Vamos! 25 amazing things Carlos Alcaraz achieved by winning 2025 Roland Garros

Carlos Alcaraz lit up Roland Garros this year, playing lights-out tennis en route to capturing the fifth Grand Slam title of his career—and capping it by fighting off triple match point to defeat reigning world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in an epic final, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2).

Here are 25 amazing things the Spaniard achieved in Paris:

He’s now 5-0 in Grand Slam finals. He beat Casper Ruud to win the US Open in 2022, Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon in 2023, Alexander Zverev to win Roland Garros in 2024, Djokovic (again) to win Wimbledon in 2024, and now Sinner to win Roland Garros in 2025.

He’s just the second man in the Open Era to win his first five Grand Slam finals in a row. Roger Federer is the only other man to do that, winning his first seven in a row before finally losing his eighth.

He’s the third man this century to successfully defend a Roland Garros title. Gustavo Kuerten did it once (2001) and Rafael Nadal did it 10 times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2020).

He’s the fourth man this century to win five or more majors. He joins the usual suspects, the Big 3—Federer (who won 20 career majors), Nadal (22 career majors) and Djokovic (24 career majors).

He’s also the fourth man this century to win at least one major for four consecutive years. That’s after the Big 3, too. Nadal had the longest streak of the trio at 10 straight years from 2005 to 2014.

He won his fifth Grand Slam title at the exact same age—to the day—as Nadal did. Alcaraz was 22 years, one month and three days when he won his fifth major last Sunday, and Nadal was 22 years, one month and three days when he won his fifth major at Wimbledon in 2008.

And with that, he ties Nadal for second-youngest man ever to win five majors. Bjorn Borg still holds that honor, winning his fifth Grand Slam title at Roland Garros in 1978 at 22 years and five days.

Next up, some things he achieved specifically in the final…

He won the longest final in Roland Garros history. At 5:29, it was also the second-longest Grand Slam final in history, after the 2012 Australian Open final, where Djokovic outlasted Nadal in 5:53.

He won the first Grand Slam men’s final between players born in the 2000s. Between the two of them, Alcaraz and Sinner have now won the last six majors in a row, and eight total—but all of the opponents they beat in those finals were born in either the 1980s or the 1990s.

Having battled back from triple match point down serving at 3-5, 0-40 in the fourth set against Sinner, Alcaraz is the first man in the Open Era to save three match points to win a Grand Slam final. He’s the third man in the Open Era to save any number of match points to win a Grand Slam final, after Gaston Gaudio (who saved two against Guillermo Coria in the 2004 Roland Garros final) and Djokovic (who saved two against Federer in the 2019 Wimbledon final).

The final was also the first time he’s won a match from two sets to love down. He had been 0-8 in his career in that situation beforehand.

He’s the third man this century to come back from two sets to love down to win a Roland Garros final. Gaudio did it in 2004 (against Coria) and Djokovic did it in 2021 (against Stefanos Tsitsipas).

He’s the first man to beat a reigning No. 1 in a Grand Slam final since Daniil Medvedev beat Djokovic to win the 2021 US Open. He’s the first man to beat the reigning No. 1 in the Roland Garros final since Nadal beat Djokovic to win the 13th of his 14 career titles in Paris.

Now, some things he achieved specifically by beating Sinner…

Alcaraz is now 5-0 against Sinner since the start of last year. Before 2024, Sinner had the slight edge in their rivalry, 4-3—but Alcaraz now leads 8-4 after five straight wins at Indian Wells, Roland Garros and Beijing last year, and then Rome and Roland Garros (again) this year.

He’s 15-0 against Italians since the start of last year. That includes the aforementioned five wins against Sinner as well as four against Lorenzo Musetti, two against Andrea Vavassori and one against each of Matteo Arnaldi, Lorenzo Sonego, Luca Nardi and Giulio Zeppieri.

He’s the first player to beat Sinner in a Grand Slam final. Before falling to Alcaraz in Paris, Sinner had been 3-0 in his career in major finals.

He snapped Sinner’s 20-match winning streak at majors. His last loss had come to Medvedev in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon last July.

He snapped Sinner’s 31-set winning streak at majors. He hadn’t lost a set at a major since January—the second set of his 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 fourth-round victory over Holger Rune at the Australian Open.

He also snapped Sinner’s 11-set winning streak in major finals. He won the last three sets against Medvedev in the 2024 Australian Open final, then beat Taylor Fritz and Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the 2024 US Open and 2025 Australian Open finals, then won the first two sets against Alcaraz on Sunday before the Spaniard came back.

And finally, a few more mindblowing stats…

Alcaraz is now 4-1 in his career against reigning No. 1s. Broken down by opponent, that includes 1-1 against Djokovic while he was No. 1, and 3-0 against Sinner since he rose to the top spot last June.

He’s now 12-2 in “big” finals. That includes 5-0 in Grand Slam finals, 7-1 in Masters 1000 finals and 0-1 in Olympic finals. He’s 2-2 against Djokovic in “big” finals and 10-0 against everyone else.

He’s now 13-1 in five-setters. The only five-setter he’s ever lost came to Matteo Berrettini in the third round of the 2022 Australian Open, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (5). He’s won 10 in a row since.

He’s now won 20 career titles, the first man born in the 2000s to do that. He just edged out Sinner to that milestone, as the Italian was also going for his 20th career title in the Roland Garros final.

He’s won 28 matches in a row at non-hard-court majors. His last loss at a major away from hard courts came to Djokovic at Roland Garros in 2023—since then he’s won Wimbledon in 2023, Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2024, and now Roland Garros again in 2025.

And finally, he’s now 37-5 in 2025—which is by far the most wins on the men’s tour this year. No other man even has 30 yet. Zverev is going for his 30th of the year in Stuttgart on Thursday.