Jannik Sinner is 6 wins away to conquer the title at the U.S. Open. The Italian has defeated Vit Kopriva 6-1 6-1 6-2 to reach the 2nd round where he will face Alexei Popyrin.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Jannik Sinner’s projected draw alongsidehisprojected opponents at the U.S. Open. The Italian has a losing record (14-17) against the presumable opposition.

R1 – Vit Kopriva (89) – 6-1 6-1 6-2
R2 – Alexei Popyrin (36) – H2H 0-1
R3 – Denis Shapovalov (29) – H2H 0-1
or Valentin Royer (98) – H2H 0-0
R4 – Tommy Paul (14) – H2H 4-1
or Alexander Bublik (24) – H2H 4-2
1/4 – Lorenzo Musetti (10) – H2H 2-0
or Flavio Cobolli (26) – H2H 0-0
1/2 – Alexander Zverev (3) – H2H 3-4
or Alex De Minaur (8) – H2H 10-0
Fin – Carlos Alcaraz (2) – H2H 5-10
or Taylor Fritz (4) – H2H 4-1
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R2 – Alexei Popyrin’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Alexei Popyrin

17 - 24win/loss in 2025

Rank
54
High
19
LLLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-24 7-10 9-6 0-5 1-3 0-0
2024 30-22 17-8 4-8 4-3 5-3 0-0
2023 36-29 18-14 15-6 1-4 2-5 0-0
2022 24-31 7-16 7-4 3-5 7-6 0-0
2021 32-26 13-11 8-6 10-5 1-4 0-0
2020 14-16 3-4 5-5 4-6 0-0 2-1
2019 37-32 18-17 7-7 6-5 6-3 0-0
2018 46-26 20-10 15-10 11-6 0-0 0-0

Alexei Popyrin has a 17-19 record in 2025, 7-9 on hard. Talking about the previous 10 years, Popyrin has a 143-108 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Alexei won 5 of his last 10 matches.

Last year at the U.S. Open Alexei capitulated to Frances Tiafoe in the 4th round 6-4 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3.

H2H Jannik Sinner vs. Alexei Popyrin

This match would represent the 2nd time that Jannik Sinner and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard in major tournaments.

R3 – Denis Shapovalov’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Denis Shapovalov

26 - 22win/loss in 2025

Rank
23
High
10
LLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-22 14-11 2-5 9-3 1-3 0-0
2024 33-25 9-10 5-6 16-6 3-3 0-0
2023 13-13 6-6 3-3 0-1 4-3 0-0
2022 34-26 22-12 4-4 7-6 1-4 0-0
2021 30-23 11-11 7-6 4-3 8-3 0-0
2020 17-15 8-6 5-2 4-7 0-0 0-0
2019 38-28 20-11 4-6 14-8 0-3 0-0
2018 35-28 18-13 8-6 7-5 2-4 0-0

Denis Shapovalov has a 20-16 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on hard. Regarding the last 11 years, the Canadian has a 145-97 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Shapovalov won 6 of his last 10 matches.

His most significant achievement of this year was winning the competition in Dallas where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 7-6(5) 6-3, and in Los Cabos where he beat Aleksandar Kovacevic in the final 6-4 6-2.

Last year at the U.S. Open Shapovalov was overcome by Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 1st round 6-4 7-5 6-4.

H2H Jannik Sinner vs. Denis Shapovalov

This contest would be 2nd time that Jannik Sinner and Denis Shapovalov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

Alternatively, Jannik Sinner could come up against Valentin Royer. Their H2H is 0-0.

R4 – Tommy Paul’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 4-1 for Jannik Sinner

29 - 13win/loss in 2025

Rank
20
High
8
LWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-13 13-6 12-4 3-1 1-2 0-0
2024 45-20 17-12 10-4 8-2 10-2 0-0
2023 46-29 29-13 5-6 3-5 9-5 0-0
2022 39-27 21-12 2-6 9-5 7-4 0-0
2021 33-23 12-12 9-7 12-4 0-0 0-0
2020 21-14 12-6 5-4 4-4 0-0 0-0
2019 45-16 22-7 12-4 5-1 6-4 0-0
2018 40-20 28-15 0-0 12-5 0-0 0-0

Tommy Paul has a 28-12 record in 2025, 12-5 on hard. Regarding the last 11 years, the American has a 204-118 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Tommy won 6 of his last 10 matches.

Tommy’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal Adelaide, Dallas, Houston and Rome.

