The 2025 Italian Open is now complete. The champion on the women’s side was Jasmine Paolini of Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy, and the champion on the men’s side was Carlos Alcaraz of El Palmar, Spain.
Paolini, the sixth seed, defeated Coco Gauff of the United States, the fourth seed, 6-4, 6-2 in the final. One key statistic in the match was double faults. Paolini only had one double fault, while Gauff had seven. Paolini also broke Gauff five times in seven opportunities. This was a final of grand slam finalists. Paolini reached the final of the French Open and United States Open last year. Gauff won the 2023 United States Open.
Gauff was one of three seeded players Paolini beat at the Italian Open. The other three were the 27th seed and three-time grand slam finalist Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6-4, 6-3 in the third round, the 17th seed and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 7-5, 6-2 in the fourth round, and the 13th seed Diana Schneider of Russia, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2. Jabeur reached the final of Wimbledon in 2022 and 2023, and the United States Open in 2022.
Paolini has now won two WTA 1000 events. She previously won the 2024 Dubai Championship. There she beat Anna Kalinskaya of Russia in the final, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.
Paolini also becomes the fourth Italian woman to win the Italian Open women’s singles championship. The other three were Lucia Valerio of Milan, who won the 1931 final by beating Dorothy Andrus of the United States 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; Annelies Ullstein-Bossi of Milan, who won the 1950 final by beating Joan Curry of Great Britain, 6-4, 6-4; and Raffaella Reggi of Faenza, who won the 1985 final by beating Vicki Nelson-Dunbar of the United States, 6-4, 6-4.
In the men’s final, Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner of Italy 7-6, 6-1. Alcaraz beat two Italians in a row, as he also beat the eighth seed Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 7-6 in the semifinal.
Alcaraz beat two other seeded players in the tournament. He defeated the 23rd seed Karen Khachanov of Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in the fourth round, and the fifth seed Jack Draper of Great Britain 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.
Alcaraz has now won seven ATP Masters 1000 series titles. He won the 2022 Miami Open, the 2022 and 2023 Madrid Open, the 2023 and 2024 Indian Wells titles, and the 2025 Monte Carlo Masters.
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