In the realm of men's tennis, there have been three iconic figures who have dominated Tennis for over a decade. Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer have thrilled fans around the world with their incredible skills, unwavering determination, and intense rivalries. These three giants of the game have amassed an astonishing number of titles between them, and their clashes on the court have become the stuff of legend. Let's delve into the Djokovic va Nadal vs Federer epic tennis title battle.
The race continues for the most grand slam titles in men's tennis, but the battle is now only between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic following Roger Federer's retirement. Image- Firstsportz
Tennis fans will argue for hours debating the following question, which male player is the greatest of all time? Icons such as Björn Borg, Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, and Jimmy Connors get a special mention in the "GOAT" discussion, but for many people, it's a choice of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer.
After winning the French Open 2023, Djokovic surpassed Nadal's record of 22 Grand Slam titles. While Following his retirement in September 2022, Federer finished his career with 20 majors. This remarkable feat underscores the incredible competitiveness and talent of Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer. Now with 23 grand slam titles, 36-year-old Djokovic has also returned to the No.1 spot on the ATP world rankings.
Novak Djokovic: 23 Rafael Nadal: 22 Roger Federer: 20
Djokovic vs Nadal vs Federer: ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000, Olympics
In terms of big titles – a trophy at a grand slam championship, the Nitto ATP Finals, an ATP Masters 1000 tournament or an Olympic singles gold medal – Djokovic leads the way at the 2023 French Open.
Novak Djokovic:
Nitto ATP Finals: 6
ATP Masters 1000: 38
Olympics: 0
Rafael Nadal:
Nitto ATP Finals: 0
ATP Masters 1000: 36
Olympics: 1
Roger Federer:
Nitto ATP Finals: 6
ATP Masters 1000: 28
Olympics: 0
Djokovic vs Nadal vs Federer: Overall Titles
In terms of overall titles won throughout their careers, the numbers are as follows:
The rivalry between these three tennis giants extends beyond Grand Slam victories. Their head-to-head battles have produced some of the most captivating and fiercely contested matches in tennis history. Here's a glimpse into their head-to-head records as of my knowledge cutoff
With 59 previous matches, Nadal and Djokovic have battled more times in their rivalry than any players in history. The duo have faced each other 18 times at a grand slam: three times at Wimbledon, three times at the US Open, twice at the Australian Open and ten times at the French Open. Djokovic leads the overall head-to-head 30-29, but Nadal has an 11-7 lead in grand slam matches against his rival.
Both former world no.1s Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have met each other 50 times with Djokovic currently leading the head-to-head of 27–23. Initially, in the rivalry, Federer was leading 13–6 by the end of 2010. Later in 2018, Djokovic took the line leading Federer.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played against each other 40 times on the ATP Tour, with Nadal leading the overall record 24-16. The Spaniard has had the upper hand in Grand Slam matches, winning 10 matches to Federer's four and also leads the head-to-head in Grand Slam finals, winning six to Federer's three.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner career comparison [2025]
Since the last 8 Grand Slam titles have been shared between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, this is high time we bring up the Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner career comparison till 2025.
Spain's 22-year-old tennis star Carlos Alcaraz has dethroned Italy's Jannik Sinner as the new No.1 ATP-ranked male tennis player after defeating Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at the US Open 2025 final on Sunday. Alcaraz has won his 6th Grand Slam title, becoming the second youngest to achieve this feat in tennis history.
Both Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have been so dominating in the male tennis circuit that no other player other than them has won any Grand Slam title in the last two years. This brings us to the Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jannik Sinner career comparison, allowing you to assess which youngster has been more dominant in their careers so far.
There is nothing to deny that both Carlos and Jannik are the future of tennis and will go on to break multiple records in their career. With this article, we at Sportz Point will keep on tracking their journey.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has more career titles?
We start with total career titles to evaluate who has been more successful in their careers so far.
Carlos, the 22-year-old, has won 23 titles in his singles career so far. In the meantime, Jannik, the 24-year-old Italian, has won 20 titles till now in his career.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has won more matches?
