Reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz faced world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in a mouthwatering men’s French Open singles final.
The top two players in the world have seven Grand Slam titles between them. This is the first time they will meet in a major final but it feels hugely unlikely it will be the last.
Alcaraz was two sets up in his semifinal when Sinner’s Italian compatriot Lorenzo Musetti withdrew through injury.
Sinner, who recently returned from a three-month ban handed down by the World Anti-Doping Agency, produced a dominant straight sets win over the great Novak Djokovic to book his place in the Roland-Garros showpiece.
The Sporting News is following Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz live, providing highlights and game-by-game updates.
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Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz French Open final live score
| Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jannik Sinner (1)* | 6 | 7 (7) | 1 | ||
| Carlos Alcaraz (2) | 4 | 6 (4) | 2 |
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Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-6 (7-4) 1-2 Carlos Alcaraz*
Alcaraz gets ahead in this service game. He then puts an attemtped drop shot into the net before another uncharacteristically loose moment from Sinner. Second serve and a rally in the balance until Sinner goes long. An ace out wide from Alcaraz and a big “VAMOOOOSSSS!!!”.
Jannik Sinner* 6-4 6-6 (7-4) 1-1 Carlos Alcaraz
Alcaraz looks cranky as he thumps a forehand halfway up the net. A little more patience before a drive volley allows the Spaniard to get it back to 30-30. There’s no change out of Sinner’s unerring forehand as it sets up game point, although he’s off target himself for deuce. Alcaraz has to seize something here. That’ll do, a scything inside-out forehand winner for break point… and Sinner goes long in the next rally! It was really hard to see Sinner losening his grip but we’re back on terms in the third.
Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-6 (7-4) 1-0 Carlos Alcaraz*
Alcaraz gets us underway in set three, having never won a slam match from two sets down. From 15-0 he bleeds three successive points. He’s seething with himself. This could be the match right here. He’s aggressive in the rally… two aggressive as he drags a forehand wide. Sinner is two sets and a break up! It would be an all-time comeback of Alcaraz can salvage something from here
Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-6 (7-4) Carlos Alcaraz – TIE-BREAK: JANNIK SINNER TAKES TWO-SET LEAD
Alcaraz tries to manoeuvre out of a tight spot but his attempt to drop one over the net is wide. Two mini break for Sinner, who moves to 5-2. Two points from the set, although he’s been here before. A meaty second serve is put into the net by Alcaraz and here come four set points. A fault to start and a safe second serve that Alcaraz climbs into before Sinner nets. 6-3 heading into Alcaraz’s service points. That’s magnificent from the champion! Sinner in at the net, scenting blood but he can’t put the volley away ans Alcaraz passes him. Gets look at a second serve here though and a fizzing forehand crosscourt can only be patted into the net by Alcaraz! Sinner two sets up and closing in on glory!
Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-6 (4-2) Carlos Alcaraz – TIE-BREAK
Sinner to serve first in the breaker. A fault but a fine second right up the T. Alcarez can only plonk it back into the middle of the court and it’s dispatched. Alcaraz levels at 1-1 and finds a big serve to extend the wait for a mini-break. Ace from Sinner. Wallop! Now he drives Alcaraz wide, moves him across the court and the Spaniard is into the tramline. 3-2 Sinner. Alcaraz’s next serve is into the net. Sinner’s forehand return is brilliant, he dictates this one and creams a glorious forehand winner to wrong-foot Alcaraz!
Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-6 Carlos Alcaraz*
Alcaraz is hitting these forehands with bad intentions as he moves to 30-0. Sinner can’t sort his feet out coming into the net and we’re a point away from the breaker. Alvaraz might have left his mid-set malaise behind at the perfect time as he concludes an emphatic hold to love.
