A memorable 2025 tennis season has come to an end, with the Grand Slams split equally between two men, and four different women claiming Grand Slam titles.
Keys claims first Grand Slam, Sinner defends title
The 2025 season began in earnest in Australia, with the first Grand Slam in Melbourne.
The tournament is the only Grand Slam that Carlos Alcaraz hasn’t won, and it wasn’t to be this year either as he was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the Quarter Finals. The Serb was then forced to retire against Alex Zverev in the Semi Finals. Ben Shelton made a first Australian Open Semi Final, and he met Jannik Sinner, with the Italian’s only scare prior coming against Holger Rune. Sinner overcame Shelton and Zverev to take home his second Australian Open crown.
Paula Badosa overcame Coco Gauff to reach the Semi Finals, where she was beaten by defending champion Aryna Sabalenka. Madison Keys won an epic Semi Final over Iga Swiatek, in a deciding set tiebreak. The Final was almost as dramatic, with Keys clinching victory in a nail-biting third set to win a maiden Grand Slam title.
The Australian Open was Sinner’s last tournament until May, as he was given a three month suspension for failing a drugs test last year. Jack Draper and Jakub Mensik won their first Masters titles in Indian Wells and Miami, with Amanda Anisimova and Mirra Andreeva lifting their first WTA 1000 titles in Doha and Dubai respectively. Andreeva went on to win Indian Wells, with Sabalenka triumphing in Miami.
Alcaraz wins all timer Roland Garros Final, Gauff triumphs
With the ATP and WTA Tours moving onto clay, Alcaraz began by winning the Monte Carlo Masters. He also won the Rome Masters, beating a returning Sinner in the Final, with Casper Ruud winning Madrid just before. Sabalenka won the women’s title in Madrid, with home favourite Jasmine Paolini victorious in Rome. Just before the second Grand Slam of the season, Djokovic lifted his 100th career ATP title in Geneva.
At Roland Garros, the Serb got his revenge over Zverev for Melbourne in the Quarter Finals, setting up a Semi Final against Sinner. The Italian advanced in three close sets to reach a first Roland Garros Final. Alcaraz and Musetti split sets in their Semi Final, but then Musetti sustained an injury which lead to a retirement in the fourth set.
In a hotly anticipated first Grand Slam Final between Sinner and Alcaraz, the pair produced one of the finest tennis matches of recent years. Sinner went two sets up, and had match points in the fourth set, but Alcaraz somehow fought back to force a fifth set. The Spaniard eventually took it on a deciding set tiebreak, to defend his title after five gripping hours.
The story of the tournament on the women’s side was French wildcard Lois Boisson. Ranked outside the top 300 in the world, she had a fairytale run to the Semi Finals, taking out Jessica Pegula and Andreeva along the way. Her run was stopped by Gauff, who took on Sabalenka in the Final, after the world number 1 beat Swiatek, which ended the Pole’s three year hold on the title. With both women battling for their first Roland Garros title, it was Gauff who emerged victorious in three tight sets.
Sinner and Swiatek bounce back from Paris heartbreak in style
Wimbledon 2025 began with many of the top seeds losing in the first week. Zverev, Draper, Musetti, Medvedev and Rune all lost in the opening two rounds, as did Keys, Paolini, Zheng, Pegula and Gauff. Alcaraz was taken to five sets in the First Round by Fabio Fognini, which turned out to be the veteran’s last career match. Alcaraz did end up in the Final, after defeating Taylor Fritz in the Semi Finals.
For the second Grand Slam in a row, Sinner beat Djokovic in the Semi Finals to set up a Final against Alcaraz. He had won the last two editions of the Championships, but couldn’t win a third in a row, as Sinner won in four sets to lift his first Wimbledon title.
In a highly unpredictable women’s event, Anisimova reached her first Grand Slam Final by beating Sabalenka in the Semi Finals. Despite her dominance at Roland Garros, Wimbledon has never been a happy hunting ground for Swiatek, but she really found her form this year, beating Belinda Bencic in the Semi Finals, dropping just two games. Her level only improved in the Final, beating Anisimova without dropping a game to lift her first Wimbledon title.
Alcaraz and Sabalenka on top of New York and the world
Shelton won a first Masters title in a depleted field in Toronto, with Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko winning the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal. Alcaraz and Swiatek won titles in Cincinnati in the lead up to the final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open.
Djokovic beat Fritz to reach his fourth Grand Slam Semi Final of the year, but couldn’t get past Alcaraz. Felix Auger-Aliassime beat the likes of Zverev and de Minaur on his way to the Semi Finals, where he was stopped by Sinner in four sets. This time is was Alcaraz who overcame Sinner in four sets to lift his second US Open title.
Anisimova avenged her harrowing Wimbledon defeat to Swiatek by beating her in the Quarter Finals at Flushing Meadows. She then overcame a resurgent Naomi Osaka to reach the Final. Sabalenka made her third Grand Slam Final of the year by beating Pegula, and unlike the previous two she won this one, beating Anisimova to win her second US Open title.
An unlikely champion in Shanghai
Monegasque Qualifier Valentin Vacherot completed the unlikeliest of title runs in Shanghai by beating his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the Final, with Sinner winning the last Masters event of the year in Paris. He then ended the year by beating Alcaraz to win the ATP Finals in Turin, but it was Alcaraz who ended the year as world number 1.
Despite many male players complaining that the schedule was too busy, and a lot of players missing significant portions of the year due to injury, the ATP announced that a further Masters event would be added to the calendar from the 2028 season, in Saudi Arabia.
Anisimova won the WTA 1000 event in Beijing, and Gauff came away with the title in Wuhan. Despite it not being her best year, Elena Rybakina managed to end it on a high and win the WTA Finals in Riyadh, beating the year end world number 1 Sabalenka in the Final.
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