Wimbledon Final: Jannik Sinner Dethrones Carlos Alcaraz At All England Club - Data Debrief

Jannik Sinner came from behind to earn his maiden Wimbledon title, ending Carlos Alcaraz's reign at the All England Club with a four-set victory on Sunday.

The pair played out an all-time epic in the French Open final last month, but Sinner got his revenge for that defeat despite going a set down as he roared back with a controlled performance.

The Italian claimed a 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 victory in three hours and six minutes on Centre Court, ending a run of five consecutive defeats to Alcaraz.

Sinner started the stronger of the pair and got an early break as he raced into a 4-2 lead, but Alcaraz fought back as he attempted to keep his title defence on track.

The Spaniard turned the set on its head as he earned a first break during a four-game winning streak, but he took the lead in style.

Alcaraz had been stretched to the right but recovered incredibly to race to the opposite corner and clear the net with a sliced forehand.

He could not keep hold of his momentum in the second set, though, with Sinner breaking his serve in the opener. While Alcaraz forced a break point in the next game, the world number one defended it.

Sinner maintained control from there and converted his first set point attempt to draw level and effectively pile pressure on the defending champion.

Alcaraz managed to avoid an early break in the third set, fending off two attempts from Sinner. Despite holding his nerve, he failed to test Sinner when receiving, even when given ample opportunities.

Sinner recovered to level at 3-3 despite letting Alcaraz back into the game when he smashed a winner at the net too wide. Luckily for him, his opponent could not take advantage, and he eventually got the vital break in the penultimate game.

Alcaraz continued to struggle on serve in the fourth set and suffered another early break to go 2-1 down. He did force two break points, giving him a chance to level at 4-4, but Sinner responded brilliantly to put himself on the brink.

Sinner then had three chances at championship point, just like he did at Roland-Garros where he failed to convert any of them. This time, he got the match over the line at the second attempt, letting out a huge cheer after Alcaraz struck the net.

Sinner ends his Alcaraz hoodoo

The French Open final defeat will have been eating at Sinner, but he put in a standout performance at SW19 to lift the trophy.

He had lost his last five matches against Alcaraz prior to this final, with all of those losses coming since the start of the 2024 season.

It was a landmark match for Sinner in more ways than one – he played his first final at Wimbledon, but it was also his 100th contest at grand slams. He is the first player to reach the milestone in a major showpiece.

He claimed his 81st men's singles match win at grand slam events – since 2000, only Rafael Nadal (86) has claimed more wins from his first 100 such matches at majors.

Sinner (23 years 318 days) is the youngest player to hold the men's singles title at the Australian Open, US Open and Wimbledon since Roger Federer (23 years and 22 days) in 2004.

The Italian has surpassed Federer's record as the youngest player to reach four consecutive grand slam finals – a run that dates back to last year's US Open.

Sinner is now one of five players aged 23 or under in the Open Era to simultaneously hold three men's singles titles at grand slams, along with Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Federer and Nadal.

And by breaking Alcaraz's 24-match win streak, Sinner remains the only player born since 2000 to win 25+ consecutive matches at ATP level.

It is worth a reminder as well that Sinner came within touching distance of a round-of-16 exit after going two sets down to Grigor Dimitrov before the Bulgarian retired through injury. Even still, in his completed matches, Sinner only dropped one set, as he stormed to the title.

Alcaraz's Wimbledon reign ends

It looked like Alcaraz had all of the momentum going into the final, with a run of 34 consecutive match wins across the French Open and Wimbledon since the start of 2023.

Alcaraz became the third-youngest player (22 years 56 days) in the Open Era to reach consecutive men's singles finals at both Wimbledon and Roland-Garros, after Bjorn Borg and Nadal (22 years 20 days).

However, he was left frustrated by Sinner as he lost his first grand slam final at the sixth attempt.

Alcaraz was in strong form on grass coming into the tournament, having also won at Queen's Club prior to the grand slam. Going into the final, his win rate on the surface sat at 92.1%, the highest at ATP level of any player in the Open Era to have played a minimum of 10 matches.

Sinner had previously got the better of Alcaraz at the All England Club, though, knocking him out of the round of 16 in 2022, and is the only player to have defeated the Spaniard on grass, clay and hard courts.

Before Sinner, Alcaraz was the last player to defeat the reigning Wimbledon champion to claim the crown, beating Novak Djokovic in 2023, and the Spaniard will wonder where it all went wrong.