Jannik Sinner* 6-4 6-5 Carlos Alcaraz
Sinner gets this one underway by shanking a forehand and hearing what has become a staunchly pro-Alcaraz crowd think of it. He responds nicely to get to 30-15. A fabulous rally follows, with each man using the full dimensions of the court and Sinner prevailing with a cool lob volley. Wallop, an ace. Alcaraz must hold to force the tie-break.
Jannik Sinner 6-4 5-5 Carlos Alcaraz*
Alcaraz out of the blocks and to 30-0 in no-nonsense fashion. Sinner long with his next return. Three game points. Alcaraz is grunting on the forehand as they duke it out but he goes beyond the baseline. Sinner clumps his return with the frame but it drops on the line, Alcaraz unpeturbed though and closes out an emphatic hold to level the set.
Jannik Sinner* 6-4 5-4 Carlos Alcaraz – BREAK
Sinner serving for a second set he has led for the duration. Starts with a fault before Alcaraz nails a glorious inside out winner. He backs it up with a smooth forehand to go to 0-30. Now then… Sinner long with his first serve. Alcaraz waits omn the baseline, gets the return in play but is then wide. Brilliant point from Sinner, forcing Alcaraz to net on the run, looking down the line. He pumps his first, two points from a two-set lead. The serve out wide is too wide and Alcaraz is after the second one, getting on top in the rally and forcing break point. Backhand return on the second serve and Sinner goes long! From nowhere, Alcaraz is back on serve. If he backs it up and holds, that could be a huge moment.
Jannik Sinner 6-4 5-3 Carlos Alcaraz*
Alcaraz serving to stay in the second and Sinner goes out via the net to make it 30-0. At 30-15, Alcaraz puts plenty of juice on a second serve and Sinner nets. The next serve is way wide but Sinner can’t capitalise as Carlos holds to 15.
Jannik Sinner* 6-4 5-2 Carlos Alcaraz
Alcaraz with a backhand down the line for 0-15, to the delight of a crowd clearly keen to see a contest. He’s just long with an audacious lob on the next point – a let-off for Sinner who is then off-target with a volley. 15-30, half a chance for Alcaraz. He sets himself deep to receive a second serve. Sinner takes all the pace off and Alcaraz, off balance, hacks his forehand out. He’s able to see the funny side. Again, Alcaraz stands far back for another second serve, puts this one back in play conservatively but nets. We repeat the dance again at 40-30, this time he gets back to the baseline but goes long. It felt like Alcaraz got himself in a muddle by trying to knock Sinner out of his relentless rhythm there, passing up a good position in the game in the process.
Jannik Sinner 6-4 4-2 Carlos Alcaraz*
Alcaraz is only winning about half of the points behind his first serve today. He feathers those numbers a little by racing to 30-0, only to take one on the frame of the racquet on an unsuccessful venture to the net. In a flash, Sinner is back to 30-30 before he cannons a backhand out off the net from mid-court. Double fault for deuce. Alcaraz is grappling with himself out there right now. Sinner gets a look at a second serve but can’t take charge of the rally and is wide with his backhand. Let, Alcaraz gets another go at a first serve on game point and brings his gorgeous drop shot out of the bag, A timely indication of some confidence.
Jannik Sinner* 6-4 4-1 Carlos Alcaraz
Scintillating rally to start the fifth game of the set. A net cord seemingly puts Sinner at a disadvantage but Alcaraz slices his backhand into the net. The next point is clinical, with Alcaraz going long trying to retrieve a backhand down the line. 30-0. Alcaraz gets into the game but he’s second best in the rallies right now in a way he seldom is on clay, netting for 40-15. Ohhh, but Sinner is just into the tramlines with the backhand. No need to worry unduly, as he promptly puts another game on the board.
