Jannik Sinner made history on Sunday by becoming the first Italian to win a Wimbledon singles title, defeating two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in four sets — 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 — in a hard-fought final on Centre Court.
With this victory, the 23-year-old World No. 1 avenged his heartbreaking loss to Alcaraz in last month’s French Open final and claimed his fourth Grand Slam title.
The win also brought an end to Alcaraz’s five-match winning streak against Sinner and halted the Spaniard’s 24-match unbeaten run.
“This is, for sure, why I’m holding this trophy here,” said an emotional Sinner after the match.
“In Paris, I had a very tough loss. But it’s not always about how you win or lose — it’s about learning from it. We accepted the loss and kept working.”
The match — a gripping encounter full of athletic brilliance, momentum shifts, and even a bizarre moment involving a Champagne cork flying onto the court — saw both players battling intensely, but it was Sinner who held his nerve in key moments.
One of the most crucial came in the fourth set, when Sinner faced two break points at 4-3, 15-40, but calmly reeled off four straight points to hold serve and edge closer to victory.
Watched by Prince William, Princess Kate, and Spain’s King Felipe VI, the match was as much a spectacle of sport as it was a symbolic passing of the torch in men’s tennis.
Sinner’s win also marked the first time the same two players had contested both the French Open and Wimbledon finals in the same year since the storied Federer-Nadal showdowns from 2006 to 2008.
The 22-year-old Alcaraz, who had not lost a match at Wimbledon since 2022 — when Sinner beat him in the fourth round — acknowledged the difficulty of the loss.
“It’s always hard to lose,” he said. “But I’m happy to be part of this rivalry.”
Despite the result, both players showed mutual respect, embracing at the net and exchanging words of admiration.
“Thank you for the player you are,” Sinner told Alcaraz during the trophy ceremony. “You push me to be better every day.”
Sinner has now played in four consecutive Grand Slam finals, winning three of them — beginning with the US Open in September 2024, followed by the Australian Open in January 2025, and now Wimbledon.
The rising rivalry between Sinner and Alcaraz continues to capture the imagination of the tennis world, with the duo now having claimed seven of the last nine major titles between them.
Sinner’s poise, resilience, and ability to evolve from past defeats have firmly established him not just as a Grand Slam winner, but as a generational champion in the making.
