Sinner could become just the second man, after Federer at Australian Open 2007, to win four consecutive hardcourt majors. Federer ultimately won five in a row at the 2007 US Open.
With a win over Alcaraz, Sinner could improve to 72-4 on hard courts since the beginning of 2024 – a success rate of almost 95 per cent. He is currently 18-1 on hard courts in 2025.
Sinner has won 110 of the 120 total matches he has played since the beginning of 2024.
Carlos Alcaraz
Alcaraz was the first of the pair through to the US Open final, after beating Djokovic in straight sets in Friday’s first semifinal.
And in what is shaping as the most consistent period of his career, it marks an eighth straight tournament final for the young Spaniard.
This marks his seventh major final, but it’s the first time Alcaraz has progressed to this stage of a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set.
He could become the first man in the Open era to win the US Open without losing any sets.
Victory would see him win his second US Open title (also 2022), after back-to-back titles at Wimbledon (2023-24) and consecutive French titles in 2024 and 2025. Just six other men have won three different Grand Slam titles at least twice in the Open era: Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg.
Alcaraz has won 45 of his past 47 matches dating back to the start of April. His only losses came to Sinner in the Wimbledon final, and Holger Rune in the final of Barcelona.
A win over Sinner would give Alcaraz a tour-high 60th match win in 2025.
‘Sincaraz’ rivalry
Sinner and Alcaraz are the first men’s duo to contest more than two Grand Slam finals in one season in the Open era.
The last time this happened in any year was 1964, when Australians Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle clashed in the Australian, Wimbledon and US finals.