Past US Open Champs Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz And Novak

A take a look at some of the guys 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 championship trophy after defeating Taylor Fritz, of the United States, in the males's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sept. 8, 2024, in New York. (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 four Grand Slam tournaments, a run that began with his first U.S. Open title a year back. ... He won the Australian Open in January, lost an epic last to Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open in June, and won Wimbledon in July by beating Alcaraz. ... Needed to give up against Alcaraz in the Cincinnati Open last Monday due to the fact that of a health problem, ending Sinner's 26-match unbeaten streak on difficult courts.


He Said It: "You have to be all set if you wish to maintain."


Read All About It: Jannik Sinner gets the much better of 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 past 41 matches and leads the tour in triumphes and titles in 2025. ... Has a chance to return to No. 1 in the ATP rankings after the U.S. Open. ... Won his first Grand Slam title at age 19 at Flushing Meadows three years earlier. ... Was 5-0 in significant finals before the loss at Wimbledon.


He Said It: "I simply wish to believe, 'OK, I just played a last in a Grand Slam,' and try 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 showing 12 months ago marked the first appearance in a Grand Slam last by an American man considering that Andy Roddick was the runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009. ... Got to his second Grand Slam semifinal last month at the All England Club before bailing out against Alcaraz.


He Said It: "It ´ s always been among my goals to be able to see tennis grow as a sport in the U.S."


Read Everything about It: Taylor Fritz ´ s U.S. Open last run was a very long time coming for American males


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 genuine development season, consisting of a Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells. ... Only the 2nd Rafael Nadal is the other - to reach the leading 5 considering that 2000. ... Fitness problems from early in his career appear to be behind him.


He Said It: "I live and breathe the sport, and I ´ m obsessed with advancing and consumed with becoming the gamer that I desire to end up being all the time and accomplish the things I wish to."


Read All About It: Jack Draper wins the prize at Indian Wells and arrives 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 launching in June. ... Won his 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 career Grand Slam competitions.


He Said It: "Love playing at the Slams. They always have the best crowds, more energetic crowds, the very best environment."


Read Everything about It: Ben Shelton ´ s first Grand Slam semifinal can be found in New York two years earlier


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 because losing to Sinner in the semifinals there July 11. ... Newest Grand Slam title came at the 2023 U.S. Open, the last time a man aside from Sinner or Alcaraz won a major. ... Seeking a record 25th Slam prize.


He Said It: "I seem like when I ´ m fresh, when I ´ m fit, I can still play really good tennis. I ´ ve proven that this year."


Read Everything about It: Novak Djokovic states he plans to go back to Wimbledon


Odds Are: +1100


FILE - Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, returns to Italy's Jannik Sinner in the men's singles last at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan, File)


FILE - Jack Draper, of Great Britain, returns to Holger Rune, of Denmark, during the final 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 trophy after defeating Karen Khachanov, of Russia, in the men's last at the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press through AP)


FILE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns to Italy's Jannik Sinner in a guys's singles semifinal at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)