Zverev vs Alcaraz, who will have the better 2025?

[GloW]

One of the best rivalries of 2024, Zverev vs Alcaraz. Both finished in the top 3 and are Sinner's main competitors. With Alcaraz winning 2 grand slams and one masters this year and Zverev making the final of Roland Garros, winning two masters, and being more consistant overall by achieving the higher ranking between the two. While it is obvious that Alcaraz is already an ATG Zverev is one of the few players that have a positive h2h over him. Even Sinner has failed to do so. So which of these two players will have a better 2025 season and why?

 

[tennis3]

Alcaraz will win CYGS. Zverev will end the year #1

 

[GloW]

Alcaraz will win CYGS. Zverev will end the year #1

Yes that is totally posibble...

 

[nolefam_2024]

In 2024 everyone expected Carlos to be number 1. Safe to say he will have much better year than Sascha. Much better.

 

[GloW]

In 2024 everyone expected Carlos to be number 1. Safe to say he will have much better year than Sascha. Much better.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Sascha is slamless because of Carlos.

 

[Winners or Errors]

Same as 2024. Alcaraz will show up for a few big tournaments and lose to mugs in early rounds in others. Zverev will continue to be the perpetual bridesmaid, losing in more finals than he wins.

 

[GloW]

Same as 2024. Alcaraz will show up for a few big tournaments and lose to mugs in early rounds in others. Zverev will continue to be the perpetual bridesmaid, losing in more finals than he wins.

Hopefully both of them can "fix themselves and their errors" this break so we can see much higher levels of tennis from them along with much higher levels of consistency and mental strength.

 

[Pheasant]

I think a better question is who will have a better year, Zverev or Fritz?

 

[RSJfan]

Putting Zed in there. Maybe?

 

[Subway Tennis]

GOATcaraz will win at least one major. Zedrot, unless he has a drop off similar to what he had after winning WTF a few years ago, should get a big haul of runner-ups and m1000 titles.

Zverev might actually be the best player in the world on two different surfaces now in the Bo3 format. Carlitos is the complete opposite, he prefers the big boy tennis of the majors. Unless he is playing Sinner, we rarely see Alcaraz anywhere close to his best in Bo3 and he seems entirely disinterested in the shortened format of the game now.

 

[Tennfan123]

Carlos will keep building his atg career.
the chains wearer will keep on consolidating his alleged best player to never win a slam status.
both will have good years but Carlos’ one will be more meaningful in the long term.

 

[Winner Sinner]

Good question.
In my opinion, next year both Alcaraz and Zverev will have a better season than the one that just ended.
Alcaraz will be more consistent, although in my opinion he won't win 2 slams like in 2024.
In the end, the Spaniard is still 21 years old and is still fully developing.

Zverev, on the other hand, is 27 years old, the right age to express his best level, let's remember the serious injury he suffered in the semi-final of Roland Garros 2022, consequently 2023 was an interim season for him, 2024 an adjustment one, and 2025 could be the best of his career.

In the end I vote for Alcaraz but I wouldn't be surprised if Zverev was still positioned above the Spaniard in the rankings even at the end of 2025.

 

[SonnyT]

Alcaraz will have the more spectacular; Zverev the more mundane one.

Who's trying to compare the next best player to a choker? Better compare Alcaraz to Sinner!

 

[Tano]

One of the best rivalries of 2024, Zverev vs Alcaraz. Both finished in the top 3 and are Sinner's main competitors. With Alcaraz winning 2 grand slams and one masters this year and Zverev making the final of Roland Garros, winning two masters, and being more consistant overall by achieving the higher ranking between the two. While it is obvious that Alcaraz is already an ATG Zverev is one of the few players that have a positive h2h over him. Even Sinner has failed to do so. So which of these two players will have a better 2025 season and why?

Alcaraz, without a doubt.

 

[Aabye5]

I think a better question is who will have a better year, Zverev or Fritz?

Yep, that's my question

 

[messiahrobins]

One of the best rivalries of 2024, Zverev vs Alcaraz. Both finished in the top 3 and are Sinner's main competitors. With Alcaraz winning 2 grand slams and one masters this year and Zverev making the final of Roland Garros, winning two masters, and being more consistant overall by achieving the higher ranking between the two. While it is obvious that Alcaraz is already an ATG Zverev is one of the few players that have a positive h2h over him. Even Sinner has failed to do so. So which of these two players will have a better 2025 season and why?

Alcaraz to win the Calendar Slam. I predicted that in 2022 he would do it in 2025.

 

[messiahrobins]

GOATcaraz will win at least one major. Zedrot, unless he has a drop off similar to what he had after winning WTF a few years ago, should get a big haul of runner-ups and m1000 titles.