Among these two gun players, Jannik leads Carlos with 300 wins in his career, to Alcaraz's 270 wins so far.
Sinner has won 300 matches while losing 85 times. In the meantime, Carlos Alcaraz has won 270 times while facing defeats in 62 matches.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has won more prize money?
When it comes to earning prize money, Carlos Alcaraz has earned more than Jannik Sinner. Carlos, in his career so far, has earned $53,486,628, whileJannik Sinner has won $48,779,987 so far.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has won more Grand Slam titles?
Sinner and Alcaraz after the Wimbledon 2025 final. Image | atptour.com
Carlos Alcaraz again dominates Jannik Sinner in terms of winning Grand Slam titles. The Spaniard has won 6 Grand Slam titles so far. Mantime Jannik Sinner has won 4 Grand Slam titles till now.
Alcaraz is yet to win the Australian Open, while Jannik Sinner is yet to win the French Open. However, both players will surely very soon complete the Career Golden Slam, winning all the Slams and the Olympic Gold medal.
Alcaraz has won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics, while Sinner is yet to win an Olympic medal.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has won more big titles?
Image | atptour.com
Even in big titles, Carlos has an upper hand over Jannik Sinner.
Tille now Alcaraz has won 14 big titles (6 Grand Slams and 8 ATP 1000 titles). On the contrary, Sinner has only nine big titles (4 Grand Slams, 1 ATP Finals title, and 4 ATP 1000 titles).
Alcaraz has won 14 of the 53 big title tournaments he has played so far. On the other hand, Sinner has won 9 out of 61 big title tournaments he has played.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Head-to-head matches stats
Alcaraz and Sinner posing with trophies after the French Open 2025 final. Image | The Tennis Gazette
The Spaniard has dominated the Italian in head-to-head matches so far since both turned pro in 2018.
In the 15 matches these two have played so far, Alcaraz has won 10 times while Sinner has won 5 times.
These two had first met each other in 2019 in Alicante in a round of 16 match where Alcaraz won 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. In their first-ever Grand Slam meet at Wimbledon 2022, Sinner had defeated Alcaraz in the round of 16 fixture by 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-3. But Alcaraz came back strong in the 2022 US Open quarter-finals, where he defeated Sinner 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-3 and eventually went on to lift the title.
One of their greatestmatch was played at the French Open 2025 final, where Alcaraz saved three championship points to win the five-set thriller by 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2).This was their first-ever Grand Slam final match against each other.
In Grand Slam matches, Alcaraz leads Sinner by 4-2.
As Carlos Alcaraz lifted his second US Open title, beating Jannik Sinner at the 2025 US Open, we present you the list of US Open champions of the last 10 years.
The US Open Championships is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world. It is also known as the U.S. National Championship. It is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Queens, New York.
The tournament first started in 1987, which consisted of five primary championships: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. The tournament has been chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the year. The other three are the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon.
In 2025, Carlos Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to claim his sixth major title and second at the US Open. He also became the second youngest male player in history to claim six major titles.
Let's have a look at the men's US Open champion list from the last 10 years.
1. 2016 US Open Champion | Stan Wawrinka
Stan Wawrinka made a big upset in the final of the US Open 2016 to capture his third Grand Slam title. Third seed Wawrinka defeated top seed Novak Djokovic to win the US Open title for the first time.
The Swiss defeated defending champion Djokovic in the final, 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. He won over 12-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic in a match that lasted nearly four hours.
Prior to this, Wawrinka won the Australian Open in 2014 and the French Open in 2015. Moreover, after the win, Wawrinka became the oldest player to win the US Open in 46 years. Earlier, Pete Sampras won the US Open at the age of 30.
2. 2017 US Open Champion | Rafael Nadal
Spain's Rafael Nadal, the then world's number one male tennis player, proved his dominance in the US Open 2017 by capturing the title.
