Jannik Sinner beats Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5 7-6(3) in the semifinal in Paris on Friday. Sinner will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Carlos Alcaraz in the final. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the semifinal in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Jannik added to his prize money € 585,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 1,275,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 1,275,000 to his earnings to get in total € 2,550,000 in total.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Novak Djokovic French Open – Paris
Sinner’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:16
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Djokovic is 5-4 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats
Sinner will come up against Alcaraz in the final.
This will be the 13th time that Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz play each other. The head to head is 8-4 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Alcaraz won 7-65 6-1 in the final in Rome back in May 2025.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Jannik clinched in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Jannik converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Jannik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 55 points. Jannik won 9 more points than the Serbian (32-23). Jannik was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Novak conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
The Italian won the set after he broke Djokovic in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Novak tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, the Italian didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 7-5.
The Italian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Djokovic converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 81 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Jannik won just 1 point more than the Serbian (41-40). Jannik lost 16 points on serve (25-16). On the losing side, the Serbian conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Sinner won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Italian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point.
The Italian won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Sinner was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Serbian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 89 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jannik won just 3 more points than Novak (46-43). Jannik dropped 13 points on serve (33-13). on the other side of the court, Djokovic conceded 13 points on serve (30-13).
Tennis Scores at the French Open
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-4 7-5 7-63)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (4-6 7-63 6-0 2-0 ret.)
Upcoming matches
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (4-7) – H2H details and stats