Zverev might actually be the best player in the world on two different surfaces now in the Bo3 format. Carlitos is the complete opposite, he prefers the big boy tennis of the majors. Unless he is playing Sinner, we rarely see Alcaraz anywhere close to his best in Bo3 and he seems entirely disinterested in the shortened format of the game now.

Alcaraz is a clone of Nadal in that respect. It is in fact a Spanish thing as in Spain the season is the clay season and the Majors and that is about prolonging careers.
I think Alcaraz wins all 4 Majors next season. I feel he is a level above everyone else including Sinner.

 

[Aabye5]

Alcaraz is a clone of Nadal in that respect. It is in fact a Spanish thing as in Spain the season is the clay season and the Majors and that is about prolonging careers.
I think Alcaraz wins all 4 Majors next season. I feel he is a level above everyone else including Sinner.

Still seems to lack the consistency factor

 

[messiahrobins]

Still seems to lack the consistency factor

And he always will...but i think he will find a way to be fresh and peak at the 4 slams and Indian Wells.

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

Zverev if he breaks through the slam barrier. Carlos isn’t consistent at all. But Zverev always freezes on the big stage

 

[GloW]

Alcaraz will have the more spectacular; Zverev the more mundane one.

Who's trying to compare the next best player to a choker? Better compare Alcaraz to Sinner!

Please explain why Zverev had a better 2024 then? Sinner Alcaraz is boring

 

[Aabye5]

And he always will...but i think he will find a way to be fresh and peak at the 4 slams and Indian Wells.

I feel like players who lack consistency are less likely to peak at the majors, but perhaps you're right.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Z-Evil to win it all

 

[Subway Tennis]

I feel like players who lack consistency are less likely to peak at the majors, but perhaps you're right.

Alcaraz reminds me a little bit of GOATwrinka, not in playing style but more in attitude. Both players are diesels who play on inspiration who enjoy the extra time to get their teeth into a match. There is something about majors with the longer tournament time and longer match format that really appeals to them.

When they go mentally walkabout in a match or start poorly they still have extra time to change the momentum back and let inspiration and the crowd fuel them. There are usually more “crunch” moments in Bo5 than Bo3. The larger spread and instance of crunch/pressure moments in the longer match format seems to favour absurdly clutch players like GOATwrinka and Alcaraz who have an obsession with reserving their best tennis for the most crucial moments possible.

 

[Aabye5]

Alcaraz reminds me a little bit of GOATwrinka, not in playing style but more in attitude. Both players are diesels who play on inspiration who enjoy the extra time to get their teeth into a match. There is something about majors with the longer tournament time and longer match format that really appeals to them.

When they go mentally walkabout in a match or start poorly they still have extra time to change the momentum back and let inspiration and the crowd fuel them. There are usually more “crunch” moments in Bo5 than Bo3. The larger spread and instance of crunch/pressure moments in the longer match format seems to favour absurdly clutch players like GOATwrinka and Alcaraz who have an obsession with reserving their best tennis for the most crucial moments possible.

That's a pretty unique comparison

 

[Subway Tennis]

That's a pretty unique comparison

Who is your tip for AO? Do you think Zed is likely to do better than Carlitos in Melbourne? I don’t like the AO conditions for Carlitos

 

[FeroBango]

Alcaraz reminds me a little bit of GOATwrinka, not in playing style but more in attitude. Both players are diesels who play on inspiration who enjoy the extra time to get their teeth into a match. There is something about majors with the longer tournament time and longer match format that really appeals to them.

When they go mentally walkabout in a match or start poorly they still have extra time to change the momentum back and let inspiration and the crowd fuel them. There are usually more “crunch” moments in Bo5 than Bo3. The larger spread and instance of crunch/pressure moments in the longer match format seems to favour absurdly clutch players like GOATwrinka and Alcaraz who have an obsession with reserving their best tennis for the most crucial moments possible.

Interesting comparison. On a similar interesting note, I've found Alcaraz to be what Verdasco could have been if he consistently replicated that one match over and over again.

 

[Subway Tennis]

Interesting comparison. On a similar interesting note, I've found Alcaraz to be what Verdasco could have been if he consistently replicated that one match over and over again.

Absolutely. If Nadal and GOATcaraz had come up together, we could have had some epics similar to the Verdasco / Nadal matches in Cincy and AO.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Z-Evil

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

Zverev vs Alcaraz, who will have the better 2025?

Arguably, the one who is not a violent offender. In other words, Alcaraz, and not this guy:

 

[GloW]

Arguably, the one who is not a violent offender. In other words, Alcaraz, and not this guy:

and how does that have anything to do with the year they will have?? Did anybody ask?? Funny that the “violent offender” is ranked higher than Alcaraz.