# Tennis 2025 General Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** tennis\ **Created:** [January 13, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2025-general-thread/1012891 "2025-01-13T01:10:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 59
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2025-general-thread/1012891/59 "2025-09-08T22:46:20Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Alcaraz certainly is in the running for GOAT even this early in his career. He is certainly the best player at the moment. Career longevity will depend on staying healthy, and he has the means to have the trainers working for him. Sinner is very very good, but his overall game just isn’t at the same level as Alcaraz. Either one can be the other, but Alcaraz has the advantage. As I posted three years ago: > [@Tennis 2022 discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2022-discussion/965460/115): > > I expect Alcaraz to win it all. As my spouse said, “he’s a god!”. He gets to the the ball and makes shots that are amazing. He has the raw talent of one of the greats, and he seems to have the mental composure to keep with it. We’ll see. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2025-general-thread/1012891)._