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There will be a new Roland-Garros champion this summer.
Back-to-back defending champion Carlos Alcaraz announced he would not play on clay this year after suffering 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 waiting to evaluate the evolution to decide when we will return to the field. It is a complicated moment for me, but I am sure that we will come out of it stronger,” Alcaraz said on social media.
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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain faces Fabian Marozsan of Hungary in the second round of the singles competition at Roland Garros 2025 at Roland Garros in Paris on May 28, 2025. (Tim Clayton/Getty Images)
No. 2 seed Alcaraz was injured at the Barcelona Open this month during his first-round victory 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 final of the Australian Open. This made him the youngest man to win all four Grand Slam titles in tennis.
He lost the Monte Carlo final to Jannik Sinner earlier this month and ceded first place to his Italian rival.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz reacts after winning the third set against Italy’s Jannik Sinner in their French Open final match at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris on June 8, 2025. (Thibault Camus/AP)
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Last year, Alcaraz defeated Sinner in the finals of the Italian Open and French Open, where he saved three match points in an epic match. 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 down at love, with three of the sets ending in tiebreaks.
Either Alcaraz or Sinner have won each of the last nine Grand Slams and have faced each other in the last four.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after winning the men’s singles final against Germany’s Alexander Zverev on the Philippe-Chatrier court at Roland-Garros in Paris on June 9, 2024. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)
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Alcaraz defeated Alexander Zverev in the 2024 tournament before defeating Sinner.