Last year at the U.S. Open Tommy lost to Jannik Sinner in the 4th round 7-6(3) 7-6(5) 6-1.

H2H Jannik Sinner vs. Tommy Paul

This contest would be 6th time that Jannik Sinner and Tommy Paul clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard in major tournaments.

Alternatively, Jannik Sinner could take on Alexander Bublik. Their head to head is 4-2 for Jannik Sinner

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1/4 – Lorenzo Musetti’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 2-0 for Jannik Sinner

45 - 22win/loss in 2025

Rank
8
High
6
LWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 45-22 18-11 19-4 8-6 0-1 0-0
2024 46-30 13-12 18-10 3-5 12-3 0-0
2023 32-29 10-10 16-11 0-5 6-3 0-0
2022 44-30 11-10 21-7 12-10 0-3 0-0
2021 36-31 9-8 17-12 10-10 0-1 0-0
2020 30-15 6-4 20-6 4-5 0-0 0-0
2019 32-25 1-2 27-19 4-4 0-0 0-0
2018 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Lorenzo Musetti has a 27-12 win-loss record in 2025, 8-7 on hard. In the course of the last 8 years, Musetti has a 58-53 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Italian won 5 of his last 10 matches.

Lorenzo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final Carlo.

Last year at the U.S. Open Musetti capitulated to Brandon Nakashima in the 3rd round 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-6(4).

H2H Jannik Sinner vs. Lorenzo Musetti

This match would represent the 3rd time that Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard in major tournaments.

Notwithstanding, Jannik Sinner could face Flavio Cobolli. Their H2H is 0-0.

1/2 – Alexander Zverev’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 4-3 for Alexander Zverev

55 - 25win/loss in 2025

Rank
3
High
2
LLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 55-25 24-9 18-7 7-6 6-3 0-0
2024 69-21 29-10 23-6 11-3 6-2 0-0
2023 55-27 22-13 20-7 8-5 5-2 0-0
2022 29-10 9-4 17-5 3-1 0-0 0-0
2021 59-15 28-6 14-4 13-3 4-2 0-0
2020 28-11 12-7 3-1 13-3 0-0 0-0
2019 44-25 20-9 16-8 6-5 2-3 0-0
2018 60-19 25-9 21-4 12-4 2-2 0-0

Alexander Zverev has a 44-16 win-loss record in 2025, 20-6 on hard. In the last 13 years, Zverev has a 222-103 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Zverev won 8 of his last 10 matches.

His most significant result of the current season was conquering the title in Munich where he defeated Ben Shelton in the final 6-2 6-4.

Last year at the U.S. Open the German lost to Taylor Fritz in the quarter 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 7-6(3).

H2H Jannik Sinner vs. Alexander Zverev

This match would represent the 8th time that Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they are 2-2 on hard in major tournaments.

Nevertheless, Jannik Sinner could come up against Alex De Minaur. Their head to head is 10-0 for Jannik Sinner.

Final – Carlos Alcaraz’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 10-5 for Carlos Alcaraz

71 - 9win/loss in 2025

Rank
1
High
1
LWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 71-9 28-4 22-1 10-3 11-1 0-0
2024 54-13 22-5 17-4 7-3 8-1 0-0
2023 65-12 26-6 25-3 2-3 12-0 0-0
2022 57-13 21-4 27-4 6-4 3-1 0-0
2021 48-19 15-8 22-7 10-3 1-1 0-0
2020 39-7 10-0 29-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2019 18-10 3-2 15-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2018 6-2 0-0 6-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Carlos Alcaraz has a 56-6 win-loss record in 2025, 18-4 on hard. As for the last 8 years, Alcaraz has a 115-29 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Alcaraz will try to keep a positive momentum since he is on a 8 matches winning streak.

His most significant achievement of the season was winning the title in Rotterdam where he beat Alex De Minaur in the final 6-4 3-6 6-2, in Carlo where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 3-6 6-1 6-0, in Rome where he defeated Jannik Sinner in the final 7-6(5) 6-1, at the French Open where he beat Jannik Sinner in the final 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2), in London where he defeated Jiri Lehecka in the final 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2, and in Cincinnati where he overcame Jannik Sinner in the final 5-0 ret..

Last year at the U.S. Open Alcaraz was defeated by Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd round 6-1 7-5 6-4.

H2H Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz

This would be the 16th time that Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz clash against each other. The head to head is 10-5 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 5-2 on hard in major tournaments.

Possibly, Jannik Sinner could face Taylor Fritz. Their H2H record is 4-1 for Jannik Sinner.