Superior to ‘Big Three’: Patrick Mouratoglou makes big claim about French Open 2025 final

Tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou has made a big claim about the level of tennis played in the 2025 French Open final. The second Grand Slam of the year concluded on Sunday after an epic five-set thriller, where Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his title by beating Jannik Sinner with a score of 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6.

The match lasted more than five hours and officially became the longest final in the history of the French Open. Tennis coach Mouratoglou, who has worked with several high-profile players, including the former world number one Serena Williams, Simona Halep and Stefanos Tsitsipas, shared a video on his Instagram account where he claimed that the level of tennis played in the final at the Roland Garros was better than the level of tennis played by the Big Three consisting of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Question: Roland Garros 2025 is the top three best final ever?

Patrick Mouratoglou: True. Level of play, scenario, drama, we had everything.

Question: The level was superior to the Big Three era?

Patrick Mouratoglou: True. Tennis is evolving, and those two guys [Sinner and Alcaraz] bring tennis to a different level.

During the contest, in the ninth game of the fourth set, Sinner was just one point away from lifting the title and had three championship points to play. However, Alcaraz not only went on to win the next five points but also won the next game, taking the set to a tiebreak where he won the set and extended the match into a five-setter. Mouratoglou was asked in the video whether Sinner had given those three championship points away or if it was Alcaraz who had won them all. In response, the 55-year-old stated that, in his opinion, it was a bit of both.

Question: Sinner lost three match points rather than Alcaraz won them?

Patrick Mouratoglou: True and false. Its not that he gave them because there has been rallies. It was completely normal that there was more tension on those moments and that he ended up making a mistake, but I think Alcaraz also pushed him. So I would say 50-50.