Nadal defeated Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-3, 6-4 in the final in New York to win his 16th Grand Slam title.
Nadal had previously won the US Open in 2010 and 2013 as well.
3. 2018 US Open Champion | Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic defeated Juan Martin del Potro to win his third US Open title and equalled Pete Sampras' 14 Grand Slam titles. Novak Djokovic, who played the US Open final for the eighth time, won by 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
Djokovic had also won the US Open in 2011 and 2015 prior to this triumph. That time, he was three behind Rafael Nadal and six behind Roger Federer in terms of Grand Slam titles.
The Serbian player did not play the previous year due to an elbow injury.
Rafael Nadal defeated Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 to win the US Open 2019 title for the fourth time in a marathon match of five sets that lasted almost five hours.
With this win, Nadal captured the 19th title of his career and the fourth US Open title.
Prior to this, he had won the US Open title in 2010, 2013, and 2017. It was his second Grand Slam title that year. Nadal also won the French Open that year.
5. 2020 US Open Champion | Dominic Thiem
The US Open 2020 got its new champion after six years when Germany's Alexander Zverev and Austria's Dominic Thiem both reached the finals of the US Open for the first time.
Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the final match of the men's category at the US Open 2020 to capture the title for the first time.
It was the first time, the winner was decided through a tiebreaker.
It was also the first time in sixteen years that the Big Three (Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic) were not included in the Grand Slam semi-finals.
Rafael Nadal did not participate because of the coronavirus epidemic. Federer was on rest after two knee operations, while Djokovic was ruled out for inadvertently hitting a line judge in the pre-quarters.
6. 2021 US Open Champion | Daniil Medvedev
In a match that lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes, Daniil Medvedev defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets to win the 2021 US Open. This was the first Grand Slam title for the Russian tennis star.
Medvedev won the final match 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
If Novak Djokovic had won the US Open 2021 title, he would have been the first male player to win the career Grand Slam after 52 years. The world number one Serbian tennis star had captured all three of the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and French Open that year. But Medvedev became an obstacle for him on the way to the US Open.
The then 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz had become the second youngest player in the Open Era after American great Pete Sampras to win the US Open title.
Pete Sampras won the US Open title in 1990 at the age of 19. Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud to win his first Grand Slam title at the US Open 2022.
Carlos defeated Norway's Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-3 in the final of the US Open 2022 to win his first Grand Slam title and become the world number one player for the first time.
With this win, Alcaraz has replaced Daniil Medvedev of Russia to take the number one spot.
8. 2023 US Open Champion | Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic clinched his fourth US Open men's singles title, defeating Daniil Medvedev in the 2023 US Open final.
After that, he also equalled Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles. With Roger Federer retired and Rafael Nadal planning to step away after the next season, the era of the 'Big Three' in tennis may be fading, but Djokovic, the last member of that triumvirate, proved his enduring prowess.
The 36-year-old matched Nadal's 22 major titles in Australia and claimed the men's record by winning Roland Garros. A loss to Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon made Djokovic ponder a generational shift, but his victories in Cincinnati and at Flushing Meadows reaffirmed his dominance in men's tennis for the time being.
World No.1 tennis player Jannik Sinner won the US Open 2024 men's singles title. The Italian star defeated America's Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in the final. He became the first male player from Italy to win the US Open title.
In 2015, Italy's Flavia Pennetta won the women's singles title. With this win, Sinner also managed to double his lead to number one in the ATP rankings.
It was the 23-year-old's second Grand Slam title. Sinner also won the Australian Open in early 2024.
Sinner then reached the semi-finals of that year's French Open and the quarter-finals of Wimbledon. He became just the second US Open Men's Singles champion to be born after the year 2000. Only Carlos Alcaraz had managed to achieve the feat before him in 2022.
The 2025 US Open saw Spain's Carlos Alcaraz dethrone Jannik Sinner as the No.1 Male tennis player in the world. Carlos, who had previously tasted success in the 2022 US Open, defeated defending champion Jannik Sinner by 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to claim his sixth major title and second at the US Open.
