For the first time in 20 years, the French Open men’s singles final will include none of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz plays No. 4 Alexander Zverev in the first French Open men’s final pitting two first-time Roland Garros finalists since 2005, when Nadal won his first of a record 14 titles against Argentine Mariano Puerta.
Alcaraz goes for a third Grand Slam title after winning the U.S. Open in 2022 and Wimbledon in 2023. Zverev eyes his first.
Nadal, who won a record 14 titles in Paris starting in 2005, lost in the first round to Zverev in what may have been the last French Open match of Nadal’s career.
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Nadal, 38, was unseeded after being sidelined for most of the last year and a half due to injuries, including hip surgery last spring that kept him out of the 2023 French Open.
Nadal said after his loss to Zverev that he hopes to return to Roland Garros for the Paris Olympics and hasn’t decided yet on playing the 2025 French Open.
Djokovic, who won the 2023 French Open in Nadal’s absence, withdrew after tearing the meniscus in his right knee in a fourth round win over Argentine Francisco Cerundolo.
The 37-year-old Serb owns a men’s record 24 Grand Slam singles titles but has yet to make a tournament final this year.
No American man made the singles quarterfinals, extending a drought since Andre Agassi’s last run that far in 2003.
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