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Marcos Baghdatis is tipping Carlos Alcaraz to finish with more Grand Slam titles than Jannik Sinner, but adds that his prediction could easily turn out to be wrong because it is a very tough pick to make.
Alcaraz, 22, became a Grand Slam champion at the 2022 US Open and lifted his first Wimbledon title the following year, before adding four more Majors to his collection in the last two years.
Sinner, 24, needed more time to break through at the Grand Slam level. The Italian tennis star has won a total of four Majors since 2024.
Heading into 2026, Alcaraz has two more Grand Slams than Sinner and he is two years younger than the Italian. However, they have had the same level of success over the last two years since they have split the last eight Grand Slams between them.
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Baghdatis, the 2006 Australian Open finalist, was asked to pick between the two.
Very tough question. I would go with Alcaraz because he has more variety to his game, I can say. But hes mentally maybe less consistent than Sinner, so it can backfire. But yeah, I would go with Carlos, former world No. 8 Baghdatis told Tennis365.
Alcaraz issued a major Grand Slam statement last month
Novak Djokovic owns a record 24 Grand Slam titles, Rafael Nadal follows with 22, while Roger Federer finished with 20. When asked how far he was aiming to get, Alcaraz made it perfectly clear that his goal was to reach the Slam heights of the Big Three.
I can sit at the table with Nadal, Federer, and Djokovic. If I didnt think that way, I wouldnt have goals, I wouldnt have ambition, I wouldnt have anything. Thats a goal at the end of my career: to see that I can sit at that table with them, and for people to think that I can also sit at their table at the end of my career," the 22-year-old told Spanish media last month.
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The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam that Alcaraz hasn't won yet, and that will be the Spaniard's first big goal for 2026.
