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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will today renew their rivalry to bring the 2025 Wimbledon Championships to a close.
Alcaraz (2) was briefly challenged by Taylor Fritz (6) on Friday but ultimately his spectacular shotmaking prevailed as he advanced to his third straight Wimbledon final.
Sinner (1) sped past a hobbled Novak Djokovic (6) in straight sets, advancing to face the man who dealt him a dramatic defeat in an instant classic at the French Open final just five weeks ago.
Prior to the men’s final, Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko (4) will face Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens (8) in the women’s doubles final.
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Is the Spaniard the best player in the world? Jannik Sinner has another chance today to challenge that view, but Alcaraz is already smashing enough records to suggest he can become a true great of the sport.
He overcame Sinner in an epic French Open final to pick up his second Coupe des Mousquetaires trophy last month in what already looks like the next great rivalry in men’s tennis. That second Roland Garros win came after Alcaraz became the youngest male player to win a major title on three different surfaces at the age of 21 last year.
Since breaking into the top 100 in the world rankings in 2021, Alcaraz has risen to the top of men’s tennis and has four major titles — missing only the Australian Open to complete a career Grand Slam.
The 22-year-old comes enters today's Wimbledon final on the verge a third successive title after winning the 2023 and 2024 editions of the tournament.
Carlos Alcaraz produced a masterful serving performance Friday to defeat Taylor Fritz 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(6) and advance to his third Wimbledon final in a row.
Jannik Sinner, the world No. 1 and the last man to beat him at this venue three years ago, is waiting for him. It is the duo’s first Wimbledon final against each other, as well as a replay of the five-and-a half hour epic that they produced at last month’s French Open.
“Just can’t wait for Sunday,” Alcaraz said in a news conference.
Novak Djokovic, beaten in straight sets by Sinner Friday, said that he would make Alcaraz the small favorite. The Spaniard has won the last five matches in his head to head with Sinner, and he goes into the match with an additional weapon in his already packed arsenal.
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History tends to remember the victor.
When Carlos Alcaraz stunned Jannik Sinner in the French Open final less than a month ago, he understandably was showered with praise for his persistence.
Rarely do we think about the runner-up and the mental fortitude it requires to return to form after such a crushing loss.
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Jannik Sinner said he has been able to move past his heartbreaking loss in Paris.
💬 “I think if it would be a lot in my head, I would not be in the situation to play a final again,” he said in his news conference, after a semifinal that fell well short of its billing. Sinner plowed through an ailing Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, in a match that could serve as a sad, unfortunate coda to one of the most remarkable grass careers in tennis history. Under the bright late-afternoon sun of a broiling British summer’s day, it became clear during the first minutes of the match that its outcome had been determined two days earlier.
On the third-to-last point of his quarterfinal win Wednesday against Flavio Cobolli, Djokovic slipped and fell hard on the brown grass and dirt behind the baseline. The 38-year-old’s legs spread wide like a wishbone being snapped as he went down.
He canceled his practice Thursday, then he walked onto Centre Court to play the 23-year-old world No. 1 today, hoping that some combination of physiotherapy, pain relief and adrenaline would allow him to come up with another miracle on a patch of grass he has treated like his backyard for so many years in winning this tournament seven times.
Instead, what ensued was an eerie redux of another Wimbledon lion’s last stand.
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When Jannik Sinner lost to Carlos Alcaraz in May in the final of the Italian Open, it ended a 26-match winning streak dating back to the 2024 Shanghai Masters.
Such has been Sinner’s ability to thrive at the top of the world rankings, as he scooped the first major of the year in Australia before being swept up in controversy.
A three-month ban from the World Anti-Doping Agency followed the tournament win in Melbourne, after a case resolution agreement was reached following a positive test for Clostebol.
That did not go down well with some of Sinner’s rivals, but the Italian will be focused on more major success after an impressive French Open tournament saw him fall at the final hurdle in an epic five-set contest against Carlos Alcaraz.
The Spaniard came away with the trophy at Roland Garros – will we be treated to another epic between the two players today at Centre Court?
The French Open, which started in May and ended in June, saw plenty of thrills and spills on the red clay of Roland Garros.
