In a year with 73 wins and six losses, 18 of Jannik Sinner’s successes have come against players in the Top 10.
A number that testifies to the extent and quality of Sinner’s victories, which equals the Big 3. Before the 2-time Slam champion, only Novak Djokovic (for six seasons from 2011 to 2016), Roger Federer (in 2004 and 2006) and Rafael Nadal (2013) had beaten players ranked in the top ten of the ranking at least 18 times.
Players who have been able to score 18+ Top 10 wins in a single year since 1990:
Novak Djokovic
(2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Roger Federer
(2004, 2006)
Rafael Nadal
(2013)
Jannik Sinner
(2024)
The Italian already has his mind on next season, but with an eye on the historic year that is about to end. Jannik has returned to training to best prepare for the Australian Open 2025, a Slam in which the South Tyrolean defends the title he won this year.
After a few days of vacation, which the ATP number 1 used to attend the last Formula 1 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, Sinner remained in Arab land to work for two weeks with his team, before returning to Italy to celebrate Christmas.
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The Italian tennis player, who will not participate in any tournament in preparation for the Australian major, will test his condition at the Opening Week, a charity exhibition tournament scheduled to be played at the Rod Laver Arena, in which Alcaraz, Djokovic, De Minaur, Popyrin and Zheng Qinwen should also be present.
If the goal of the 23-year-old Italian is to confirm the results obtained in 2024, looking at the statistics of the number one there is one that allows Sinner to return to a very restricted club of racket champions.
We recall Jannik closed the season by winning 8 titles, including the Australian Open, the US Open, the Miami Open, the Cincinnati Open, the Shanghai Rolex Masters and the ATP Finals. To this must be added the triumph in the Davis Cup with his Italy. At the same time, the Italian’s season was marked by the Clostebol doping issue; only after mid-February 2025 will his fate and the possible duration of a disqualification be known.
Tennis World USA