Defending champion
Carlos Alcaraz
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defeated
Jannik Sinner
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in
the final, 4–6, 6–7
(4–7), 6–4, 7–6
(7–3), 7–6
(10–2) to win the men's singles tennis title at the
2025 French Open
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. It was his second
French Open
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title and fifth
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title overall. Alcaraz came from two sets down and
saved three championship points en route to the title, becoming the third man in the
Open Era
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to win a major after being championship points down, following
Gastón Gaudio
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at the
2004 French Open
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and
Novak Djokovic
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at the
2019 Wimbledon Championships
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. Both players served for the championship (Sinner at 5–4 in the fourth set, Alcaraz at 5–4 in the fifth set), but both were broken.
At 5 hours and 29 minutes, it was the longest French Open final in history (surpassing the
1982
Events
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final), and the second-longest major final overall, behind only the
2012 Australian Open final. Alcaraz was the second man in the Open Era (after
Roger Federer
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) to win his first five major finals and the second-youngest to win a fifth major, behind only
Björn Borg
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(at ) and tied with
Rafael Nadal
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(at exact same age of ). It was the first French Open singles final to be decided in a final-set tiebreak (after the tiebreak rule was added in 2022), and the first men's final at any major to be contested by two players born in the 2000s.
With his fourth-round win, Djokovic became the second player (after Nadal) to achieve 100 career match wins at the French Open, as well as the third man to win 100 matches at a major, alongside Nadal at the French Open and Federer at both the
Australian Open
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and
Wimbledon Championships
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. Additionally, Djokovic broke Federer's record for the
most quarterfinals at one major, with 19, and was the second-oldest man in the Open Era to reach the French Open semifinals (after
Pancho Gonzales
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in
1968
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).
This marked the first time in the Open Era that two Italian men (
Lorenzo Musetti
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and Sinner) reached the semifinals of a singles major, and the first time at the French Open since
Nicola Pietrangeli
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Nicola Chirinsky ...
and
Orlando Sirola
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In 1958 he won the singles title at the B ...
in
1960
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. Additionally, Sinner was the first Italian man to reach the French Open final since
Adriano Panatta
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won the
1976
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title.
Alexander Bublik
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became the first Kazakhstani man to reach a major singles quarterfinal.
Tommy Paul and
Frances Tiafoe
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were the first American men to reach the French Open quarterfinals since
Andre Agassi
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in
2003
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, marking the first time that multiple American men did so since
Pete Sampras
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and
Jim Courier
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in
1996
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. With his win over
Hugo Dellien
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in the first round,
Gaël Monfils
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claimed his 40th career main draw match win, equaling
Yannick Noah
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for the most singles main-draw wins at the tournament by a French player.
This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 7 and three-time major semifinalist
Richard Gasquet
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, who lost in the second round to Sinner. His 22nd participation at the event was the most in the Open Era, and equaled the all-time record of
Antoine Gentien
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.
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Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Seeded players
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 19 May 2025. Rankings and points before are as of 26 May 2025.
Withdrawn seeded players
The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.
Other entry information
Wildcards
Protected ranking
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Withdrawals
The entry list was released based on the ATP rankings for the week of April 14, 2025.
‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began
@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began
§ – withdrew from main draw
References
External links
Draw
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