Jannik Sinner 6-4 3-1 Carlos Alcaraz*
Alcaraz needs a hold here. Sinner goes wide but that doesn’t stop him rattling away at his coaching team again. Plenty of venom on the forehand for 30-0. This is fire vs. ice right now. Alcaraz pushes Sinner back and the backhand is long. Good serve out wide but Alcaraz’s desire to clatter the case off everything in this game catches up with him as he goes needlessly long. First serve into the net at 40-15 and Sinner produces a gorgeous backhand return winner. A serve-volley is tidily put away on the backhand and Alcaraz is on the board in the second set.
Jannik Sinner* 6-4 3-0 Carlos Alcaraz
Alcaraz goes for a big backhand down the line, which isn’t far away. He looks to be trying to blast his way back into form, marking a contrast to the metronomic Sinner, whose unerring forehand sets up a superb point for 40-15. Alcaraz goes into the net and Sinner has won the past five games.
Jannik Sinner 6-4 2-0 Carlos Alcaraz* – BREAK
Alcaraz set for a 15-15 before Sinner takes the lead in the game. This is a big service game for a player who just appears to be grasping for Sinner’s coattails at this point. Alcaraz honks a forehand skywards and here are two break points. Brilliant return from Sinner on the second serve, Alcaraz manages to stay in the rally but goes long! Sinner a set and a break up in the final!
Jannik Sinner* 6-4 1-0 Carlos Alcaraz
No let-up from Sinner after gratefully receiving those Alcaraz errors. The Spaniard is back on song in a muscular rally, though, as Sinner nets. Some furious backhand trading ends with Sinner going long and it’s 30-30. Sinner is then long with his first serve, which an umpire inspection confirms, only for Alcaraz to botch his subsequent return and admonish himself at length. He challenges those frustrations into a fine rally, where Sinner pulls a forehand wide cross-court. Deuce. Sinner’s next serve is called out but Alcaraz sportingly acknowledges it it the line. That ace allows him to get out o of the game next point.
Jannik Sinner 6-4 Carlos Alcaraz* – BREAK: SINNER WINS FIRST SET
A delay to the start of this game as Alcaraz gets treatment for what appears to be some of the court dust getting into his eye. Not ideal when you’re serving to stay in the set. Still he continues to be aggressive, with mixed results as we get to 15-15. Another miss keeps us all squad. 30-30 at 5-4 to Sinner, big moments… good first serve from Alcaraz but he’s wide with a forehand into the tramlines and Sinner has set point after 62 minutes. Alcaraz crashes a backhand agaisnt the top of the net… and out! Jannik Sinner leads the men’s French Open final!
Jannik Sinner* 5-4 Carlos Alcaraz
Some cat and mouse as Sinner reads Alcaraz coming in on a second serve and cramps him for room. The Spaniard hangs back on another second serve to outfox Sinner with a looping return. The world No. 1 dusts himself off from that to win the game to 15 in authoritative fashion.
Jannik Sinner 4-4 Carlos Alcaraz*
Sinner gets a little treatment on his foot in between games, having some more tape applied to a potential blister. Not ideal when you’re into a high-quality mmatch that looks likely to last a while. Nevertheless, he gets ahead at 15-30 in this one as Alcaraz goes long after a second serve. That seems to lift the champion’s intensity a little but he’s second best in an enthralling rally, netting the backhand to give Sinner a break point. Alcaraz pulls out an unreturnable and then produces a lovely inside out forehand winer from the back of the court for advantage. It’s three brilliant points in a row for a vital hold.
Jannik Sinner* 4-3 Carlos Alcaraz
Just the sort of service game Sinner would have wanted after breaking back. A wonderfully volley cross court takes him to 40-0. The next serve is off target but the Italian is still able to close out a hold to love.
Jannik Sinner 3-3 Carlos Alcaraz* – BREAK
Some flat shots from the back of the court and Sinner get the better of the exchange. Now Alcaraz goes long for 0-30, opening the door to an instant break back. A big forehand and a smash gets Carlos on the board in this game. Ohhh, lovely volley at the net from Alcaraz in behind the serve. Sinner’s response is brilliant, crunching a return into Alcaraz’s toes to claim a break point. He’ll have a look at second serve too, gets into the rally Alcaraz sluggishly nets a backhand. It’s back on terms and that was a maddeningly loose game for Alcaraz after he battled so hard to get the break.
