French Open 2025 men's singles final: Start time and how to watch 'dream' clash
Jannik Sinner faces Carlos Alcaraz in a 'dream' French Open 2025 men's singles final on Sunday as the two tennis stars battle it out for the trophy.
Alcaraz, seeded second, is the defending champion at Roland-Garros and is aiming to land the fifth major title of his career in the Paris showdown.
World No.1 Sinner, a three-time Grand Slam winner, is attempting to clinch his first French Open title after his return from a three-month ban in May.
Alcaraz currently leads the head-to-head 7-4 with Sinner but anything can happen in a final. Here's the start time for the clash and how to watch it…
The start time for the French Open men's singles final is 2pm UK time (3pm local time) on Sunday, June 8.
You can watch and live stream the 2025 French Open live on TNT Sports and discovery+ in the United Kingdom.
Sinner vs Alcaraz coverage will get underway on TNT Sports 1 at 1pm, around one hour before the match starts.
Here's who Jannik Sinner has beaten so far at Roland-Garros… First round – Arthur Rinderknech
– Arthur Rinderknech Second round – Richard Gasquet
– Richard Gasquet Third round – Jiri Lehecka
– Jiri Lehecka Fourth round – Andrey Rublev
– Andrey Rublev Quarter-final – Alexander Bublik
– Alexander Bublik Semi-final – Novak Djokovic
Alcaraz has a great recent record against Sinner, with the Spaniard coming out on top the last four times he has played against his Italian rival.
They recently played in the final of the Italian Open – Sinner's first event back from his controversial suspension – which Alcaraz won 7-6 6-1.
Here's who Carlos Alcaraz has beaten so far at Roland-Garros… First round – Giulio Zeppieri
– Giulio Zeppieri Second round – Fábián Marozsán
– Fábián Marozsán Third round – Damir Džumhur
– Damir Džumhur Fourth round – Ben Shelton
– Ben Shelton Quarter-final – Tommy Paul
– Tommy Paul Semi-final – Lorenzo Musetti
Former world No.1 and tennis expert Mats Wilander believes Alcaraz heads into the French Open final as a slight favourite against Sinner.
'Sinner and Alcaraz have shown in the past two years they are the best players in the world,' Wilander told TNT Sports.
'They played here last year in the semi-finals, Sinner was up two sets then Carlos Alcaraz came back to win in five. More Trending
'Everyone knows that when Sinner and Alcaraz play, they have unbelievable matches because they move so well and hit the ball so hard.
'Alcaraz probably goes in as a little bit of a favourite as his head to head is a little bit better than Jannik Sinner's but it is very open.
'I can't believe we're getting the final between number one and number two – Sinner v Alcaraz – that's a dream final for me.'
The Roland-Garros men's singles final is live on TNT Sports and discovery+ on Sunday from 1pm.
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