A look inside the numbers ahead of Alcaraz and Sinner's 12th and biggest career meeting
©Clément Mahoudeau / FFTThe 58th Open era staging of Roland-Garros has produced a blockbuster final on the men’s side. It’s all down to top-seeded Jannik Sinner and second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz, the tournament’s top two seeds, on Sunday. As the pair prepare to contest their first Grand Slam final, we break down some of the critical statistical storylines to look out for.
Remarkably, neither Alcaraz or Sinner has ever lost a major final. Alcaraz (4-0) and Sinner (3-0) will bid to remain undefeated in Grand Slam finals. If it is Alcaraz who comes through, he will move into a tie for third on the all-time list with Iga Swiatek for most Grand Slam finals won without suffering a first loss.
Only Roger Federer (7) and Monica Seles (6) have won more Slam titles before suffering a first defeat in a major final.
©Amélie Laurin / FFTNo matter what happens on Sunday, Roland-Garros has been an incredible success story for Italian men’s tennis. With Lorenzo Musetti and Sinner becoming the first pair of Italian men to qualify for the semi-finals in the same season in Paris since 1960.
Sinner is bidding to become the first Italian to win the men's singles title at Roland-Garros during the Open era after Adriano Panatta in 1976.
Alcaraz leads the lifetime head-to-head against Sinner 7-4, on the strength of four consecutive victories over the Italian. Since last year he has recorded successive wins over Sinner at Indian Wells, Roland-Garros, Beijing and Rome.
Alcaraz holds the 2-1 edge over Sinner on clay, and he’s also taken two of three from Sinner in finals.
Sinner and Alcaraz’s 12th career showdown, and first in a major final, marks the first time that two players born in the 2000s will face each other in a men’s singles final at a Grand Slam event.
Including Sunday’s title, the talented No.1 and No.2 have combined to win each of the last six Grand Slam men’s singles titles on offer.
Sinner could become the second youngest player during the Open era to win three consecutive men’s singles Grand Slam events, older than only Pete Sampras (Wimbledon 1993, US Open 1993 and Australian Open 1994).
Alcaraz could become the youngest player to win the men’s title at Roland-Garros in consecutive seasons since Rafael Nadal, who won four consecutive titles between 2005-08.
©Corinne Dubreuil / FFTAlcaraz’s growing body of work is starting to read legendary. The Spaniard has won 33 of his last 35 on the surface, and he enters Sunday’s final with a 24-3 lifetime record at Roland-Garros.
Alcaraz could record his 25th win from 28 main draw matches in Sunday’s final. Only King of Clay Rafael Nadal (25) and Bjorn Borg, Jim Courier and Mats Wilander (27 each) have registered that many men’s singles match wins from fewer matches at Roland-Garros during the Open era.
Sinner is bidding for his 21st consecutive Grand Slam win and in the process he hopes to keep his hopes of winning the calendar-year Grand Slam alive.
If he is successful in Sunday’s final, Sinner could become the third youngest player to win the men’s title at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros during a single season, older only than Jim Courier and Mats Wilander.
ROLAND-GARROS
19 May - 8 June 2025
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