Jannik Sinner* 3-2 Carlos Alcaraz – BREAK
Sinner gets ahead in his next service game but the errors are starting to flow a little from his forehand as he booms into the net. Second serve at 30-15 and Alcaraz successfully forces his opponent deep and wide. The Italian’s first-serve percentage is only at 50. He fluffs a ball toss then gets a let. Another fault follows. Alcaraz gets on top of his return brilliantly and dominates the rally to get into the net and earn break point. Alcaraz stands a litle deeper for this return and gets into the rally only for Sinner to find a brutal forehand down the line from the back of the court. A monstrous shot. Back comes comes Alcaraz to gain a seventh break point on the Sinner serve. Sinner get his first serve in but Alcaraz nails the backhand return and he goes wide. First blood to the champion!
Jannik Sinner 2-2 Carlos Alcaraz*
Uh oh, Alcaraz makes a mess of a deftly attempted volley at the net to slip to 0-30 and hand Sinner an opening. Jannik throws the kitchen sink at a forehand down the line but is just off target. Next Alcaraz serve into the net. His second is solid though and he forces Sinner into the tramlines. Back to all-square in the game. Sinner going well in the next rally before a blistering Alcaraz backhand down the line draws oohhs, ahhhs and roars from the crowd. More heavy baseline trading and Sinner nets. From 0-30, Alcaraz should be very happy with that.
Jannik Sinner* 2-1 Carlos Alcaraz
Alcaraz is long with a backhand before some baseline trading after a second serve sees Sinner net from the same wing. 15-15. Winning consecutive points is a tricky thing so far. But Alcaraz does just that and they both get into the net in a lovely exhcnage and the champion dispatched the backhand volley for two break points. His first return is wide. Sinner has been ice cold on these, that’s now four break points saved. Can he make it five? His first serve spins out off the net but he puts plenty on a fizzing second and Alcaraz can only net. Brilliant from Sinner as he turns a scampering Alcaraz around to the extent he drops his racket. Game point and serve-volley works for Sinner on clay. We’ve been around the houses a little but remain on serve three games in.
Jannik Sinner 1-1 Carlos Alcaraz*
Alcaraz will almost always choose the aggressive play, but it doesn’t work here as Sinner lobs him at the net and his hotdog shot is way long. He wastes little time in getting to 15-15 but Sinner gets a look at a second serve and forces Alcaraz to net. Sinner is well placed in the next rally too, only to clatter a forehand out via the net cord. 30-30. Like his opponent, Alcaraz is not yet landing many first serves and Sinner now has a break point. Alcaraz finds a big serve when he needs it and Sinner can only grope forlornly at it to the backhand side. He can’t repeat the trick but gets into the net after a second serve and puts the volley away. Sinner nets a forehand and Alcaraz levels it up. Nought out of four break points taken over two games spanning 18 minutes.
Jannik Sinner* 1-0 Carlos Alcaraz
Right then, here we go. Sinner to serve first. Backhand exchanges on the first point before Alcaraz whips a forehand and Sinner nets. High-quality stuff, starting as we mean to go on. Sinner finds a smart second serve and pulls it back to 15-15. Alcaraz gets another look at a second serve and drives his opponent back before Sinner goes long. The Australian Open champion hangs in the next rally nicely before Alcaraz overcooks his forehand, only for Sinner to go long, handing the reigning champion a break point. Sinner finds a big first serve when he needs it for deuce. He thinks he has an ace down the line next up but it’s just wide. Nevertheless, Alcaraz dumps his backhand return long. Game point for Sinner, who will need to land a few more first serves than he has here.
