Ljubicic honest about Alcaraz and Sinner's dominance over the rest of the tour: "I don't expect any change in the next two or three years"

Former professional player Ivan Ljubicic discussed the rivalry between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. According to the Croatian, no ATP tour player will be able to shake up the hierarchy in the next two or three years.

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Adrien Guyot

le 22/11/2025 à 09h23

2 min to read

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Ivan Ljubicic is a former professional player who reached world No. 3. Now, the 46-year-old Croatian is the high-performance director at the French Tennis Federation and follows the progress of French players throughout the season, but not only that.

Above all a tennis enthusiast, the winner of the 2010 Indian Wells Masters 1000 delights in the new significant rivalry in this sport between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who have continued to widen the gap with the rest of the tour players. Moreover, according to Ljubicic, no one will be able to stop the two best players in the world consistently in the coming months.

"I believe things will continue in this direction. I think so because Carlos (Alcaraz) and Jannik (Sinner) continue to improve and add things to their games. Their experience in big matches and in tense moments continues to intensify. The rest of the tour is not there, no one is reaching their level, which is why I don't expect any change in the next two or three years.

Maybe someone will eventually emerge, but I don't think they will be able to compete with Carlos and Jannik globally over the course of a full year. It's interesting, because they are two completely different personalities and players. It's always great to see this contrast and opposition of styles every time they face each other. The numbers say that Carlos is a bit ahead of Jannik, and he is also younger. It's fascinating and fantastic for tennis to have such a rivalry right after the end of the Big 3 era," Ljubicic told Punto de Break.