Jannik Sinner


Jannik Sinner is an Italian tennis player. Sinner has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 68, achieved in February 2020.

Tennis career

2019: Challenger success, NextGen ATP Finals champion, top 100

Early Challenger Success

Sinner won his first ATP Challenger singles title in Bergamo in February. By doing so, he became the first person born in 2001 to reach a Challenger final. He followed that up with several ITF Futures titles in Italy. In April, he qualified into his first ATP tournament, the Hungarian Open, where he notched his first ATP tour level win over Mate Valkusz. The next week, he reached his second career ATP Challenger final in Ostrava, eventually falling to Kamil Majchrzak. In May, he notched his first ATP Masters level victory at the Italian Open in Rome, prevailing over American Steve Johnson. In early August, he picked up his second ATP Challenger singles title in Lexington.

Next Gen Finals Winner

Later on that month, he qualified for his first Grand Slam by winning three matches at the US Open qualifying tournament. In October, he received a wild card into the European Open and became the youngest male tennis player in 5 years to reach the semifinal of an ATP tournament. Along the way, he knocked off top seeded Gael Monfils, notching his first career victory over a top 50 player. Later on that month, he received another wild card into the Vienna Open. After winning his opening match, he jumped into the top 100 for the first time in his career. This same week, the field for the 2019 #NextGenATP Finals was announced, with Jannik being the Italian wild card at the Milan event. On November 9, 2019, he became the third and youngest winner of NextGen, after beating Alex de Minaur 4-2, 4-1, 4-2.

2020: First top 10 win

First Grand Slam Win, First ATP 500 Quarterfinal

Sinner lost in the first round of Auckland Open to eventual finalist Benoit Paire. He won his first Grand Slam Match in Australian Open as be beats Australian Wildcard Max Purcell. He then went to Montpellier Open where he qualified as a wildcard and lost in first round. In Rotterdam Open, Sinner qualified as a wildcard again. He advanced to the second round after Radu Albot pulled out of the tournament. He then earned his first top 10 win of his career against No.10 David Goffin. In his second ATP-level quarterfinal and first ATP 500 quarterfinal, he slipped away two match points in a tough loss to Pablo Carreño Busta. In Marseille Open, he won his first round match against qualifier Norbert Gombos, but lost the next match in three sets to World No. 4 Daniil Medvedev. Before going to the Indian Wells Masters, he prepared it by going to the Indian Wells Challengers. He received a bye in the first round as the sixth seed. In the second round, he eased past Sem Verbeek. He lost in the third round to Denis Kudla.

ATP Next Generation finals

Singles: 1 (1-0)

ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
WinNov 2019Next Generation ATP Finals, ItalyHard Alex De Minaur4–2, 4–1, 4–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (5–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Santa Cristina F23, ItalyFuturesClay Peter Heller1–6, 3–6
Win1–12019 Trofeo Faip–Perrel – Singles|Trofeo Faip-Perrel, ItalyChallengerHard Roberto Marcora6–3, 6–1
Win2–1Trento M25, ItalyFuturesHard Jeremy Jahn6–3, 6–4
Win3–1Pula M25, ItalyFuturesClay Andrea Pellegrino6–1, 6–1
Loss3–22019 Prosperita Open – Singles|Prosperita Open, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Kamil Majchrzak1–6, 0–6
Win4–22019 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Singles|Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, USAChallengerHard Alex Bolt6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win5–22019 Sparkassen ATP Challenger - Singles|Internazionali Tennis Val Gardena Südtirol, ItalyChallengerHard Sebastian Ofner6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Santa Cristina Valgardena F23, ItalyFuturesClay Giacomo Dambrosi Maxime Mora
Nicolò Turchetti		6–2, 7–6

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2020 Dubai Open.

Wins over top 10 players

Record against top 10 players

Sinner's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10.
Correct as of 10 March 2020