The 2025 season on the ATP Tour could end either way: Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sini.
Alcaraz vs. sin is the defining competitor of the year – indeed of the decade, in fact – and will add another chapter to the nitto ATP Finals tournament on Sunday afternoon.
The head-to-head series stands at 11-5 at Alcaraz’s Dep (10-5 in head-to-head trips). Although the Spaniard has been the absolute dominant force in their last eight meetings, that is not the real story. Only once during this stretch did Alcaraz win a match in straight sets – 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-1 in the Rome Final this spring, which came in the first tournament of the sin on the heels of a three-game suspension. They cleaned three grand slams. Alcaraz won from three match points down at the French open and lost in four sets at the US open; The sinner won four at Wimbledon.
Now they meet for the common reasons of sin – Turin’s Inalpi Arena is his home to a greater extent than the rome masters since this is a hard indoor court rather than Clay. The Italian is an amazing time of 14-2 the life of the NITTTO ATP Finals, leaving the Trophy as the invisible champion in 2024. He is 4-0 so far this week with wins over Felix Auger, and Alex de Minaur. The sinner won an incredible 18 sets in Turin.
Alcaraz advanced to the finals of the year-end championship for the first time in his career for his third appearance. The top Spaniard reigned again this week, starting straight wins with de de Minaur, Taylor Fritz, Lorenzo Musetti, and auger-aliassime. Only Fritz was able to take the set.
Something has to give on Sunday. Alcaraz owns the game of late, but the sinner has home advantage and – with his opponent playing – he is simply playing tennis at another level now. A slight edge goes to the sinner, but anything less than one of the closest classics would be a disappointment.
Choose: sin in 3
