{"id":278895,"date":"2025-11-08T08:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/278895\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T08:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:02:11","slug":"former-grand-slam-winner-suggests-jannik-sinner-is-a-bit-obsessed-with-carlos-alcaraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/278895\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Grand Slam winner suggests Jannik Sinner is ‘a bit obsessed’ with Carlos Alcaraz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For all his success on the ATP Tour, Jannik Sinner has struggled against his greatest rival, Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

Sinner has only lost six matches this year, but four of his defeats came at the hands of the 22-year-old Spaniard.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Alcaraz beat Sinner in two Grand Slam finals, clinching titles at Roland Garros<\/a> and the US Open.<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

A win for Sinner in the Wimbledon final didn\u2019t quite make up for those defeats, as it\u2019s Alcaraz<\/a> who continues to dominate their rivalry.<\/p>\n

Weighing in with his thoughts on the Alcaraz\/Sinner rivalry, former major champion Nicolas Mahut<\/a> had this to say.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Mahut thinks Jannik Sinner is becoming \u2018a bit obsessed\u2019 with Carlos Alcaraz<\/p>\n

Working for Eurosport France, Mahut gave his verdict on the biggest rivalry in men\u2019s tennis (translated from French).<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he [Sinner] can improve his game further, especially in certain areas of the court,\u201d said Mahut.<\/p>\n

\u201cListening to his comments, I have no doubt that he is a bit obsessed with [Carlos] Alcaraz.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no surprise that Sinner<\/a> has developed somewhat of an obsession with his Spanish rival, given their head-to-head record.<\/p>\n

MatchWinner LoserScore2025 US Open \u2013 FCarlos AlcarazJannik Sinner6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-42025 Cincinnati Open \u2013 FCarlos AlcarazJannik Sinner5-0 (RET)2025 Wimbledon \u2013 FJannik SinnerCarlos Alcaraz4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-42025 French Open \u2013 FCarlos AlcarazJannik Sinner4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-62025 Italian Open \u2013 FCarlos AlcarazJannik Sinner7-6, 6-12024 China Open \u2013 FCarlos AlcarazJannik Sinner6-7, 6-4, 7-62024 French Open \u2013 SFCarlos AlcarazJannik Sinner2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-32024 Indian Wells \u2013 SFCarlos AlcarazJannik Sinner1-6, 6-3, 6-22023 China Open \u2013 SFJannik SinnerCarlos Alcaraz7-6, 6-12023 Miami Open \u2013 SFJannik SinnerCarlos Alcaraz6-7, 6-4, 6-22023 Indian Wells \u2013 SFCarlos AlcarazJannik Sinner7-6, 6-32022 US Open \u2013 QFCarlos AlcarazJannik Sinner6-3, 6-7, 6-7, 7-5, 6-32022 Croatia Open \u2013 FJannik SinnerCarlos Alcaraz6-7, 6-1, 6-12022 Wimbledon \u2013 4RJannik SinnerCarlos Alcaraz6-1, 6-4, 6-7, 6-32021 Paris Masters \u2013 2RCarlos AlcarazJannik Sinner7-6, 7-5Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s head-to-head record<\/p>\n

Sinner has lost five of the seven finals he\u2019s played against Alcaraz<\/a>, and could already be a six-time Grand Slam champion if it weren\u2019t for his 22-year-old rival.<\/p>\n

Trailing their head-to-head 5-10, it\u2019s clear Sinner has some real work to do in the off-season if he wants to get back to winning ways against Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

\u2018He has an excellent chance of winning in Turin\u2019 \u2013 Nicolas Mahut on Jannik Sinner<\/p>\n

Despite his shortcomings against Alcaraz, Mahut believes Sinner is the man to beat on indoor hard courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is also no doubt that Jannik is the best player in the world on indoor courts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he maintains this form, he has an excellent chance of winning in Turin too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinner won the ATP Finals<\/a> title in 2024 and is a strong favorite to retain his crown in 2025.<\/p>\n

The Italian has been placed in the \u2018Bjorn Borg Group\u2019 this time around and will compete as the number-two seed.<\/p>\n

2025 ATP Finals \u2018Bjorn Borg Group\u2019[2] Jannik Sinner[3] Alexander Zverev[5] Ben Shelton[8] Felix Auger-Aliassime\/Lorenzo Musetti<\/p>\n

Sinner leads the combined head-to-head 18-7 with members of his group.<\/p>\n

However, even with that being said, Mahut doesn\u2019t expect Sinner to finish the year ranked number one in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not convinced he\u2019ll finish 2025 at the top of the ATP rankings, because I believe Alcaraz will manage to get three victories at the ATP Finals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The world number one defends 1,500 points from his perfect 2024 ATP Finals campaign, whereas Alcaraz defends just 200.<\/p>\n

Therefore, Sinner trails Alcaraz by over 1,000 points in the live rankings, leaving the Spaniard well-placed to finish 2025 on top.<\/p>\n

Live ATP RankingsRankNameCountryPoints1Carlos AlcarazSpain11,0502Jannik SinnerItaly10,0003Alexander ZverevGermany4,9604Novak DjokovicSerbia4,6805Ben SheltonUSA3,970Top 5 in the Live ATP Rankings<\/p>\n

With 200 points available per win in the round robin stage, if Alcaraz were to go unbeaten en route to the semifinals, he\u2019d guarantee himself the year-end number one ranking for the first time since 2022.<\/p>\n

Only time will tell how Sinner and Alcaraz will perform at the ATP Finals, but you certainly won\u2019t want to miss any of the action when the tournament begins on Sunday, November 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover For all his success on the ATP Tour, Jannik Sinner has struggled against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,2073,432,139921,99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-278895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","10":"tag-jannik-sinner","11":"tag-nicolas-mahut","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}