With this victory, the 22-year-old became the second youngest to win 6 Major Grand Slam titles in tennis history.
The 2025 US Open was the third straight Grand Slam final meeting between Alcaraz and Sinner, in which the Spaniard took a 2-1 lead over the Italian to end the 2024-2025 season.
Interestingly, Sinner and Alcaraz won all the Grand Slam titles in 2025, with Sinner winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon, while Alcaraz lifted the French Open and US Open in men's category.
As Aryna Sabalenka became the first woman since Serena Williams in 2014 to defend her US Open 2025 title, here are the US Open champions of the last 10 years in the women's category.
TheUS OpenChampionships is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world. It is also known as the U.S. National Championship. It is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Queens, New York.
The tournament first started in 1987, which consisted of five primary championships: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. The US Open has been chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the year. The other three are the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon.
Aryna Sabalenka joined the list of women's US Open champion at the 2024 edition in the Open era with her victory over Jessica Pegula. She is the first Belarusian to get her hands on the US Open. Aryna then went on to defend her title in 2025 edition by beating home favourite USA's Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6(3).
Let's have a look at the women's US Open champion list from the last 10 years.
1. 2016 US Open Champion | Angelique Kerber
German tennis player Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to earn her second major singles title. Kerber, who won the Australian Open that same year, became the first player to win both hard-court majors in the same year since Martina Hingis in 1997.
Kerber also attained the world No. 1 ranking for the first time after Serena Williams failed to reach the final.
2. 2017 US Open Champion | Sloane Stephens
At the 2017 US Open, unseeded Sloan Stephens prevailed over Madison Keys in the first all-American women's singles championship since the Williams sisters went head-to-head in 2002.
During just one hour of play, Stephens defeated Keys 6-3, 6-0. It was her first major title. Stephens also became the second unseeded woman in the Open Era to win the title after Kim Clijsters in 2009.
3. 2018 US Open Champion | Naomi Osaka
In a breakout performance at the 2018 US Open, Naomi Osaka defeated Serena Williams 6-2, 6-4 to become Japan's first-ever tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title. She lost only one set during the tournament, to Aryna Sabalenka in the fourth round.
Following the win, Osaka also made her top 10 rankings debut. If Williams won the title, she would have tied Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.
Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu won her first Grand Slam trophy at the 2019 US Open. She defeated 23-time winner Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5. Andreescu became the first Canadian, as well as the first player born in the 2000s, to win a major singles title.
In addition, Bianca was the youngest person since Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2004 to win a major singles title, and the first woman to win the US Open on her main draw debut.
Bianca also became the first Canadian to reach the semifinals in the tournament since Carling Bassett-Seguso in 1984 and she was also the first Canadian woman to reach the final in any major since Eugenie Bouchard in the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.
5. 2020 US Open Champion | Naomi Osaka
Japan's Naomi Osaka won her second US Open singles title in just three years at the 2020 US Open, defeating Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Osaka also became the first woman since Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario in 1994 to win the US Open after dropping the first set. It was also her third major title overall.
Osaka became the first player from an Asian country (excluding Russia) to win three major singles titles, the first player since Jennifer Capriati to win three such titles in three attempts.
It was a battle between teenage upstarts Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez at the 2021 US Open. British qualifier Raducanu defeated Fernandez in the final, 6-4, 6-3, to win her first Grand Slam title. she became the first British woman to win a singles major since Virginia Wade at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships, and the second player to win the US Open on her debut after Bianca Andreescu in 2019.
Aged 18, she also became the youngest major champion since Maria Sharapova at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships.
7. 2022 US Open Champion | Iga Świątek
In the 2022 US Open women's final, Iga Świątek battled past Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) for her second Grand Slam win of the season. With this win, Swiatek became the first woman to win seven titles in one year since Serena Williams in 2014. The world No1 also matched a Serena Williams record by claiming her tenth straight finals victory.
