Tennis - ATP Finals 2025: Jannik Sinner claims year-end title with win over Carlos Alcaraz

Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner defeated Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 at the 2025 ATP Finals championship match in Turin, Italy, on Sunday (16 November).

Sinner has appeared in the last three ATP Finals championships matches, winning the last two back to back. He lost the 2023 edition to Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the legendary player who is the Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallist.

Their duel today was their six meeting in 2025 after Sinner and Alcaraz have dominated the season.

"It was tough, playing against Carlos," said Sinner afterwards. "He is one of the best returners in the game. I'm very happy. It was a very, very tough match. It means a lot to me to end the season like this.”

Sinner and Alcaraz have split the year’s four Grand Slam titles, with Sinner taking the Australian and Wimbledon crowns, while the Spaniard was victorious at the French and U.S. Opens. After three wins in the group stage in Turin, Alcaraz secured the year-end No. 1 ranking; Sinner is second.

"To celebrate this trophy at the end of the year, especially after the last couple of months, there is no better end to the season. It was a very tough and close match," Sinner said.

Up next for Alcaraz will be the Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna, which begins 18 November. Meanwhile, Sinner's gets a bit of a respite, as he is not scheduled to compete for Team Italy there.

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Sinner claimed a tight first set in an 81-minute back-and-forth battle that included both a mid-set delay to deal with a medical issue in the crowd and a medical timeout from Alcaraz.

Both players held serve to arrive at 6-5, and Alcaraz battled to the first break point of the match but couldn’t convert. The set moved to a tie-break after Sinner held the 12th game of the opening set.

The Italian claimed the tie-break 7-4, using a perfectly measured lob over Alcaraz’s head to give himself set point.

As the second set got underway, Alcaraz returned to the court with his right leg wrapped, but it didn’t appear to hamper him as he broke Sinner. It was the first time in 47 service games in Turin that the Italian had been broken.

The momentum didn’t last, however, with Sinner coming back to break for three games all. Alcaraz had another break point a game later but couldn’t convert it.

From there, the pressure fell on the shoulders of the 22-year-old Spaniard, who had to hold his serve at 5-4 to stay in the match. He did but couldn’t repeat the feat two games later, dropping his serve to give Sinner the second set at 7-5.

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