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Rivalry 2025: alcaraz vs sonina
All six Lexus Atp Head2head Meetings in 2025 came with finals
November 24, 2025
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Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sini, pictured above in Rome, meet six times in 2025.
By Grant Thompson
To mark the end of another exciting season, atptour.com is allowing our annual “best of” series, which will showcase the most interesting competitors, matchups, comebacks, upsets and more. This week, we look at the best competitors of the year.
Carlos Alcaraz Versar jannik of Witor rivals quickly turned into TV must quickly be TV not only for Tennis Fans, but for sports lovers, they expect the expected experience ‘. They have met six times in 2025, with Alcaraz winning four times to extend his Lexus ATP Head2head lead to 10-6 against the Italian.
ATPTORD.com also returns six conflicts this season.
Last of Rome, Alcaraz d. Sinner 7-6 (5), 6-1
With the goal of becoming the first Italian male champion in Rome since 1976 (Adriano Panatta), Alcaraz threw a party in the draw hole at the Interazionali Bnl d’Italia.
Sinner, playing his first event since lifting the Australian Open medal, looked set to take the opening set when he held two points back at 6-5, but a poor looking Ajar left the door Ajar.
Alcaraz forced the storm and found his best tennis of the tournament to break Sinner’s win. The Spaniard used his slide to work on the player caused by good results and attacked 19 winners against the seventh seed. It was a hard fought win to get another win in his lexus atp head2head series.
“You have that Aura,” Alcaraz said innocently. “When you see him on the other side of the net, it’s different. That’s why it’s clear that people put a lot of, – How can I say it – pressure in some way that we both face when we face each other.”
Roland Garros Final, Alcaraz d. Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2)
Alcaraz brought back the years on the Philippepte court, coming back from two points down and saving three match points to defeat the longest men in Roland Garros history. The five-hour, 29-minute EPIC had pundits debating its place among the greatest games of all time.
Facing three points in a row for the ChampionShipship
With an ear-splitting roar against the Parisian night, Alycaraz showed his determination once again in the final set. After failing to serve for the match at 5-4, he broke the last one, and decided, to press. In the first Roland Garros Final decided by a fifth-set break, Alcaraz delivered a flawless performance when it mattered most, he became the third man in the open to save a championship point (Novak Djokovic, Gaston Gaudio) in the main area and continue to lift the title.
Many will remember the break placed in the fifth, where Alcaraz was almost at his peak, winning after winning, including the previous ring that passed when looking for couse.
“I think real champions are made in situations where you face this pressure, and those situations, in the best possible way,” Alcaraz said.
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Wimbledon Final, sin d. Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Five weeks after his heart in Roland Garos, the sinner returned by defeating the bottom of the two-year chapter Alcaraz in four sets and claimed his Maiden Wimbedon title.
At the All England Club, many eyes were on how the sinner would react to a crushing victory in his biggest club. After dropping four games from 4-2 in the opening set, the Italian gathered with the usual determination to endure Alcaraz his last loss.
The sinner, despite five losses in a row for Alcaraz at that time, took a bold path. The longer the meeting, the more difficult it is to put the ball, without dropping it consistently. Sinner took big cuts on the return to apply pressure on Alcaraz while holding his ground with a healthy serve. The final set was a masterclass in court tennis. He dropped one point after his first delivery and converted all the nine points he needed for the crown.
“It’s very emotional, because I had a very difficult loss in Paris,” said the sinner during the trow ceremony. “But at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how you win or lose in important tournaments, you have to understand what you did, and that’s exactly what we’re doing. That’s what we tried to do.”
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Cincinnati Final, Alcaraz d. Sinner 5-0 [ret.]
The much-anticipated last open in Cincinnati feels a bit out of date. In the first words, the sinner appeared without form, seemingly cast out of a body of burning heat. The Italian called a doctor after falling behind 0-5. Unable to continue, the sinner retired after just 23 minutes of action.
“Since yesterday I haven’t had a good one,” Sona said while apologizing to the fans. “I thought I would improve in the middle of the night, but it got worse. I tried to get out, I tried to make it at least a little game, but I couldn’t manage much.”
Alcaraz, who seduced a sick sinner after shaking hands, claimed his first Cincinnati crown and his eighth ATP Masters title, a title that is active without Novak Djokovic (40). Alcaraz was looking for redemption in Cincinnati, where in 2023 he allowed a point to slip against djokovic in one of the best forms in the history of 1000 kings.
“Since I lost that win in 2023, I wanted this medal really, really bad,” said Alcaraz. “I’m really proud and happy to be able to raise you.”
US open last, alcaraz d. Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
The six meetings of Alcaraz and the sinner this season came in the finals, and the next clash of the title between these two rivals ‘came at the US open. In the top dog meetings, Alcaraz not only broke the decision to defend the sin in the attacking areas, but also replaced the sin as the country’s No. 1, ending Italian rule.
The confident alcaraz despised hitting the wings on both wings and doubled the number of winners as a sinner (42 to 21). The Spaniard put in a lot of rallies and has never released his grip after his performance, throwing nine points after his first delivery in a clinical performance. Alcaraz coach Juan Carlos Ferros Wemuwa described the display of his offense as “perfect”, Alcaraz’s fifteenth alydict decision
“He always wants me to play my best, and not often I say that, that I played perfectly. So I was successful,” said Alcaraz. “But, yes, you’re right. I think I played well. I played well.”
This year marked the second consecutive season in which Alycaraz and Son shared four slams, which means they have combined to win eight straight majors.
Alycaraz said: “I think we focus on the limit every time there,” Alcaraz said of his dig at the sinner. “My practices are very focused to see how I can be better to beat Jannik. So I think that the opponent is special, he separates the good things.”
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Nitto ATP Finals Championship match, Isoni D. Alcaraz 7-6 (4), 7-5
The twins’ peak season is ready for nothing more than the final action in the most electric indoor sports division, the Nitto ATP Finals. Under the lights, in the crack of turin, the sinner brought the red tennis from the first ball to the end.
Ndeneli’s greatest weapon was serving at home. As we have made some of his technical twins quiet after that, the Italian preparation was effective. With a strong opening set, the sinner cleared the set point with an Ice-Cold 11bmph Seft Shople. Trembling Index Accuracy of the whole week, in which he did not drop a set, the sinner gave Alcaraz a little to have no room to breathe after the updated delivery. Sinner won 84 percent of his career points against Alcaraz to finish the week with a perfect record of 5-0 and a record $5,071,000
“You have one control in tennis, and that’s served,” said coach Darren Cahill. “Jannik and Simone [Vagnozzi] he’s done a great job in the last four or five weeks of chasing the service and finding that rhythm and tempo where he’s been able to work at the first percentage. “
The sinner appeared in his last game of the season: “I feel like I’m a better player than last year, I think this is very important.” In every part of the process. “
