ATP Rival Explains Why Jannik Sinner Will Win More Grand Slam Titles Than Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz recently lost the Monte-Carlo Masters final to Jannik Sinner and lost his No.1 ranking.

ATP Rival Explains Why Jannik Sinner Will Win More Grand Slam Titles Than Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner (Images via X/The Tennis Letter)

In Short
  • Carlos Alcaraz has won seven Grand Slam titles, while Jannik Sinner has four.
  • Benoit Paire believes Sinner will ultimately win more Grand Slam titles than Alcaraz.
  • The next Major, the French Open, starts on May 24th, with both players aiming for significant achievements.

Carlos Alcaraz needs just three more Grand Slam titles to reach the double-digit tally in Majors. At the Australian Open, he lifted his career’s seventh Major by upsetting Novak Djokovic. This made him the youngest man in the Open Era to complete the Career Grand Slam.

His arch-rival, Jannik Sinner, is the winner of four Majors. In this year’s Australian Open, Novak Djokovic clinched a surprising five-set victory over him in the semifinals, denying him his third consecutive title in the Melbourne Slam.

Recently, former World No.18 Benoit Paire, during his interview with Tennis365, shared his opinion regarding who, between Alcaraz and Sinner, he thinks will win more Grand Slam titles.

I would say Sinner will win the most Majors. I think he is very solid on hard courts and little more focused win the game. He wants to win everything, so that’s the difference between him and Alcaraz. Maybe I’m wrong, I don’t know, but that’s what I think. In the future, it will be a big battle between those two. I am also hoping that there will be more players coming through like Joao Fonseca, but for the moment, I think it is between those two.

The next Major is the French Open, which is scheduled to start on May 24th. Both the World No.1 and the World No.2 will be chasing history.

Sinner will be bidding to become the seventh man in the Open Era to complete the Career Grand Slam, while Alcaraz will be chasing his third consecutive title. Last year, the Spaniard defended his title after overcoming a two-set deficit and saving three championship points in the fourth set. The match, the longest final in the history of the tournament, lasted for five hours and 29 minutes.

Andrey Rublev says Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s dominance is not affecting him negatively

Andrey Rublev is one of the several talented players who have yet to taste glory in a Grand Slam tournament, thanks to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, both of whom have captured every Major since the 2024 season. But their dominance doesn’t affect the Russian ace in a negative manner, as he thinks the top two players are helping him raise his standards.

Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner (2)
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner (Image via X/Carlos Alcaraz 4K, Jannik Sinner HQ)

It’s not affecting me negatively. On the contrary, it gives me the belief that certain results are achievable. They give me hope: if they achieved it so early, it means that with the right approach and the right mindset, you don’t have to wait years to reach that level. The difference is that they just play tennis; the score or the round doesn’t matter. Sometimes I play tennis, and sometimes I hope: I hope to win the point, I hope the other player makes a mistake or double-faults.

Andrey Rublev told Spazio Tennis

While Rublev is chasing his first title of the season at the Barcelona Open, Alcaraz and Sinner have already won multiple titles each. The 22-year-old, after his Australian Open and Qatar Open wins, lost the Sunshine Double events before reaching the final. Sinner, after his defeat to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semifinals, was stopped from advancing to the Doha semifinals by Jakub Mensik.

But the Italian claimed the Indian Wells and the Miami Open against Daniil Medvedev and Jiri Lehecka, respectively. Later in the Monte-Carlo Masters final, Sinner stopped Alcaraz from defending his title, winning his career’s second clay-court title. The win Sinner to the No.1 spot once again. Sinner chose not to play this week, but Alcaraz participated in the Barcelona Open, but an injury forced him to withdraw from his second match.

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