2025 Roland-Garros final

Carlos Alcaraz d. Jannik Sinner

4–6 6–7(4) 6–4 7–6(3) 7–6(10–2)

8 June 20255 h 29 minLongest Roland-Garros final

How it unfolded

Fourth set, 3–5, 0–40
Three championship points for Sinner. Alcaraz won them all: a forced error off a baseline rally, a kick second serve and a Sinner forehand into the net. Then an ace and a forehand winner to hold.
ATP; Match Charting Project log
Fourth set
Alcaraz broke for 5–5 and won the tiebreak 7–3 after trailing 0–2.
ATP
Fifth set
Alcaraz broke early, served for it at 5–4 and was broken. In the ten-point tiebreak he led 7–0 and won 10–2 with a running forehand pass.
ATP; Roland-Garros

The stat sheet

AlcarazSinner

Aces

Double faults

58%

First serves in

54%

63%

First-serve points won

70%

57%

Second-serve points won

50%

Winners

192

Total points won

193

Share of points by rally length, this final against the other classic finals.

1–3 shots4–67–910+

Match Charting Project. Rally length counts every shot, including the serve.

Sinner won the short points in the charting, 105 of 193. Alcaraz won the four-to-six-shot rallies, 58 to 46, and the ten-plus rallies, 19 to 16.
Match Charting Project
Two-thirds of Alcaraz's first serves in went wide, 67 %.
Match Charting Project
Alcaraz hit 22 drop shots in the charting and won 12 of those points. Sinner hit 3.
Match Charting Project

What a club player can take from it

Sinner neutralised Alcaraz's cross-court forehand by holding the baseline and taking the ball at whatever height it came. Hold your ground against high balls rather than retreating.
Hugh Clarke, former tour coach

Three in a row, at 3–5, 0–40 in the fourth set.

5 hours 29 minutes, the longest final in the tournament's history.

Sources give 30 or 31 for Sinner's run of consecutive sets won at majors before the third set; we use the tournament's 30.

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