Alexander Zverev and Flavio Cobolli will play for the Roland Garros title this year.
Zverev is the favourite to beat Cobolli in the championship match, as he looks to finally win an elusive Grand Slam title.
Both players have reached the final in very different ways, with Zverev beating Jakub Mensik, while Cobolli received a walkover to the final after Matteo Arnaldi withdrew due to a viral illness.
Although they have never played against each other in a Grand Slam final before, Zverev and Cobolli did also meet at Roland Garros last year.
Alexander Zverev beat Flavio Cobolli at Roland Garros 2025
Zverev and Cobolli played each other at a much earlier stage of Roland Garros in 2025, as they faced in just the third round.
This was the first time that they had ever played each other, and Zverev cruised to a comfortable straight sets win, beating Cobolli 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-1.
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Although he only dropped nine games against Cobolli, Zverev was full of praise for the Italian when asked about the challenge he faced in the second set.
“I mean, you have to respect him. He’s a great player,” Zverev said in his post-match press conference at the time. “He just won Hamburg. It’s not like I was playing a lucky loser or a qualifier or anything like that. He’s in the form of his life. He’s playing fantastic tennis right now.
“The level was quite high in the second set. He was up twice with a break. I started feeling the heat a lot, but I was fighting. I was fighting through it. I was coming back all the time, and, you know, I’m happy of course to win the second set. I think that was very, very important.
“Also, I think it gave me a mental advantage in the third set in the beginning, and I kind of ran away with it. So I’m always happy with the outcome of that.”
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Who leads Alexander Zverev and Flavio Cobolli’s overall Head-to-Head?
Zverev and Cobolli have actually played against each other three times since their first meeting at Roland Garros, and it is the German who leads the head-to-head 3-1.
This includes winning their most recent meeting at the Madrid Open, where Zverev beat Cobolli 6-1, 6-4.
However, Cobolli does also have a victory over Zverev during this clay court season, having beaten him in the semi-finals in Munich.
| Year | Tournament | Result |
| 2025 | Roland Garros (R32) | Zverev beat Cobolli, 6-3 7-6(4) 6-1 |
| 2025 | Halle Open (QF) | Zverev beat Cobolli, 6-4 7-6(6) |
| 2026 | Bavarian Open (SF) | Cobolli beat Zverev, 6-3 6-3 |
| 2026 | Madrid Open (QF) | Zverev beat Cobolli, 6-1 6-4 |
Cobolli will be hoping to channel the same form he showed in Munich, when he plays Zverev in the Roland Garros final on Sunday, June 7.
Regardless of the result, it is confirmed that there will be a new men’s singles Grand Slam champion crowned for the first time since Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open in 2024.
