 9 am ET (3 pm Paris time)
- Location: Court Philippe-Chatrier at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France (has a roof, if needed)
- How to watch: TNT and streaming on Max in the United States, TNT Sports and stream it via Discovery+ in the UK, Channel 9 in Australia, ESPN in South America, Eurosport in most of Europe