A punchy rally ends with the Italian hitting into the tramlines. Alcaraz gets a look at a second serve on deuce but completely misreads the kick. Better this time, after another Sinner fault, as Alcaraz tears off the baseline to return and foreces his foe to net. Sinner goes wide with the backhand cross court and Alcaraz has a second break point. First serve into the net from Sinner before the Spaniard’s aggressive approach to a return backfires, but he dominates another rally and the world No. 1 can’t make the pass. Break point No. 3. Sinner gets better court position in this rally, though. Alcaraz mixes in up by coming into the net and his volley is easily dispatched. Three break points saved from Sinner as the openign game ticks past 10 minutes. He gets advantage, can he get out of here? Fault, but a good second serve and Alcaraz goes long. Sinner on the board. Settle in folks, this might take a while
3:20 p.m. CET/ 9:20 a.m ET: The players are out to a rapturous reception on Court Philippe-Chatrier. They’re into their warmups and we’ll be going game-by-game momentarily.
2:50 p.m. CET/ 8:50 a.m ET: Alcaraz has a handed 7-4 advantage in his head-to-head record against Sinner. That’s due to wins in each of the past four meetings, including two big ones on clay at the Italian Open last month and last year’s Roland-Garros semifinals. Those wins mean Alcaraz is 2-1 on clay overall after Sinner’s win in the 2022 Umag final. We have to go back to the Beijing semifinal of 2023 for the Italian’s previous win in this rivalry. He would no doubt counter that a more relevant statistic is he has not dropped a set at the 2025 French Open.
2:30 p.m. CET/ 8:30 a.m ET: These two have seven slams between them but, most notably, have won each of the past five – a run that will obviously extend to six today. Since Novak Djokovic won a record-extending 24th major at the 2023 US Open, Sinner has won two Australian Opens either side of triumphing at Flushing Meadows last year. Alcaraz won at Roland-Garros last year and will begin his bid for a third successive Wimbledon later this month. There will be one first today, though. Neither Sinner or Alcaraz has ever lost a Grand Slam final.
2:00 p.m. CET/ 8:00 a.m ET: Before the first Grand Slam final instalment of what promises to be a generation-defining rivalry, we should address the elephant in the room. Between February 9 and May 4 this year – essentially filling most of the gap between his triumph at the Australian Open and the start of the French Open on May 19 – Sinner served a three-month ban handed down by the World Anti-Doping Agency in relation to a 2024 positive test for clostebol. This came as the result of a settlement between Sinner and WADA, which had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s (ITIA) decision not to ban the Italian.
Sinner denied any intentional wrongdoing after explaining the substance had been applied inadvertently by physiotherapist Giacomo Naldi, who had been using a product containing clostebol to treat a cut on his own hand. WADA accepted that Sinner did not intend to cheat and derived no performance-enhancing benefit.
1:30 p.m. CET/ 7:30 a.m ET: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of the men’s singles final at the 2025 French Open. This is, for the first time but surely not the last, Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz. World No. 1 versus reigning champion. Three-time slam winner vs. four-time slam winner. It doesn’t get much bigger than this. These are the two men who look ready to move tennis on from the historic Federer-Nadal-Djokovic era. No pressure, fellas…
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Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz start time
- Date: Wednesday, June 4
- Time: 9:00 a.m. ET | 6:00 a.m. PT
The men’s French Open final is scheduled to start at 9:00 am ET on Sunday, June 8.
Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz French Open history
Here is how far Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have advanced each year at the French Open.
Jannik Sinner
| Year | Result |
| 2025 | Final |
| 2024 | Semifinal |
| 2023 | Second Round |
| 2022 | Fourth Round |
| 2021 | Fourth Round |
| 2020 | Quarterfinals |
Carlos Alcaraz
| Year | Result |
| 2025 | Final |
| 2024 | Winner |
| 2023 | Semifinal |
| 2022 | Quarterfinal |
| 2021 | Third Round |
