Carlos Alcaraz won the US Open 2025 dominating the final against Jannik Sinner: a triumph that is double because in addition to the 6th Slam title in his career, the Spaniard returns King of the circuit after almost two years with 11540 points, interrupting the 65 consecutive weeks of the blue (stop at 10780). The statistical and technical analysis of the last act of Flushing Meadows offers several ideas that tell us where the rivalry between the two phenomena of world tennis who have made burnt land compared to their competitors and Novak Djokovic arrived. The low made to the service, combined with too many free errors and a clear difference in the style of play, were the keys to the game. The next tournament for Sinner the China Open of Beijing, scheduled from 25 September to 1 October, where last year he surrendered only in the final against Alcaraz.
The data of the Sinner-Alcaraz final at the US Open 2025: percentages to the service and gap of points
In a lucid and very self -criticism press conference in the belly of Arthur Ashe after the defeat in the final is the same Jannik Sinner himself who highlighted what did not work in his 16th challenge against the Spanish rival (which commands 11 to 5). “When I serve under 50% of the first against Alcaraz you are always under pressure” – began the blue in the analysis. In fact, the data that immediately catches the eye is the low surrender of the service of the student of Vagnozzi and Cahill: 48% with the first (against 61% of the opponent) and 48% of the points won with the second (Alcaraz also went close to 60% here) are the most indicative numbers. The trend of the service has reflected for both trends – opposite – had in the tournament: the 22 -year -old from Murcia gave only 10 break balls over two weeks, or in seven games. It is an absolute record in a major.
Another aspect that perfectly photographs the two faces of the final in the Big Apple is the differential between winning shots and free errors: +20 Alcaraz and an eloquent -4 Sinner. The match-epilogue of the US Open 2025 has the highest gap in the points won between the two finalists of the last 8 editions (23-55.7%) as we can see from the post of X below which highlights the highest percentage only in 2017 with the victory of Nadal on Anderson (24 points of gap-56.7%):
The comparison between the different styles of the two tennis players
Beyond the contingent analysis of the game, the juice of the Sinner conference, however, focuses on the essence of his game compared with that of the Iberian. And it is here that the dialectic of South Tyrolean takes on the most severe tones in self -criticism: «Today I have been very predictable, Carlos has done many things in the field, he changed the game. It will be up to me to decide whether to make changes or not. I also think it depends on how you get to play against him. One thing is when the previous games are comfortable but you always do the same things, as I did, for example, during this tournament: I didn’t do a single need & volleyball, I didn’t use the short ball much. You come challenging it and you have to get out of your comfort zone ».
On the theme of the variations and unpredictability of Alcaraz, a recent study by the Tennis Insights portal shows how in the last year the Murciano present at the opponent a different blow from what can be considered as “ordinary administration” (service, right and reverse without effect) every 4 points, in the form of sliceshort ball, balloon and, in general, play -to -the -net. Strokes that Sinner has in technical background but plays less frequency and naturalness. And this is precisely the challenge that the blue will place, starting from training and then in the game, in the coming months to try the counter -reassure in the standings. On the other hand, as Carlitos said after the New York triumph, it is precisely the rivalry itself that forces them to raise the bar and makes them better players.
Those who have won more titles between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz
The final on the American cement allowed Alcaraz to detach Sinner as regards the number of Slam won, 6 (2 times Wimbledon, Roland Garros and Us Open) to 4 (2 Australian Open, 1 Wimbledon and 1 US Open). Although the total number of trophies is similar (23 for Alcaraz against the 20 of Sinner), Alcaraz also prevails in the Masters 1000 tournaments (8 to 4), while Sinner is the only one of the two to have won the ATP Finals.
