“Sky is the limit for both these guys” – Rick Macci on Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. In the past few months, they have dominated the racquet sport with incredible feats. They bagged 2 Grand Slam titles each in the 2024 season! How many can they win in the 2025 season? Time will tell! Serena Williams’ former coach, Rick Macci has always been a huge admirer of these youngsters. Previously, he stated that both Alcaraz and Sinner would dominate the tennis world for a long time and might become the new “Big Two” of the tennis world. Now, he has recently shared his thoughts on what makes them the absolute best on the court.

The 69-year-old renowned American coach recently appeared in an interview on Billion Dollar Mind’s page on IG (‘A Billion Dollar Mind: A Practical Guide to the Game of Life’ is a book by Rick Macci and Nivedita Uberoi Jerath). While speaking on Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz during the interview, he said, “So, the Italian Flamethrowers for real, great groundstrokes, okay, but mentally he’s a cool customer. He’s number one in the world now okay, but I think it’s going to be him and the generational talent, The Spanish Magician- Carlos Alcaraz.”

Then while speaking about the Spaniard he added, “A talent that we’ve never seen. I’ve seen this my whole life, I’ve never ever seen a player more complete than Carlos Alcaraz. There’s no holes in his game.” Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have faced each other ten times in their careers. Currently, Alcaraz has a lead 6-4 over the Italian. The 21-year-old from Murcia, Spain has already won 4 Grand Slam titles in his career. On the other hand, the 23-year-old from South Tyrol, Italy has won 2 Grand Slam titles so far, both of which came this season.

Rick Macci is a vastly decorated coach with spanned for almost five decades. He trained players who later on went on to become world number one: Jennifer Capriati, Andy Roddick, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams. During a previous interview with ES, we saw him saying, “I look at Alcaraz and Sinner. I have no doubts they are going to have a bucket full and both of them will definitely be double-figure Grand Slams. Right now those are the two chosen ones.” He also added, “Barring injuries, Alcaraz and Sinner might end up playing 50 to 60 times before this is all over.“

Macci’s predictions have often turned out to be true, so it’ll be interesting to see if really Sinner and Alcaraz can achieve those incredible feats in their careers. However, with the 2024 season coming to an end, does Macci have any predictions for the 2025 season?

Serena Williams’ ex-coach makes a bold prediction for Carlos Alcaraz’s 2025 season

Previously, Rick Macci said, “Carlos Alcaraz will go to another level in 2024 and be a Grand Slam winner and the main reason is a guy named Sinner.” After that, we saw Jannik Sinner starting the year by winning the AO and ending it by claiming the ATP Finals title on home soil in Turin. Sinner won 8 titles this season and two out of them were major titles. Carlos Alcaraz on the other hand, had a terrific summer which included winning the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back. He even won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics. In total, he won 4 titles this season.

At just the age of 21, Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest male player to complete a ‘Career Surface Slam,’ winning Grand Slam titles on clay, grass, and hard court. Rick Macci has time and again spoken about the rapid rise of the Spaniard. In fact, he once even hailed him as, “The single most appetizing LIGHTNING BOLT to the tennis menu since the Compton Comets Venus and SERENA.” Now speaking about what can we expect from Carlos Alcaraz in 2025, he added, “Fasten Seat Belt in 2025 with young Carlos Alcaraz! Fasten seat belt in 2025 as the young Carlos Alcaraz now has tasted the ups downs highs lows peaks and Valleys and the magician will win 2 or 3 Slams and produce many epic jaw-dropping breathtaking Rallies.“

What are Alcaraz’s goals for the 2025 season? Well while answering this question, the Spaniard said that his primary goal for the 2025 season would be to stay fresh in the later stages of the campaign. As per reports. Carlos Alcaraz may skip the warm-up events and could start his season directly at the 2025 AO, just like what he did this year.

Surely, it’s not going to be easy for him to beat the likes of Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, and Novak Djokovic and win a few more big titles in the next season. However, as Macci said, Alcaraz is a “Generational Talent!” So, who knows what’s lining up for all the tennis lovers in the next 12 months? On that note, let us just set the tone for the rest of the season- while addressing the upcoming challenges, Novak Djokovic recently released a statement saying, “I’m looking forward to it!” So, how excited are you for the 2025 season, though?