Sinner vs Alcaraz
Alcaraz leads Sinner 10–7 in official matches. The last was the 2026 Monte-Carlo final, which Sinner won 7–6 6–3. Across all 17 matches the points are almost level, and the pattern is clear: Sinner edges the short points, Alcaraz the four-to-six-shot exchanges.
The split
| Sinner | Alcaraz | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 7 |
| Clay | 2 | 3 |
| Grass | 2 | 0 |
| Grand Slams | 2 | 4 |
| Grand Slam finals | 1 | 2 |
| All finals | 4 | 5 |
How the rivalry is played
Short points decide it. About two in three of each player's points last four shots or fewer, and whoever wins that band tends to win the match. At the 2025 Roland-Garros final, Sinner's edge came almost entirely from those short rallies.
Craig O'Shannessy, Brain Game Tennis, Jun 2025Across all 17 matches, Sinner won 51.8 % of points lasting three shots or fewer, and Alcaraz 53.3 % of the four-to-six-shot exchanges. Beyond that nothing separates them.
Match Charting Project, our tally of the charted matchesNet play is Alcaraz's lever. In the 2024 Beijing final he came forward 66 times to Sinner's 39.
Craig O'Shannessy, ATP Brain GameIn the 2025 US Open final, Sinner made only 48 % of first serves, and his wide first serves largely disappeared. O'Shannessy's reading: serve location decided a baseline rivalry.
Craig O'Shannessy, Brain Game Tennis
The matches that defined it
- 2022 · US Open quarter-finalAlcaraz 6–3 6–7 6–7 7–5 6–3
5 h 15 min, finishing at 2:50 am, the latest finish in US Open history. Alcaraz saved a match point and went on to win the title.
Sports Illustrated - 2025 · Roland-Garros finalAlcaraz 4–6 6–7 6–4 7–6 7–6
The longest Roland-Garros final, 5 h 29 min. Alcaraz saved three championship points at 3–5, 0–40. Sinner won one more point.
ATP - 2025 · Wimbledon finalSinner 4–6 6–4 6–4 6–4
Sinner's answer five weeks after Paris, the first Italian Wimbledon singles title and the end of Alcaraz's 5–0 record in major finals.
ESPN - 2025 · US Open finalAlcaraz 6–2 3–6 6–1 6–4
Won on serve location: Sinner's first-serve percentage fell to 48 %.
Brain Game Tennis - 2026 · Monte-Carlo finalSinner 7–6 6–3
Their most recent match. Sinner won the last five games of the second set and took back the No. 1 ranking.
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Questions
What is the Sinner vs Alcaraz head-to-head?
Alcaraz leads 10–7 in official matches, as of the 2026 Monte-Carlo final, which Sinner won.
Who has won more Grand Slam matches between Sinner and Alcaraz?
Alcaraz, 4–2. In Grand Slam finals he leads 2–1.
When did Sinner and Alcaraz first play?
At a Challenger in Alicante in 2019, which Alcaraz won. Their first tour-level match was Paris 2021, also won by Alcaraz.
Do exhibition matches count in the head-to-head?
No. Their Six Kings Slam and South Korea exhibitions aren't counted.
What we don't claim
- The head-to-head is as of 25 September 2026 and will change: we update it after each official meeting.
- A widely shared betting preview claims Sinner beat Alcaraz in the 2026 Australian Open final. He didn't: Alcaraz won that title against Djokovic.