Past US Open Champs Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz And Novak
A look at a few of the men to see at the U.S. Open, which begins Sunday, with money-line chances through BetMGM Sportsbook:
2025 Record: 31-4
FILE - Jannik Sinner, of Italy, holds up the champion prize after Taylor Fritz, of the United States, in the guys's songs last of the U.S. Open tennis champions, Sept. 8, 2024, in New york city. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Grand Slam Titles: 4 - U.S. Open (1: 2024), Australian Open (2: 2024, 2025), Wimbledon (1: 2025)
Last 5 U.S. Open: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-Lost in fourth Round, 2022-QF, 2021-4th, 2020-1st
Aces: Reached the finals at each of the last 4 Grand Slam competitions, a run that started with his first U.S. Open title a year earlier. ... He won the Australian Open in January, lost an impressive final to Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open in June, and won Wimbledon in July by beating Alcaraz. ... Needed to stop versus Alcaraz in the Cincinnati Open last Monday because of a disease, ending Sinner's 26-match unbeaten streak on hard courts.
He Said It: "You have to be ready if you want to maintain."
Read All About It: Jannik Sinner overcomes Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon last
Odds Are: +100
Country: Spain
2025 Record: 54-6
2025 Titles: 6
Grand Slam Titles: 5 - U.S. Open (1: 2022), French Open (2: 2024, 2025), Wimbledon (2: 2023, 2024)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: 2024-2nd, 2023-SF, 2022-W, 2021-QF, 2020-Did Not Play
Aces: Has won 39 of his previous 41 matches and leads the tour in success and titles in 2025. ... Has a chance to go back to No. 1 in the ATP rankings after the U.S. Open. ... Won his first Grand Slam title at age 19 at Flushing Meadows 3 years earlier. ... Was 5-0 in major finals before the loss at Wimbledon.
He Said It: "I simply wish to believe, 'OK, I simply played a final in a Grand Slam,' and attempt to forget that I lost it."
Read All About It: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are producing quite a rivalry
Odds Are: +140
Ranking: 4
2025 Record: 38-15
Last 5 U.S. Opens: 2024-Runner-Up, 2023-QF, 2022-1st, 2021-2nd, 2020-3rd
Aces: His U.S. Open revealing 12 months ago marked the first appearance in a Grand Slam final by an American male considering that Andy Roddick was the runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009. ... Got to his 2nd Grand Slam semifinal last month at the All England Club before bowing out versus Alcaraz.
He Said It: "It ´ s constantly been one of my objectives to be able to see tennis grow as a sport in the U.S."
Read All About It: Taylor Fritz ´ s U.S. Open last run was a long time coming for American men
Odds Are: +2200
Ranked: 5
Country: Britain
Age: 23
2025 Record: 29-9
Grand Slam Titles: Zero - Best: Semifinals, U.S. Open (2024 )
Last 5 U.S. Opens: 2024-SF, 2023-4th, 2022-3rd, 2021-DNP, 2020-DNP
Aces: Enjoying a real breakthrough season, consisting of a Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells. ... Only the second left-hander - Rafael Nadal is the other - to arrive 5 given that 2000. ... Fitness problems from early in his profession appear to be behind him.
He Said It: "I live and breathe the sport, and I ´ m obsessed with progressing and consumed with ending up being the player that I wish to become all the time and achieve the things I want to."
Read Everything about It: Jack Draper wins the trophy at Indian Wells and reaches the leading 10
Odds Are: +1400
Career-Best Ranking: 6
Age: 22
2025 Record: 35-17
Grand Slam Titles: Zero - Best: Semifinals, U.S. Open (2023 ), Australian Open (2025 )
Last 5 U.S. Opens: 2024-3rd, 2023-SF, 2022-1st, 2021-DNP, 2020-DNP
Aces: Made his top 10 debut in June. ... Won his very first Masters 1000 title in Canada this month. ... A semifinalist at the Australian Open in January and the U.S. Open in 2023. ... Has made it to Week 2 in six of his 12 profession Grand Slam competitions.
He Said It: "Love playing at the Slams. They always have the very best crowds, more energetic crowds, the finest environment."
Read Everything about It: Ben Shelton ´ s very first Grand Slam semifinal was available in New York 2 years ago
Odds Are: +1600
Ranked: 7
Country: Serbia
Age: 38
2025 Record: 26-9
Career Titles: 100
Grand Slam Titles: 24 - U.S. Open (4: 2011, 2015, 2018, 2023), Wimbledon (7: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022), Australian Open (10: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023), French Open (3: 2016, 2021, 2023)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: 2024-3rd, 2023-W, 2022-DNP, 2021-RU, 2019-4th
Aces: Dealt with a groin injury at Wimbledon and hasn't played a match considering that losing to Sinner in the semifinals there July 11. ... Most current Grand Slam title came at the 2023 U.S. Open, the last time a male aside from Sinner or Alcaraz won a major. ... Seeking a record 25th Slam prize.
He Said It: "I feel like when I ´ m fresh, when I ´ m fit, I can still play actually good tennis. I ´ ve shown that this year."
Read All About It: Novak Djokovic says he prepares to return to Wimbledon
Odds Are: +1100
FILE - Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, goes back to Italy's Jannik Sinner in the males's songs final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan, File)
FILE - Jack Draper, of Great Britain, goes back to Holger Rune, of Denmark, during the last match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis competition, March 16, 2025, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Ben Shelton, of the United States, holds the prize after beating Karen Khachanov, of Russia, in the males's final at the National Bank Open tennis competition in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press by means of AP)
FILE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic goes back to Italy's Jannik Sinner in a men's songs semifinal at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)