{"id":97343,"date":"2026-04-12T17:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=97343"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:11:33","slug":"sinner-alcaraz-rolex-monte-carlo-masters-final-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/sinner-alcaraz-rolex-monte-carlo-masters-final-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Read &#038; Watch: Sinner Defeats Alcaraz To Reclaim World No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner has reclaimed World No. 1 after edging rival Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(5), 6-3 to win his first Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters title.<\/p>\n<p>Despite limited preparation on clay after winning the \u2018Sunshine Double\u2019 on hard courts in Indian Wells and Miami, Sinner became the first man since Novak Djokovic in 2015 to sweep the first three Masters 1000 tournaments of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In windy conditions, Sinner delivered a serving masterclass in the first-set tie-break to take a marathon opening stanza in 74 minutes and later claimed consecutive service breaks midway through the second set to cement his 22nd consecutive match win at Masters 1000 level after two hours and 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know where to start, honestly,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cWe came here just trying to get as many matches as possible. I\u2019m very happy to win one big trophy on this surface, which I hadn\u2019t done before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing result and getting back to No. 1 means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFKCwH2lxTk?si=1WTvORARr7SNpFTK\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With breezy conditions welcoming players to Court Rainier III, the 74-minute first set was largely a scrappy affair, with few extended rallies and a high unforced error count. Alcaraz had 11 unforced errors through the first six games.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner dropped serve in the second game of the match but immediately broke back. Little separated the players until the tie-break, when Sinner made all six first serves while Alcaraz put just two of six into play and double faulted on set point.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner, who completed the sweep of all six Masters 1000 hard-court titles in Indian Wells, captured his first on clay and now holds seven of the nine titles in the series.<\/p>\n<p>Having also won the Rolex Paris Masters late last season, Sinner joins Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal as the only players to win four consecutive Masters 1000 titles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FORZA CAMPIONE \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9\ud83e\udde1<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janniksin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@janniksin<\/a> is a Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters winner for the first time defeating 2025 champion Alcaraz 7-6 6-3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolexMonteCarloMasters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RolexMonteCarloMasters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SILHhnu6cw\">pic.twitter.com\/SILHhnu6cw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (@ROLEXMCMASTERS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ROLEXMCMASTERS\/status\/2043350639808282781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz claimed an early break in the second set with a piece of athletic brilliance. Forced deep and wide behind the baseline from an inside-out forehand from an incoming Sinner, Alcaraz replied with a dipping crosscourt backhand that forced the Italian to dig out a backhand volley. It was a decent response, but landed just beyond the service line, allowing Alcaraz just enough time to push a sliding forehand pass with a sliced grip that caught the near sideline.<\/p>\n<p>But poor shot selection would soon see Alcaraz hand back the break. Facing his third break point of the sixth game, the Spaniard pushed wide a high-risk down-the-line backhand drop shot from deep in the court off a looping Sinner backhand return.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner claimed his second consecutive break to go ahead 5-3 with a forceful forehand passing shot that drew an Alcaraz forehand volley error before confidently serving out the match, avenging his five-set loss to the Spaniard when they last met on clay in the 2025 Roland Garros final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday was breezy, different conditions to what we had earlier in the tournament,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cHaving the trophy means a lot to me. It\u2019s a completely different tournament for me being able to sleep at home and everything. It means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Corinne Dubreuil\/ATP Tour<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian will start 67th week as No. 1 Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jannik Sinner Beats Carlos Alcaraz, Reclaims World No. 1 in Monte-Carlo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jannik Sinner has reclaimed World No. 1 after edging rival Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(5), 6-3 to win his first Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters title.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/sinner-alcaraz-rolex-monte-carlo-masters-final-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jannik Sinner Beats Carlos Alcaraz, Reclaims World No. 1 in Monte-Carlo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jannik Sinner has reclaimed World No. 1 after edging rival Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(5), 6-3 to win his first Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters title.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/sinner-alcaraz-rolex-monte-carlo-masters-final-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-12T15:55:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-12T16:11:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Macpherson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Macpherson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/montecarlotennismasters.com\\\/en\\\/sinner-alcaraz-rolex-monte-carlo-masters-final-2026\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/montecarlotennismasters.com\\\/en\\\/sinner-alcaraz-rolex-monte-carlo-masters-final-2026\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Macpherson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/montecarlotennismasters.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b24292ff18a658c64b7cc3fb7a82b5a7\"},\"headline\":\"Read &#038; 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