Overview

• The season’s defining rivalry saw Alcaraz and Sinner split the 2025 French Open and Wimbledon finals, underscoring their contrasting clay and grass strengths.
• Sinner claimed Wimbledon to capture his second Grand Slam of the year and ascend to world No. 1.
• Alcaraz enters the North American hard-court swing with a 48–6 season record after skipping the Canadian Masters to concentrate on US Open preparations.
• Rick Macci recommends that Alcaraz control the centre of the court and employ a more aggressive rise-to-the-ball approach to enhance his hard-court performance.
• Tennis veterans remain divided on their clay-court supremacy over a prime Rafael Nadal, with John McEnroe lauding their potential and Nick Kyrgios predicting Nadal would prevail most times.