Ivan Ljubicic believes that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will continue to dominate the tennis tour for the next two or three years, drawing upon similarities between the Spaniard and Roger Federer.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz and Sinner have ruled the tennis scene for the last two years, winning all eight Grand Slams which have been contested within that period.<\/p>\n
Arguably even more impressively, the pair have ended the 2025 season with more than double the number of ranking points that their nearest competitor, Alexander Zverev, posseses.<\/p>\n
The Croat, who is a former world No 3, has stated that the rivalry is \u2018fascinating\u2019, even if he doesn\u2019t believe the rest of the tour will provide for a \u2018challenge\u2019 in 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rest are not there, they haven\u2019t reach that level, so I don\u2019t expect anything to change in the next two or three years,\u201d Ljubicic<\/a> predicted, in an interview with Punto de Break<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cPerhaps someone will emerge, but it will be individual performances here and there; I don\u2019t think they will challenge Carlos and Jannik on a global level throughout the year.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s interesting. They are two different players, two different personalities, so it\u2019s great to see that contrast every time they face each other.<\/p>\n \u201cThe numbers show that Carlos is slightly ahead of Jannik, he is also a bit younger, but it\u2019s fascinating and fantastic for tennis to have a rivalry like this right after the Big Three.\u201d<\/p>\n Most recently, Alcaraz and Sinner faced off in the showpiece match of the 2025 Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> \u2013 with the latter coming out on top via a 7-6(5), 7-5 victory to claim his second title in Turin.<\/p>\n It is Alcaraz who pipped the year-end No 1 title, leading Sinner 4-2 in their head-to-head for the season.<\/p>\n As a result of such a competitive rivalry at the top of the sport, many have sought to draw comparisons between the pair and that of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Federer.<\/p>\n More relevantly, Alcaraz has often been compared to the Swiss for his creativity and aggressiveness on court.<\/p>\n Ljubicic, who coached Federer from late 2015 until the end of his career, largely agrees with the comparison \u2013 caveating with the vast personality differences between the pair.<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic\u2019s wealth soars as his total prize money for 2025 is finalised<\/a><\/p>\n Novak Djokovic\u2019s retirement stance defended by Boris Becker amid ongoing rumours<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIn terms of tennis, maybe, yes [he is most similar to Federer],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIn terms of personality and character, I think they are completely different, and I don\u2019t believe you can disconnect one from the other.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, right now, Carlos is the most creative player, he is the player who generates the most excitement on a tennis court. Still, I think it\u2019s too early to talk about these things.<\/p>\n \u201cYes, I believe he generates those emotions in tennis fans, in people who love this sport, he brings something different.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was a moment, five or ten years ago, when we were afraid that all players would be the same.<\/p>\n \u201cHe brought a different angle through his tennis. It\u2019s fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz and Sinner are due to next face off on January 10th<\/sup> 2026 in a Korean exhibition, prior to the season\u2019s first Australian Open.<\/p>\n The post Roger Federer\u2019s ex-coach reveals which of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner is most like the Swiss legend<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ivan Ljubicic believes that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will continue to dominate the tennis tour for the next two or three years, drawing upon similarities between the Spaniard and Roger Federer. Alcaraz and Sinner have ruled the tennis scene for the last two years, winning all eight Grand Slams which have been contested within […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Latest Tennis News<\/h2>\n