Moreover, Świątek became the first Polish woman in the Open Era to reach the US Open quarterfinals, semifinals, and final. Świątek also became the youngest woman to win three majors since Maria Sharapova in 2008.
Coco Gauff stopped Aryna Sabalenka's juggernaut in the US Open 2023 final to earn her maiden Grand Slam title. With this triumph, she emerged as the first American player to secure a US Open singles title since Sloane Stephens in 2017. Gauff also became the youngest American to win the US Open women's singles title since 17-year-old Serena Williams did it in 1999.
Moreover, Gauff had become the youngest qualifier in Wimbledon history, making it to the fourth round during her Grand Slam debut in 2019. After a shattering loss during last year's French Open, Gauff has come back strongly to win the titles in Washington and Cincinnati.
9. 2024 US Open Champion | Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus won the US Open 2024 women's singles title. Sabalenka defeated America's Jessica Pegula in consecutive sets 7-5, 7-5 in the final. This is her first US Open title and third Grand Slam title. Earlier, she had won the Australian Open title in 2023 and 2024. Apart from this, Sabalenka has reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2021 and 2023 and the French Open in 2023.
Sabalenka also became the first Belarusian to get her hands on the US Open and the fifth woman to win the Australian Open and US Open in the same year, besides legendary players like Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Angelique Kerber and Martina Hingis.
10. 2025 US Open Champion | Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Sabalenka became the first woman to defend the US Open title since Serena Williams in 2014. Sabalenka notched her 100th career Grand Slam main-draw match victory with her win over Amanda Anisimova by 6-3, 7-6(3).
This was her first title of 2025 and fourth Grand Slam title of her career. After unsuccessful finals this year at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, the reigning No. 1 was finally able to get her hand on a Grand Slam title. Sabalenka's power and accuracy were too hard to handle for the American in the final.
US Open 2025 Final: Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz's rivalry shatter tennis records, third grand slam final in a row
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will once again face each other at the US Open 2025. This will be the third grand slam final of 2025 between Sinner and Alcaraz.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will once again face each other at the US Open 2025. This will be the third Grand Slam final of 2025 between Sinner and Alcaraz.
Sinner defeated Felix Auger Aliassime in the semi-finals to make it to the final. While Alcaraz entered the final by defeating Novak Djokovic. Now on Sunday, both will clash in the final of the US Open 2025. Sinner has reached the final of a major tournament for the fifth consecutive time. He will try to defend the US Open title.
This is also the first time since 2012 that two players are clashing in three consecutive Grand Slam finals since Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal booked out the finals for a stretch of four grand slams between Wimbledon 2011 and Roland Garros 2012.
Sinner joins the Big Three
Sinner also marks history after his win over Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal. This was his 300th career win, and his 87th at the grand slam level, he is now the Italian man with the most grand slam wins. What is remarkable is that Sinner has now marked himself as the youngest men’s player to reach all four slam finals in a calendar year. This feat has been achieved by Rod Laver, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic, but none were as young as Jannik Sinner at 24 years and 22 days old on the day of the final.
Sinner also joins the big three of Federer, Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal as the only men with five consecutive grand slam final appearances. Nadal reached five straight in 2011-12, Djokovic six straight in 2015-16, and Federer a whopping 10 consecutive grand slam finals during his pomp in 2005-2007.
Sinner-Alcaraz rivalry
The rivalry between Alcaraz and Sinner has intensified throughout the year, with Alcaraz winning at the French Open in June and Sinner prevailing at Wimbledon in July.
Sinner aims to become the first repeat men's champion in New York since Roger Federer's five consecutive victories from 2004 to 2008. He has reached five straight Grand Slam finals since his US Open appearance last year.
Alcaraz has maintained a perfect record without dropping a set as he pursues his sixth major title and second at Flushing Meadows. Since April, Alcaraz has dominated with a 44-2 record, reaching finals in his last eight tour-level events.
