Roland-Garros 2025: 5:29, 3 match points saved... The crazy numbers of an equally crazy final

Tennis fans witnessed one of the greatest finals in the history of the sport on Sunday at Porte d'Auteuil.

Carlos Alcaraz retained his title at Roland-Garros on Sunday, June 8, after a legendary final against Jannik Sinner. The Spaniard won in five sets, after a super tie-break (4-6, 6-7 [4-7], 6-4, 7-6 [7-3], 7-6 [10-2]), a first-ever victory at Porte d'Auteuil. Franceinfo: sport looks at the key figures from this historic clash.

The crowd on Court Philippe-Chatrier witnessed the longest final in the history of Roland-Garros. The record set by Mats Wilander and Guillermo Vilas, which had stood since 1982 (4 hours and 42 minutes), was shattered. The epic battle, punctuated by two deciding games and a super tie-break, were the hallmarks of this extremely close match. It came within 24 minutes of the record, across all Grand Slam tournaments. The record still belongs to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, with their 5-hour-43-minute battle at the 2012 Australian Open.

Carlos Alcaraz became the third player in the Open era (since 1968) to win a final after surviving a match point. Unlike his predecessors, who saved two, Gaston Gaudio (against Guillermo Coria at Roland Garros 2004) and Novak Djokovic (against Roger Federer at Wimbledon 2019), he saved three while trailing two sets to one, at 0-40 on his serve. The Spaniard delivered a lesson in resilience that will live on in the memory.

He's Spanish and he's on exactly the same split time as Rafael Nadal. Carlos Alcaraz celebrated his fifth Grand Slam title at the age of 22 years, 1 month and 3 days, exactly the same age as Rafael Nadal, when he won his Wimbledon title in 2008. In the men's competition, only Björn Borg (22 years and 5 days) had been earlier than the two Spaniards on the day of his fifth Major title.

Carlos Alcaraz maintained a 100% success rate in Grand Slam finals on Sunday, never giving up, even when trailing two sets to nothing. The Murcian has thus won each of the five finals he has contested since the 2022 US Open. Only one player on the men's tour has achieved this feat before him, the illustrious Roger Federer, who even extended this streak to seven wins in his first seven Grand Slam finals. Rafael Nadal broke it in the 2006 Roland-Garros final.

After spending his entire fortnight being expeditious, without dropping a single set to his opponents, Jannik Sinner lost his arm wrestling match against Carlos Alcaraz. The duel tilted in his favor for the first three hours, but the Spaniard's stamina was superior to his own. For the world number 1, not collapsing in marathon matches is an area for improvement because he has simply never won a match that lasted more than four hours in his seven career matches.