(In Images) Andre Agassi Becomes Emotional Witnessing the Longest Roland Garros Final Between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner
Clocking 5 hours and 29 minutes, the 2025 Roland Garros men’s singles final was the longest in the tournament’s history, surpassing the previous record of the 1982 final played between Mats Wilander and Guillermo Vilas which lasted 4 hours and 42 minutes. It is also the second-longest Grand Slam final overall, after the 2012 Australian Open final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal which lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes.
It was a thrilling five-set battle between the World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz who had met for the first time in a Grand Slam final and fought resiliently and pushed each other to the limit. Alcaraz did the unbelievable by saving three championship points in the fourth set, becoming the third man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam after saving championship points, after Gaston Gaudio at the 2004 Roland Garros and Djokovic at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.
Until today, Alcaraz had never won a best-of-five match in his career after losing the opening two sets. With Alcaraz sealing the victory 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6, this final will go down in the annals of history as one of the greatest and most memorable tennis matches of our time, perhaps the best so far after the Big 3 era.