{"id":89109,"date":"2025-08-22T09:30:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=89109"},"modified":"2025-08-23T00:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T04:16:02","slug":"mens-favorites-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/08\/22\/mens-favorites-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Men&#8217;s Favorites to Win 2025 US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Open is the final Grand Slam of the season, and the 2025 edition will have a historic Sunday start. The men&#8217;s tournament promises a long list of entertaining matches from the opening day. Throughout history, the US Open is viewed as one of the hardest Majors to win as it falls at the tail end of the calendar. With some players competing on borrowed energy, and others battling wear and tear after a grueling season, who will have the form and endurance to outlast the field? Let&#8217;s take a closer look at the Top 5 favorites for the men&#8217;s title.<\/p>\n<h2>Top 5 Men&#8217;s Favorites To Win the 2025 US Open<\/h2>\n<h4>5. Novak Djokovic<\/h4>\n<p>Novak Djokovic may no longer be the prohibitive favorite in Grand Slams, but he is still a contender in any tournament he enters. He\u2019s got the reputation (the most Slams of any man), the resilience (reached at least the semifinals in each of the first three Majors), and that residual fear factor that he carries with him. Only Jannik Sinner has beaten him in a completed Grand Slam match this season.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"4F_VhH8tRHxA3odTbk-9oA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2231339078\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4F_VhH8tRHxA3odTbk-9oA',sig:'3-5VYrmy3z0IjAcRG97D9XMVe9GOsxgXVXXVHIKxz3Q=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2231339078',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>4. Taylor Fritz<\/h4>\n<p>Taylor Fritz is the most experienced American man at this level heading to this year\u2019s US Open singles draw. Fritz reached his first Grand Slam final in this tournament 12 months ago, losing to a red-hot Jannik Sinner. The Californian is still a formidable competitor and has more than earned his spot in the world\u2019s Top 5. Throughout his career, Fritz has taken small steps and not skipped any stages to become the player he is today, but if he is to win his first Major, he would need to leap. Belief will be key, and Fritz will be one of the contenders.<\/p>\n<h4>3. Ben Shelton<\/h4>\n<p>Historically, the US Open often stands out as the Grand Slam tournament that crowns unexpected champions. And in Ben Shelton\u2019s case, he might be the natural heir to extend this streak. Shelton\u2019s Grand Slam breakthrough was in New York two years ago when he reached the semifinals and entered the world\u2019s Top 20 for the first time. Having matured rapidly since winning his first Masters 1000 in Canada this month and further cementing his Top 10 spot, Shelton looks poised to end 22 years of hurt for an American men\u2019s champion. He\u2019s got the swagger and energy to bend the crowd to his rhythm, and maybe that thunderous serve will clear everything in his path to the trophy.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"bJzLCLcSQGdGNiwwwRih9g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2231517211\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'bJzLCLcSQGdGNiwwwRih9g',sig:'mG4sJXe-B2SQEiqE2-FAnWPsKbKN8zOjfHUlHBIOpEM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2231517211',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>2. Carlos Alcaraz<\/h4>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz won his first Grand Slam at the 2022 US Open and will always be a contender whenever he returns to the Big Apple. Last year, he suffered his earliest loss in a Grand Slam since he became a Top 5 player. Many consider him the second favorite and the likeliest to stop the top favorite from walking away with the title. And that could well turn into a reality with Alcaraz being the last player to defeat Jannik Sinner on a hard court in a completed match (2024 Beijing) and in a Grand Slam (2025 French Open).<\/p>\n<h4>1. Jannik Sinner<\/h4>\n<p>There\u2019s only one man to take the top spot, and it is Jannik Sinner. The 24-year-old Italian is approaching Roger Federer\u2019s level of dominance on U.S. soil after sweeping the last three hard-court Grand Slams. Before his retirement in Cincinnati, Sinner was undefeated on a hard court for almost a year. But he must now replicate something that Federer was the last to do \u2013 defend the US Open title. It\u2019s been 17 years since the Swiss lifted his fifth straight title at Flushing Meadows, and no player has come close to winning the men\u2019s tournament back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane &#8211; Imagn Images<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Open is the final Grand Slam of the season, and the 2025 edition will have a historic Sunday start. The men&#8217;s tournament promises a long list of entertaining matches from the opening day. 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