Spain's 22-year-old tennis star Carlos Alcaraz has dethroned Italy's Jannik Sinner as the new No.1 ATP-ranked male tennis player after defeating Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at the US Open 2025 final on Sunday. Alcaraz has won his 6th Grand Slam title, becoming the second youngest to achieve this feat in tennis history.
Both Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have been so dominating in the male tennis circuit that no other player other than them has won any Grand Slam title in the last two years. This brings us to the Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jannik Sinner career comparison, allowing you to assess which youngster has been more dominant in their careers so far.
There is nothing to deny that both Carlos and Jannik are the future of tennis and will go on to break multiple records in their career. With this article, we at Sportz Point will keep on tracking their journey.
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Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has more career titles?
We start with total career titles to evaluate who has been more successful in their careers so far.
Carlos, the 22-year-old, has won 23 titles in his singles career so far. In the meantime, Jannik, the 24-year-old Italian, has won 20 titles till now in his career.
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Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has won more matches?
Among these two gun players, Jannik leads Carlos with 300 wins in his career, to Alcaraz's 270 wins so far.
Sinner has won 300 matches while losing 85 times. In the meantime, Carlos Alcaraz has won 270 times while facing defeats in 62 matches.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has won more prize money?
When it comes to earning prize money, Carlos Alcaraz has earned more than Jannik Sinner. Carlos, in his career so far, has earned $53,486,628, while Jannik Sinner has won $48,779,987 so far.
Carlos Alcaraz again dominates Jannik Sinner in terms of winning Grand Slam titles. The Spaniard has won 6 Grand Slam titles so far. Mantime Jannik Sinner has won 4 Grand Slam titles till now.
Carlos Alcaraz's Grand Slams: US Open (2022, 2025), Wimbledon (2023, 2024), French Open (2024, 2025)
Jannik Sinner's Grand Slams: Australian Open (2024, 2025), US Open (2024), Wimbledon (2025)
Alcaraz is yet to win the Australian Open, while Jannik Sinner is yet to win the French Open. However, both players will surely very soon complete the Career Golden Slam, winning all the Slams and the Olympic Gold medal.
Alcaraz has won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics, while Sinner is yet to win an Olympic medal.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has won more big titles?
Even in big titles, Carlos has an upper hand over Jannik Sinner.
Tille now Alcaraz has won 14 big titles (6 Grand Slams and 8 ATP 1000 titles). On the contrary, Sinner has only nine big titles (4 Grand Slams, 1 ATP Finals title, and 4 ATP 1000 titles).
Alcaraz has won 14 of the 53 big title tournaments he has played so far. On the other hand, Sinner has won 9 out of 61 big title tournaments he has played.
| Player | Grand Slams | ATP Finals | Masters 1000s | Total (Avg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Alcaraz | 6/19 | 0/2 | 8/31 | 14/53 (3.8) |
| Jannik Sinner | 4/24 | 1/3 | 4/34 | 9/61 (6.8) |
Alcaraz's 14 big titles:
- 2 US Open (Outdoor/Hard)
- ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (Outdoor/Hard)
- 2 Roland Garros (Outdoor/Clay)
- 1 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Outdoor/Clay)
- 1 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (Outdoor/Clay)
- 2 Wimbledon (Outdoor/Grass)
- 2 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (Outdoor/Hard)
- 2 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Outdoor/Clay)
- ATP Masters 1000 Miami (Outdoor/Hard)
Sinner's nine big titles:
- 1 Wimbledon (Outdoor/Grass)
- 2 Australian Open (Outdoor/Hard)
- 1 Nitto ATP Finals (Indoor/Hard)
- 1 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (Outdoor/Hard)
- 1 US Open (Outdoor/Hard)
- 1 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (Outdoor/Hard)
- 1 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (Outdoor/Hard)
- 1 ATP Masters 1000 Canada (Outdoor/Hard)
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Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has hit more aces?
Now, in terms of hitting aces, Jannik Sinner has a huge lead over Carlos Alcaraz.
Alcaraz, so far in his career, has hit 1401 aces, while Sinner has hit 2171 career till now.
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Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Head-to-head matches stats
The Spaniard has dominated the Italian in head-to-head matches so far since both turned pro in 2018.
In the 15 matches these two have played so far, Alcaraz has won 10 times while Sinner has won 5 times.
These two had first met each other in 2019 in Alicante in a round of 16 match where Alcaraz won 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. In their first-ever Grand Slam meet at Wimbledon 2022, Sinner had defeated Alcaraz in the round of 16 fixture by 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-3. But Alcaraz came back strong in the 2022 US Open quarter-finals, where he defeated Sinner 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-3 and eventually went on to lift the title.
One of their greatest match was played at the French Open 2025 final, where Alcaraz saved three championship points to win the five-set thriller by 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2). This was their first-ever Grand Slam final match against each other.
In Grand Slam matches, Alcaraz leads Sinner by 4-2.
| Year | Winner | Event | Round | Surface | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Carlos Alcaraz | US Open | Final | Outdoor Hard | 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
| 2025 | Carlos Alcaraz | ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati | Final | Outdoor Hard | 5-0 Ret'd |
| 2025 | Jannik Sinner | Wimbledon | Final | Outdoor Grass | 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 2025 | Carlos Alcaraz | Roland Garros | Final | Outdoor Clay | 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2) |
| 2025 | Carlos Alcaraz | ATP Masters 1000 Rome | Final | Outdoor Clay | 7-6(5), 6-1 |
| 2024 | Carlos Alcaraz | Beijing | Final | Outdoor Hard | 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-6(3) |
| 2024 | Carlos Alcaraz | Roland Garros | Semifinal | Outdoor Clay | 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 2024 | Carlos Alcaraz | ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells | Semifinal | Outdoor Hard | 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 2023 | Jannik Sinner | Beijing | Semifinal | Outdoor Hard | 7-6(4), 6-1 |
| 2023 | Jannik Sinner | ATP Masters 1000 Miami | Semifinal | Outdoor Hard | 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 |
| 2023 | Carlos Alcaraz | ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells | Semifinal | Outdoor Hard | 7-6(4), 6-3 |
| 2022 | Carlos Alcaraz | US Open | Quarterfinal | Outdoor Hard | 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-3 |
| 2022 | Jannik Sinner | Umag | Final | Outdoor Clay | 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-1 |
| 2022 | Jannik Sinner | Wimbledon | Round of 16 | Outdoor Grass | 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-3 |
| 2021 | Carlos Alcaraz | ATP Masters 1000 Paris | Round of 32 | Indoor Hard | 7-6(1), 7-5 |
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