Patrick Mouratoglou has asserted he does not think Jannik Sinner is the best player in the world despite the world No 1 being “dominant.”

The renowned coach outlined why he does not feel Sinner is “above” Carlos Alcaraz as he identified the biggest “asset” both players possess.

Sinner holds a 3,695-point lead over world No 2 Alexander Zverev at the top of the ATP Rankings, with Alcaraz trailing the Italian by a huge 4,820 points in third place.

Alcaraz has won four Grand Slam titles to Sinner’s three, with the pair winning the last five majors between them since the start of 2024.

After winning both the Australian Open and the US Open last year, Sinner defended his title in Melbourne this month in dominant fashion.

The 23-year-old dropped only two sets en route to the title and sealed his triumph with a straight sets win over Zverev in the final.

Alcaraz, who won the French Open and Wimbledon in 2024, fell in the Australian Open quarter-finals to Novak Djokovic.

The 21-year-old holds a 6-4 head-to-head advantage over Sinner having won all three of the pair’s encounters last season.

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In a post on his Instagram account, Mouratoglou wrote: “Everyone sees Jannik Sinner as the best player in the world right now, but I don’t agree.

“He’s been dominant, but there are several reasons why I wouldn’t put him above Carlos Alcaraz. Let’s break it down.

The Frenchman, who coached tennis legend Serena Williams and currently works with Naomi Osaka, explained his view in an accompanying video.

“Jannik is not above everyone,” Mouratoglou argued. “I don’t think he is above Carlos. I think when Carlos is at his best, there is a real match and I’m not sure who’s gonna win. Nobody can say who’s gonna win.

“And all their matches have been extremely close, extremely uncertain, and Carlos won some big ones against him. So I wouldn’t say that he is above. I think those two players, him and Carlos, are above everyone else.

“The difference is they have a different type of game. Carlos is making many more unforced errors than him. He’s playing with much more risk.

“The quality of Sinner is that he plays at a crazy high pace, without missing, and that’s really his asset. The asset of Carlos is that he has this incredible power in the racket, and also the ability to change rhythm.

“He goes at a certain pace, and suddenly – bam! Accelerates the pace like crazy. Jannik is simply everything at the same pace, which is extremely high, so it’s different.

“So the fact that Carlos is making more errors maybe makes him look less dominant in the matches against the other players, but he has so much margin, that’s crazy. And again, when he faces Jannik, nobody can say who’s going to win.

“And, I mean, look at the achievements. Both won two Grand Slams last year and Carlos, for the moment, has won more Grand Slams than Jannik and is actually younger. So, I don’t think that we can say that Jannik is way above Carlos. That’s not true.”

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