Tennis: US Open 2025 men's final preview - Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz meet for third straight Grand Slam final - how to watch live

The 2025 US Open (24 August-7 September) concludes with the blockbuster men’s singles final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

In the final Grand Slam matchup of the season, everything is at stake for the top two players in the world. As well as the coveted US Open title, the winner will claim the spot of world No.1 in the ATP rankings.

Defending champion Sinner returns to the championship match playing his typical ruthless style of tennis, having overcome Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in a four-set semi-final. A victory in New York City would mean the Italian has won the past four hard-court Slam titles in concession.

A worthy challenger awaits in Alcaraz, the 2022 champion at Flushing Meadows and hungry for the world No.1 ranking. The Spaniard has not dropped a single set, most recently with a convincing victory against Olympic champion Novak Djokovic – his first head-to-head win on the hard courts.

Here is everything you need to know about the US Open men’s singles final.

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2025 US Open final – Jannik Sinner closes in on title defence at Flushing Meadows

Sinner’s US Open preparations were hampered by an illness retirement in Cincinnati, and although an injury scare in his semi-final called for a medical timeout, he has romped his way to the final without real concern.

The 24-year-old, who has already won two Slams this season at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, has dispatched four seeds in his past four matches. Previous kryptonite opponent Alexander Bublik was no match, while compatriot Lorenzo Musetti could not handle the wrath of the relentless Sinner.

Only Canadian duo Denis Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime have even managed to take a set off the tournament top seed, who now needs to find another level against his rival Alcaraz. The final will be a full-circle moment, three years on from their five-set, five-hour quarter-final classic at the same venue.

"I feel like our rivalry started here, playing an amazing match," Sinner said of his history with Alcaraz in his semi-final on-court interview. "We are two different players now, a different confidence too. Let's see what's coming. We've played quite a lot this year, so we know each other very well."

Sinner will be determined to retain his hard-court crown and defend the US Open trophy, no mean feat as it was last accomplished by Roger Federer in 2008. After triumphs at Melbourne Park and the All England Lawn Tennis Club, can the world No.1 make it a hat-trick at Arthur Ashe Stadium?

2025 US Open final – Carlos Alcaraz chases perfect tournament and No.1 spot

‘Brutal’ does not begin to describe Alcaraz’s US Open campaign, where he arrives at the championship match without dropping a set. The last man to do that? None other than Federer a decade ago, though worth noting that he lost the final to Djokovic.

Alcaraz breezed past the Serbian in a routine final-four matchup, having maintained an outstanding level throughout the two weeks at Flushing Meadows. He has come through each best-of-five-sets match in an average of one hour, 59 minutes, only dropping 9.6 games on average per win.

For the 22-year-old, he has been playing arguably his best tennis of the season, which speaks volumes in a campaign where he was crowned Roland-Garros champion. Tactically astute with razor-sharp concentration all match long, something which he admits he has improved in pursuit of his best version.

“It's something that I'm working on, just the consistency in the matches, in the tournaments, for the year in general,” Alcaraz said in his post-match press conference following the semi-final. “Just not having up-and-downs in the match. The level that I start the match, I just wanted to keep that level really high during the whole match.”

Were he to prevail on Sunday, the Spaniard would become world No.1 for the first time since August 2023 and dethrone Sinner. In his eighth consecutive ATP Tour final, one match stands in the way of Alcaraz to reclaim his US Open and No.1 crowns.

2025 US Open final – when and where to watch Sinner vs Alcaraz live

Sinner and Alcaraz will face off in the US Open men’s singles final on Sunday, 7 September at 14:00 local time (EDT, GMT-4). It will be the main event and the only match on Arthur Ashe Stadium to conclude the tournament.

The US Open final will be broadcast on ESPN in the USA and across South America, New Zealand, and the Caribbean. Eurosport holds the rights for much of Europe, including France, while Sky Sports is the place to watch in the UK, Italy, and Germany.

Star Sports will show the Grand Slam action in India, with coverage in Africa split between beIN Sports and SuperSport. Fans in Australia can tune in on Nine and Stan Sport, while RDS and TSN show the tournament in Canada.

The full list of broadcasters is available here.

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