It is worth noting that the 2025 tennis season is not over. The autumn Asian swing is underway, but after the US Open, it is a good time to take stock of what we have seen so far and rank the top four matches of the year with the disclaimer that it is subject to change by what we see between now and November.
Without further adieu, here is our list. In our humble opinion, these were exciting, emotional, gut wrenching, and gave us all the feelings before, during, and after.
4. Victoria Mboko defeats Naomi Osaka at Canadian Open
The teenagers have made inroads this year with countless examples including Mirra Andreeva, Iva Jovic, and Joao Fonseca. However, the most emotional win for this age group happened at the 2025 Canadian Open where hometown favorite Victoria Mboko, then 18, nursing an injured wrist from a fall in the previous match, earned her first career title, a WTA 1000 one, in come from behind fashion over four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka.
Tennis Canada fans were loud and proud, as it should be.
Victoria Mboko is the Canadian Open champion!
She defeated Naomi Osaka (2-6, 6-4, 6-1) to win her first WTA title. pic.twitter.com/0qhdQf2dKt
— Carol Radull (@CarolRadull) August 8, 2025
3. Novak Djokovic defeats Hubert Hurkacz at Geneva Open
Tennis’s GOAT, Novak Djokovic, was in search of his 100th ATP title, and he got it against Hubert Hurkacz at the 2025 Geneva Open.
History on the line 🙌@DjokerNole is going for glory against @HubertHurkacz in the Geneva final!@genevaopen | #GonetGenevaOpen pic.twitter.com/Fx2YZNRVSc
— ATP Tour (@atptour) May 24, 2025
Djokovic dropped the first set, but played second and third set tiebreakers to perfection over Hurkacz.
Novak Djokovic. Dismiss him at your peril. Comes back to defeat Hubert Hurkacz 5-7 7-6 (2) 7-6 (2) and win the Geneva final at age 38
His 100th tour singles title makes him only the 3d man in the Open era to reach double digits after Connors (109) and Federer (103)
First man in… pic.twitter.com/mgY6yk9sNd
— Christopher Clarey 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 (@christophclarey) May 24, 2025
With the win, Djokovic joined Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103) with 100 or more ATP singles wins.
2. Carlos Alcaraz defeats Jannik Sinner at French Open
You may think this is the top match of the year, and there are valid reasons to make that argument. Alcaraz looked down and out dropping the first two sets to Sinner, but he found a way to come back from the brink of defeat in over five hours of tennis to win Roland Garros.
WHAT. A. MATCH.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner left it all on the clay with Alcaraz ultimately winning his second-straight French Open title 🎾 pic.twitter.com/4H4P0FoZVe
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 8, 2025
It was a legendary match between the two top men in the game right now.
Call it a comeback 😤
Carlos Alcaraz saved THREE championship points in his French Open victory against Jannik Sinner 🔥 pic.twitter.com/HgAPpwv0JD
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 8, 2025
1. Madison Keys defeats Aryna Sabalenka at Australian Open
This was the only tennis match of the year that brought me to tears. Madison Keys has been so close for so long to winning a Grand Slam. The way she methodically worked her way through a brutal AO draw, defeating Danielle Collins, Elena Rybakina, Elena Svitolina, Iga Swiatek, and then Aryna Sabalenka in successive rounds was amazing to watch.
She earned her maiden Grand Slam in dramatic fashion, and those of us in the US who were up in the middle of the night watching it live, will never forget it.
The Keys to victory!@Madison_keys caps an incredible fortnight with a breakthrough Grand Slam title!
She beats Collins, Rybakina, Svitolina, Swiatek and Sabalenka to claim the crown.@wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis • #AusOpen • #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/p2RdID6JQc
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 25, 2025
