Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka win multiple titles as Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek triumph – our 2025 Grand Slam predictions
09/16/2024 07:31 AM
The dust has settled on the Grand Slam season, with all four majors for 2024 now complete.
This season saw three players win multiple Grand Slam titles, a dominant world No 1 extend her control of one of the biggest events on the calendar, and a surprise women’s champion at SW19.
Though the 2024 season is not done yet, it is not difficult to cast your eyes on how the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open may pan out in 2025.
We make our (very early) predictions for who will find Grand Slam success next season.
Australian Open
Men: Throughout 2024, Jannik Sinner has cemented his place as the best hard court player on the ATP, a run that started with his Australian Open triumph in January. With the Italian dropping just one set on his way to US Open victory, the world No 1 will be the heavy favourite in Melbourne next year – and is our pick to win.
Women: In the Open Era, five women have won three Australian Open titles in a row – can Aryna Sabalenka make it six? Having won three of the last four hard court Slams and reaching the final at all four, it is hard to bet against the Belarusian completing a Melbourne 'threepeat'.
French Open
Men: The men's French Open will be intriguing next year, with an array of strong clay-courters sitting towards the top of the Game. Sinner will fancy his chances of a first Roland Garros win, but Carlos Alcaraz won the title this year despite a disrupted build-up – and surely is in the conversation to do so again.
Women: No prizes for guessing our women's French Open pick for 2025. Iga Swiatek has won the title three years in a row, and four times in the past five years. She has created an aura in Paris that's difficult to beat, and if she plays anywhere near her best, surely she wins.
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Wimbledon
Men: Grass has proven a stumbling block for many of the top ATP players in recent seasons, with Alcaraz seemingly breaking Novak Djokovic's Wimbledon dynasty and forging his own. However, Sinner can also play on this surface and, if he is fit and playing well, we think his big serve can power him to the title at SW19.
Women: She's won the Australian Open twice, now she's won the US Open – surely Sabalenka can now win Wimbledon? The world No 2 suffered painful semi-final defeats in 2021 and 2023, and missed the tournament in 2022 and 2024, but her game is tailor-made for grass. She will likely go in as the favourite – and her Slam consistency suggests she will deliver.
US Open
Men: Predicting the winner of next year's US Open just days after this year's event admittedly feels a little odd, but there is plenty to look at. Sinner and Alcaraz will be the favourites, but Daniil Medvedev is surely far too good to win a sole Slam. With his rivals perhaps worn down by a busy summer, he can take advantage.
Women: The last three women's champions in New York are Swiatek, Coco Gauff, and Sabalenka. All three will be in contention again but, with a year to improve her game, a home crowd could well propel the American star to a second major singles title on home soil.
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