The Top 5 Matches of the 2025 ATP Season

The Australian fought back, forced a deciding tiebreak, and ultimately completed the comeback to claim the title. At the end, the two competitors and friends embraced at both the net and the benches, each recognising in his own way what they had just experienced.

No. 4 – Jannik Sinner vs Alexander Zverev (ATP Vienna Final)

On paper, this matchup on a fast indoor hard court looked destined for a serve-dominated affair. Instead, Sinner and Zverev delivered one of the signature matches of the indoor swing.

Zverev came out firing, serving big and unloading on forehands to take the opening set, while Sinner struggled physically and rhythmically. The Italian flipped the script in the second set, raising his first-serve percentage, tightening his baseline patterns, and using clever drop shots to level the contest.

The deciding set was tense and high-class throughout. Both players held firm until Sinner finally broke in the 11th game with a sensational backhand down the line. Despite cramping late, Sinner closed out the win, his second Vienna title, and the first of three straight victories over Zverev during the post-US Open swing, including Paris and Turin.

No. 3 – Alexander Bublik vs Jack Draper (French Open Fourth Round)

Bublik’s resurgence in the second half of 2025 was one of the year’s surprising storylines, and it all began in Paris. Taking on World No. 5 Jack Draper, the match initially followed the script with Draper claiming the first set. Then everything changed.

Bublik caught fire—unleashing underarm serves, wicked drop shots, and unpredictable variety that left Draper helpless. By the end, it was Bublik who looked like the top-five player as he dominated the last three sets.

In hindsight, this match proved to be a turning point for both men. Bublik finished the year ranked a career-high No. 11, while Draper’s season derailed due to physical issues, limiting him to just seven matches after Roland Garros.

No. 2 – Alexander Bublik vs Tommy Paul (US Open Third Round)

If the Draper match lit the spark for Bublik, his duel with Tommy Paul in a US Open night session was the full explosion. Featuring three tiebreaks across five sets, it was a match filled with PlayStation points: tweeners, outrageous winners, scrambling gets, and audacious shot-making from both sides.

Momentum swung back and forth, but Bublik’s serve proved the ultimate difference—he did not get broken once despite facing more than five break points. He survived in a classic that left the Arthur Ashe crowd in awe.

The physical toll was evident: Bublik won only three games in the next round, and Paul did not play again in 2025 due to a left-foot injury. But for one night, the magic they produced made it all worth it.

No. 1 – Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner (French Open Final)

Was there ever any doubt?

What Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner delivered in Paris in June was not only the greatest match of the 2025 season, but also one that belongs on the shortlist of the greatest matches in tennis history.

Billed as the first Major final between the two future Hall of Famers, it was a contest that combined excitement and quality at a level rarely witnessed. At various moments, both players seemed to recognize that they were part of something destined for the history books, and they rose to that occasion. We all know the story by now: Sinner takes the early lead, Alcaraz fights back, Sinner earns championship points, Alcaraz saves them. And the Spaniard ultimately triumphed in a breathtaking final-set tiebreak.

Very few tennis matches capture the attention of the entire sporting world. The 2008 Wimbledon final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer managed that. This final in Paris was this generation’s equivalent, a match that elevated not only the two protagonists but the sport itself. While 2025 will be remembered for the mutual domination of “ SinCaraz,” it was at the French Open where even those who had not followed closely realized that this rivalry exists on a higher plane.