Overview

• Carlos Alcaraz clinched his second straight Roland Garros title by defeating Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2) in the tournament’s longest final, lasting 5 hours and 29 minutes.
• Sinner held three championship points in the fourth set but was unable to convert them, allowing Alcaraz to complete a comeback from two sets down.
• The final drew a record-breaking 5.025 million viewers on Italian television and Eurosport combined, marking the highest tennis audience in the country’s history.
• Both competitors exhibited notable sportsmanship, exchanging praise at courtside and during the award ceremony in a display likened to the Federer-Nadal rivalries.
• Sinner retained his world No.1 ranking and will begin his grass-court season on June 16 at Halle, where he will defend the 500 ranking points from his 2024 title.