Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner Make History in French Open Final

During the decisive fifth set, the match became the longest men's singles final in French Open history , crossing the record of 4 hours and 42 minutes set in 1982 when Mats Wilander defeated Guillermo Vilas.

With a final match time of 5 hours and 29 minutes, Alcaraz vs. Sinner became the second-longest men's singles final at a Grand Slam, trailing only Novak Djokovic's win over Rafael Nadal in the 2012 Australian Open (5 hours and 53 minutes).

Remarkably, the 1982 final only took four sets to reach the record time, with Wilander winning 1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–0, 6–4.

It took five sets and a tiebreak — for just the second time ever in a men's singles Grand Slam final in the Open Era — for Alcaraz to emerge with his second straight victory at Roland Garros. He won 4–6, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(10–2).

Coming into the 2025 final, Sinner was 0-5 in his career in matches that lasted more than 3 hours and 50 minutes. 

On the other hand, Alcaraz had a history of getting stronger in marathon matches. The Spaniard was previously 9-1 in matches of that length. However, he was previously 0-8 after losing the first two sets.

When Alcaraz defeated Alexander Zverev in the 2024 French Open men's singles final, their match nearly set the record with a game time of 4 hours and 12 minutes.