Alex de Minaur enjoyed another solid season on the ATP Tour in 2025, finishing with a year-end ranking of seventh in the world.
The Australian made the quarterfinals of two Grand Slams and qualified for the ATP Finals for the second time in his career.
De Minaur reached two tour-level finals and clinched his 10th career title at the Washington Open, where he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina to hoist the trophy.
Though he continues to improve with every campaign, the gap between the 26-year-old and the ‘new two’ of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner remains sizeable.
Perhaps one of the shots in his game holding him back from closing that gap is his serve, which former British number one Greg Rusedski recently discussed.
Greg Rusedski pinpoints the flaw with Alex de Minaur’s serve
Speaking about de Minaur’s game in an episode ‘Off Court with Greg‘, Rusedski said: “I think it’s not going to be hugely technical with the forehand because it’s really hard to change that.
“One thing he did a few years back was to change the string in his racket. He put natural gut in the crosses to give him a bit more pop on his serve.
What does Alex de Minaur need to change to challenge Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner?
“I think technically the area he is going to work on is the serve. If you look at his serve, his elbow at times is a bit low, so his consistency is not where it needs to be. That will be the technical thing.
“It’s just practicing with that tempo and then measuring it. Because if you look at Sinner, off the forehand and backhand side, he can get up to 80mph on average, which is just humongous.
“If he gets more pop on his serve in the off-season and gets more pace as well on his groundstrokes, he is one of those guys you think maybe he can step up against Sinner and Alcaraz because physically he is just as strong as those two.”
Alex de Minaur’s record against Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in 2025
De Minaur has struggled against the very best in the world this year, having failed to win a match against either Alcaraz or Sinner.
He played the Spaniard three times in 2025, meeting him in the Rotterdam final, the Barcelona quarterfinals, and the ATP Finals round robin.
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Against Sinner, De Minaur now trails 13-0 in the head-to-head after being handed another four defeats by the Italian this year.
His first loss to the four-time major champion came at the Australian Open, where he fell in straight sets.
Then, De Minaur was beaten by Sinner in three consecutive semifinals; losing in Beijing, Vienna and the ATP Finals.
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