The announcer called it a "dream final."
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz met Italy's Jannik Sinner at the Wimbledon 2025 final on July 13.
The pair have forged a historic rivalry, on the heels of their epic French Open match, which was instantly heralded as a classic, one of the top tennis matches of all time. Announcer John McEnroe even compared it to his own epic match against Bjorn Borg, which inspired a Hollywood movie. BBC also drew a comparison between McEnroe-Borg and the Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry.
However, what is the head-to-head record between these two rivals?
It turns out that Alcaraz has an edge against Sinner on the tennis court. However, Sinner can be a magician on the court, and that, matched against Alcaraz's steely consistency, means it could be anyone's game.
According to ATP Tennis, the head-to-head record shakes out in Alcaraz's favor.
They have played 12 times. Alcaraz has won against Sinner eight times, and Sinner has defeated Alcaraz four times, ATP Tennis reported.
Alcaraz's year-to-date wins and losses are 42-5. For Sinner, that is 19-3.
Alcaraz has 21 career titles to Sinner's 19, according to ATP Tennis.
Sinner is the #1-ranked men's tennis player in the world, and Alcaraz is ranked #2.
Alcaraz had won five matches in a row against Sinner going into the Wimbledon final.
Their most recent battle at the French Open was as close as a tennis match can be. The score went in Alcaraz's favor, but it was 4-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (10-2).
Great rivalries can provoke players to higher-level play.
"I'm not going to say I'm feeling like when Rafa [Nadal] and Roger [Federer] are playing," Alcaraz said of the rivalry with Sinner to BBC.
"But I'm feeling like it is a different energy when we are facing each other than other players," he added.
Going into the 2025 final, Sinner had never won at Wimbledon. Alcaraz won Wimbledon twice.