4 best comebacks of the 2025 tennis season ft. Madison Keys stunning Iga Swiatek at Australian Open

Madison Keys started her 2025 season by winning in Adelaide and clinching her maiden Grand Slam title, the Australian Open. The American produced a series of impressive results and upsets, featuring two comeback wins, to make it a thrilling start to the WTA season.

In the men's tennis, the season was dominated by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner's growing rivalry. The duo produced one of the best matches in the sport's history at the French Open, where the Spaniard made a stunning comeback from two sets down in the final, saving three match points. Sinner was able to avenge it with a comeback win against Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final.

So, let's take a look at the four best comebacks of the 2025 tennis season:

#1. Carlos Alcaraz's comeback against Jannik Sinner in the epic French Open final

Carlos Alcaraz was defending his crown, and Jannik Sinner was playing in his first final at the 2025 Roland-Garros. The duo was facing each other in their maiden major final, with the head-to-head in favor of Alcaraz by 7-4. Sinner was coming off his Australian Open glory, and Alcaraz had set the clay season ablaze, winning at Monte-Carlo and Rome, setting up a mouth-watering French Open final.

Fans at Court Philippe Chatrier were in a long marathon, as Sinner took the first game after an intense battle for over 12 minutes. Alcaraz broke Sinner to take a 3-2 lead, but the Italian took the first set by 6-4. Sinner looked more lethal in the second set, taking a 3-0 lead, but Alcaraz made a strong comeback to take the set to a tiebreak. Sinner took the second-set breaker by 7-4 and extended a 2-0 lead to move closer to his maiden French Open title.

In the third set, Jannik Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz to take the first game, but the Spaniard then staged a comeback to remember. He took the next three games to take a 3-1 lead with powerful serves and won the set by 6-4 to stay alive in the clash. The fourth set proved crucial as Alcaraz saved a match point from 3-5, 0-40 down. The defending champion took the set and leveled the match score to 2-2 after winning the tiebreak 7-3.

Once again, Alcaraz broke Sinner for the opening game and took the 2-0 lead in the final set. However, Sinner remarkably improved his serving, winning the third, fifth, and seventh games dominantly. The young Italian then broke Alcaraz's serve to make it 5-5 and took a lead by winning the next game on a forehand winner. Alcaraz held his serve to take the epic final match to the 10-point tiebreaker.

Alcaraz was all over Sinner in the breaker as he took a stunning 7-0 lead. Sinner won the next two games to show a bit of resistance, but Alcaraz displayed incredible returns to take the tiebreaker by 10-2, and the French Open crown by 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(10-2).

The match proved to be the longest French Open final, which lasted for a record five hours and 29 minutes. Alcaraz became the third man, after Gaston Gaudio and Novak Djokovic, to win a Grand Slam after saving a championship point.

#2. Madison Keys' comeback against Iga Swiatek in the Australian Open semifinals

Madison Keys entered the 2025 Australian Open after winning in Adelaide. Seeded 19th, the American was tipped as an outsider to make the semifinals. However, she raised the bar after beating two top-10 players and the former World No. 3 Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals.

Madison Keys faced the second-seeded Iga Swiatek, who was the favorite to reach the Australian Open final for the first time. Keys won the first point and also the first game, but Swiatek was quick to recover and took a 5-2 lead in the first set. The American won the next three games to make it 5-5, but once again, the Pole proved her superiority with the serve, to take the first set by 7-5.

In the second set, Madison Keys broke Swiatek to take the 2-0 lead and extended it to 5-0 to stun the crowd at the Rod Laver Arena. However, the World No. 2 avoided a bagel, winning the sixth game, but Keys kept her cool and took the next game to wrap up the set 6-1.

In the deciding set, both Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek failed to break each other in the first ten games, taking the match to the wire. It was Swiatek who broke Keys to take a 6-5 lead, but the latter made a stunning comeback to win the next game, taking the thriller to a 10-point match tiebreak. The Pole was quick to take a 3-1 lead in the breaker, but the American was not ready to go down without a fight after so many heartbreaks in Grand Slams.

Madison Keys denied Swiatek to stretch the lead by three points and was able to tie the score to 7-7, down from 5-7 and 3-5. Swiatek moved closer to glory with an 8-7 lead, but Keys caused an upset, winning the next three games and taking the match. Madison Keys pulled off another upset in the final, beating the No. 1 and two-time defending champion, Aryna Sabalenka, in a three-set thriller 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.

#3. Victoria Mboko's comeback win against Naomi Osaka in the Montreal Open final

Victoria Mboko and Naomi Osaka at the 2025 National Bank Open in Montreal - Image source: Getty

Victoria Mboko's Canadian Open campaign was one of the best stories of the 2025 season. Entering the home WTA 1000 event as a wildcard, she defeated three Grand Slam champions before taking down the four-time major winner, Naomi Osaka, with a memorable comeback win in the final.

The 18-year-old stunned the top-seeded Coco Gauff in the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-4 win. She then staged a remarkable 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 comeback win against the third-seeded Elena Rybakina in the semifinal, setting up a final against Naomi Osaka.

Osaka proved her superiority and counted on her experience to take the first game, breaking the young Canadian's first two serves. Osaka won the first set comfortably, 6-2, and looked set to win her first big title in over five years. But Mboko was not ready to give up that easily.

The US-born Mboko broke the Japanese star's serve four times to take a 5-2 lead in the second set. Osaka was able to win the next two games, but an unforced error cost her the second set 6-4.

In the final set, Osaka seemed tired, and young Mboko showed remarkable energy. Mboko drained out Osaka in the fourth game that saw six deuces and won four break points to frustrate the latter. The Canadian then Osaka to hit the nets for the match point and won the final by 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Victoria Mboko wrapped her 2025 campaign with her second WTA title in Hong Kong and finished as a Year-End No. 18.

#4. Taylor Fritz's comeback against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the first round of Wimbledon

Taylor Fritz made a memorable comeback against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard to avoid a first-round exit at Wimbledon this year. The top-ranked American had arrived in London after winning grass court tournaments in Stuttgart and Eastbourne, and was a clear favorite to overcome the out-of-form Frenchman.

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard made the headlines in the very first game of the match. He produced a 153 mph serve in the opening game, the fastest serve in the tournament's history. However, Fritz not only successfully returned it but also won that point.

Mpetshi Perricard took the first set to a tiebreaker to give Taylor Fritz and the crowd a glimpse of his potential. Then the 21-year-old won the first two sets on a tiebreaker to stun the fifth-seed American.

Taylor Fritz then showed resilience to win the third and fourth sets 6-4, 7-6(6) and take the match to the fifth set, which was decided on the next day due to the 11:00 p.m. deadline at Wimbledon.

In the final set, both Mpetshi Perricard and Fritz held their serves in the first eight games. Fritz took a 5-4 lead with three powerful forehand winners and then broke his opponent to take the next game by 40-0 and the match by 6-7(8), 6-7(10), 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-4.

ATP's official website later rated Taylor Fritz's Wimbledon first-round triumph over Mpetshi Perricard as the best comeback win of the 2025 ATP season.