Sinner's record against Alcaraz in 2024 stands at 1-6, while maintaining an impressive 109-4 record against all other opponents.
US Open 2025 Semifinals: Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz Head-to-head Stats
The Serbian ace Novak Djokovic and the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz are meeting for the ninth time in the US Open 2025. In the previous eight matches, Novak won five times, and Carlos three times.
Novak Djokovic has played in the US Open final ten times in his career, and at the age of 38, he will have the opportunity to fight for the title for the 11th time at the last Grand Slam of the season. To achieve this, he first needs to defeat Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who only reached the US Open final in 2022, when he won the tournament.
Carlos Alcaraz thrilled Arthur Ashe Stadium with a dominant display against Jiri Lehecka on Tuesday, cruising into the semifinals of the US Open for the second time in his career. The 22-year-old Spaniard won 6-4, 6-2, 6-4, mixing flair with power and engaging the crowd with finger wags, ear-cupping gestures, and highlight-reel net play.
The victory marks Alcaraz’s first hard-court semifinal at a Grand Slam since his breakthrough US Open triumph in 2023. He is now a nine-time major semifinalist, joining rarefied company at such a young age, only Rafael Nadal (10) has reached more before turning 23.
Djokovic's journey to the semifinal
Novak Djokovic has defeated Taylor Fritz in four sets in Tuesday night’s other quarterfinal. The semifinal will be their first meeting at the US Open since Alcaraz’s breakthrough victory in 2023.
Djokovic, 38, leads their head-to-head 5-3 and has won the last two matchups in the Australian Open quarterfinals in January and in the Paris Olympics final, where he claimed the long-awaited gold medal.
US Open 2025: Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz Head-to-head
The Serbian ace and the Spaniard are meeting for the ninth time. In the previous eight matches, Novak won five times, and Carlos three times. Their last match was in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open this year, when the Serbian ace was better. It was also their only match this year. This will also be their first time playing at the US Open.
Mutua Madrid Open 2022: Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz's head-to-heads began in 2022 at the Mutua Madrid Open. Alcaraz was crowned winner of the Mutua Madrid Open in 2022. Before beating Alexander Zverev in the final, he faced Novak Djokovic in the previous match, just after beating Rafael Nadal for the first time. He also became the youngest player to reach the final of the Mutua.
French Open 2023 Semifinal: The clay of Roland Garros hosted the first duel between Alcaraz and Djokovic in a Grand Slam. Alcaraz was cramping in his right hand and quadriceps. Even so, he held on to the court, but the rest of the match was a walkover for Djokovic.
Wimbledon 2023 Final: A month later, Alcaraz and Djokovic met again, this time in the Wimbledon final. Alcaraz became the third youngest player in the Open Era to be crowned at the cathedral after four hours and 42 minutes.
Cincinnati Open 2023 Final: Cincinnati hosted the first hard-court duel between Djokovic and Alcaraz, with the title at stake. Djokovic won in the tiebreak to claim victory in 3 hours and 49 minutes. It was the longest final in Ohio history and the longest three-set final since 1990.
ATP Finals 2023 Semifinals: The semi-finals of the 2023 ATP Finals saw the least close encounter between Djokovic and Alcaraz to date. The Serb won in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.
Wimbledon 2024 Final: For the second year in a row, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz were fighting for the title at the London tournament. Alcaraz dominated from start to finish and overpowered his rival in three sets in two hours and 30 minutes. He won his fourth Grand Slam title and became the sixth man to complete the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double.
Paris Olympics 2024 Final: 21 days after Wimbledon, Alcaraz and Djokovic met in the final of the Paris Olympics. Novak was looking for gold to give more luster to his record. He saved as many as eight break points in the first set and won the game 7-6(3), 7-6(2).
Australian Open 2025 Quarterfinals: The last duel between Alcaraz and Djokovic came at the last Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of this year. They met in the quarter-finals. Djokovic won the match despite physically touched after a stretch to reach a ball.