Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner career comparison [2026]

Jannik Sinner has defeated World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets 7-6(5), 6-3 to win the Monte Carlo 2026 title on Sunday. Alcaraz, who now has faced successive defeats at the hands of the Italian, could not keep up with the speed and accuracy of Sinner on clay.

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 26 titles in his singles career so far. In the meantime, Jannik, the 24-year-old Italian, has also won 26 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 340 wins in his career, to Alcaraz's 297 wins so far. 

Sinner has won 340 matches while losing 88 times. In the meantime, Carlos Alcaraz has won 297 times while facing defeats in 67 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 $64,336,028, while Jannik Sinner has won $61,191,211 so far.

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Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Who has won more Grand Slam titles?

Carlos Alcaraz again dominates Jannik Sinner in terms of winning Grand Slam titles. The Spaniard has won seven Grand Slam titles so far. Mantime Jannik Sinner has won four Grand Slam titles till now. 

Carlos Alcaraz's Grand Slams: US Open (2022, 2025), Wimbledon (2023, 2024), French Open (2024, 2025), Australian Open (2026)

Jannik Sinner's Grand Slams: Australian Open (2024, 2025), US Open (2024), Wimbledon (2025)

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.

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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 15 big titles (7 Grand Slams and 8 ATP 1000 titles). On the contrary, Sinner has only 14 big titles (four Grand Slams, two Nitto ATP Finals, and eight ATP Masters 1000 titles)

Alcaraz has won 15 of the 59 big title tournaments he has played so far. On the other hand, Sinner has won 14 out of 68 big title tournaments he has played.

Alcaraz's 15 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)
• 1 Australian Open (Outdoor/Hard)

Sinner's 14 big titles: 

• 1 Wimbledon (Outdoor/Grass)
• 2 Australian Open (Outdoor/Hard)
• 2 Nitto ATP Finals (Indoor/Hard)
• 1 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (Outdoor/Hard)
• 1 US Open (Outdoor/Hard)
• 1 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (Outdoor/Hard)
• 2 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (Outdoor/Hard)
• 1 ATP Masters 1000 Canada (Outdoor/Hard)
• 1 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (Indoor/Hard)
• 1 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (Outdoor/Hard)
• 1 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (Outdoor/Clay)

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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 1564 aces, while Sinner has hit 2541 aces till now.

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Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner: Head-to-head matches stats

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The Spaniard has dominated the Italian in head-to-head matches so far since both turned pro in 2018.

In the 17 matches these two have played so far, Alcaraz has won 10 times while Sinner has won 7 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.