Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are set for a maiden Grand Slam final meeting, and, for one, there will be disappointment for the first time.<\/p>\n
Neither world No 1 Sinner<\/a> nor world No 2 Alcaraz<\/a> have been beaten in a major final before, and whoever wins will likely have their sights set on breaking an impressive Roger Federer record.<\/p>\n Winning a Grand Slam final is one of the toughest achievements in tennis, and it has taken several legends of the sport multiple finals to finally lift their first major.<\/p>\n Famously, ATP Tour legends Andy Murray and Ivan Lendl went 0-4 in their first Grand Slam finals before finally claiming a title, and the same can be said for Kim Clijsters in the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n However, it has been a different story for Alcaraz and Sinner, who have perfect 4-0 and 3-0 records, respectively, heading into Sunday\u2019s showdown.<\/p>\n Alcaraz\u2019s 4-0 record is already the joint-fourth best across both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s game, and outright second when it comes to male players in the Open Era.<\/p>\n Only Federer had a longer run unbeaten in Grand Slam finals, with the Swiss\u2019 record of 7-0 in his first seven major finals an Open Era record for both men and women.<\/p>\n The Swiss won the 2003 Wimbledon final, the 2004 Australian Open, Wimbledon, and US Open finals, the 2005 Wimbledon and US Open finals, and the 2006 Australian Open final before his first loss \u2013 to Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros in 2006.<\/p>\n In all-time second place is Monica Seles, who won her first six major finals, with Iga Swiatek in third, thanks to a 5-0 record in her Grand Slam finals to date.<\/p>\n Alcaraz is currently in joint-fourth alongside Naomi Osaka (4-0), though Sinner has the chance to also move to 4-0 on Sunday, and stop the Spaniard breaking Federer\u2019s record.<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff emulate legends<\/a><\/p>\n Points and money earned by Gauff, Sabalenka Swiatek, Boisson, Raducanu, Eala at French Open<\/a><\/p>\n Alcaraz\u2019s superb start to life in Grand Slam finals started at the 2022 US Open, where he beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-3 to claim his first major title.<\/p>\n The Spaniard then stunned Novak Djokovic 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 to win the Wimbledon title in 2023, before a 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 triumph over Alexander Zverev in the 2024 French Open final.<\/p>\n His most recent Grand Slam title came at Wimbledon in 2024, where he beat Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4) in a rematch of the previous year\u2019s final to move to 4-0.<\/p>\n Sinner\u2019s first Grand Slam triumph came back at the 2024 Australian Open, where he famously rallied from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in the final.<\/p>\n The Italian then captured the 2024 US Open title by beating Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5, before successfully defending the Australian Open title in 2025 with a 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 win over Zverev.<\/p>\n Read Next<\/strong>:\u00a0Who are Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s parents Carlos Alcaraz Gonzalez and Virginia Garfia Escandon?<\/a><\/p>\n The post Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz? Who will draw closer to Federer\u2019s \u2018unbeaten\u2019 Grand Slam final record?<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are set for a maiden Grand Slam final meeting, and, for one, there will be disappointment for the first time. Neither world No 1 Sinner nor world No 2 Alcaraz have been beaten in a major final before, and whoever wins will likely have their sights set on breaking an […]<\/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-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","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=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Most Grand Slam finals unbeaten<\/h3>\n
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