In the men’s singles, Carlos Alcaraz rallied from two sets down to defeat Jannik Sinner in an instant classic for the ages, a five-hour, 29-minute epic that was the longest final in tournament history.
What do Alcaraz and Sinner have in store for a sequel today?
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After 126 matches on the grass of the All England Club, men’s tennis is back where it was five weeks ago, after 126 matches on the red clay of Roland Garros.
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are the last men standing in the Wimbledon final, revving up for another edition of their growing rivalry on the biggest stage in the sport.
In a semifinal that fell well short of its billing, Sinner plowed through an ailing Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to set up another Grand Slam final against Alcaraz, who beat him in over five hours and five sets of electric tennis in Paris. The sport now belongs to them:
No one else comes close.
Iga Świątek beat Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the Wimbledon women’s final yesterday.
Poland’s No. 8 seed prevailed over the No. 13 seed from the United States in a one-sided clinic of a match, ultimately decided by Anisimova’s nerves, Świątek’s clear-headed tactics and the relentlessness that makes her one of the best players in the world.
This is Świątek’s first Wimbledon title, and her sixth Grand Slam title. She is the only active WTA Tour player to hold Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces, is now 6-0 in major finals and is second behind Venus Williams (seven) among active WTA players with the most majors.
It was just the second double bagel in a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, and the first since 1988, when Steffi Graf won the French Open against Natasha Zvereva by the same scoreline. The match lasted only 57 minutes.
After the match. The Athletic’s tennis writers, Charlie Eccleshare and Matt Futterman, analyzed the final, and what it means for tennis.
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This is what I’m calling the fancy entrance to Centre Court. Throughout the day visitors stop here to take photos. And you can see why. Look at the ivy covered walls and colourful planters. It all looks and feels quintessentially British and as a lot of tennis fans have told me today, from England and elsewhere, this is why they make this sporting pilgrimage. There’s just something about Wimbledon.
There is some serious history behind the trophies received by the two Wimbledon singles champions.
Today is all about the men’s singles trophy, which was first presented in 1887 — cup-shaped and standing 18 inches high, with a diameter of seven-and-a-half inches.
The women’s singles trophy was first presented a year earlier — dish-shaped with a mythological theme, it is known as the Rosewater Dish or Venus Rosewater Dish.
The winner of each trophy will receive a three-quarter size replica bearing the names of all past champions.
This year at Wimbledon the singles champions take home a pretty tasty prize pot.
The men’s singles champion will win a prize pot of £3million ($4.1m). Iga Świątek, the 2025 women’s champion, earned the same amount with her 6-0, 6-0 triumph yesterday.
We’d love to hear from you ahead of today’s men’s singles final action.
Can Carlos Alcaraz complete the three-peat or will Jannik Sinner get revenge after his French Open defeat?
Let us know, by emailing live@theathletic.com
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Church Road, Wimbledon, London. Postcode: SW19, a synecdoche for the tournament itself.
The private members’ club, established 156 years ago in 1868, has a green and purple color scheme and is one of the most prestigious in the country.
How to get in, I hear you ask? You need letters of support from four full members, two of whom must have known you for at least three years.
Talk about exclusive!
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In the UK, all of today’s action will be shown on the BBC.
In the U.S. you can watch the men’s final live on ESPN at 11 a.m. ET with an encore presentation airing on ABC at 3 p.m. ET.
Like the women’s singles final, the men’s singles final has bucked tradition in favor of a later start time this year.
It will start at Centre Court at 4 p.m. BST, after the women's doubles final at 1 p.m. BST.
That start time in the men's singles final translates to 11 a.m. EDT and 8 a.m. PDT on the east and west coasts of the U.S., respectively.
Hello everyone and welcome to south-west London for the 14th and final day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.
Today, all eyes are on Centre Court as two superstars of the men’s game collide. Carlos Alcaraz (2) is looking to secure his third straight Wimbledon title against a familiar foe, Jannik Sinner (1), just over a month after their instant classic in the final of the French Open.
We’ve already had plenty of compelling storylines and drama throughout these past two weeks at SW19, and it all culminates today with this latest chapter of a thrilling rivalry.
So, why would you want to be anywhere else? Settle down with The Athletic and let us take you through today’s action.

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