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There will be a new French Open champion this summer.
Back-to-back reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz announced he will be off the clay this year following a wrist injury earlier this month.
“After the results of the tests carried out today, we have decided that the most prudent thing is to be careful and not participate in Rome and Roland Garros while we wait to assess the development to decide when we will return to the court. It is a complicated moment for me, but I am sure that we will come out stronger from here,” writes Alcaraz on social media.
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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain plays against Fabian Marozsan of Hungary in the second round of the singles competition at the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on May 28, 2025. (Tim Clayton/Getty Images)
No. No. 2 Alcaraz was injured at the Barcelona Open this month during his first-round win and withdrew the next day.
He withdrew from this week’s Madrid Open and attended the Laureus World Sports Awards in the Spanish capital on Monday with his wrist immobilized.
Alcaraz started the year in sensational form, beating Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final. It made him the youngest man ever to win all four Grand Slam titles in tennis.
He lost the Monte Carlo final to Jannik Sinner earlier this month, surrendering the No. 1 ranking to his Italian rival.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz reacts after winning the third set against Italy’s Jannik Sinner during their final match of the French Open at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris on June 8, 2025. (Thibault Camus/AP)
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Last year, Alcaraz beat Sinner in the finals of the Italian Open and the French Open, saving three match points in an epic battle. Alcaraz then lost the Wimbledon final to Sinner before beating him again in the US Open final.
Last year’s final between Alcaraz and Sinner lasted five hours and 29 minutes, the longest French Open final ever. Alcaraz came back from two sets to love, with three of the sets going to tiebreaks.
Either Alcaraz or Sinner have won each of the last nine Grand Slams and have met in each of the last four.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after winning the men’s singles final against Germany’s Alexander Zverev on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the French Open in Paris on June 9, 2024. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)
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Alcaraz defeated Alexander Zverev at the 2024 tournament before taking down Sinner.
