Jannik Sinner He ended 2024 with a new title under his belt: the Davis Cup. The Italian, the best player in the world and by quite a difference throughout the season, He had a year for the history books with important achievements and notable milestones that are positioning him as a tennis player who will mark an era in the sport.
To begin with, the one born in San Candido in 2001 finished the calendar year with a record 73 wins and just six! defeats. The only ones who could beat him were Carlos Alcaraz (three times), Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev. To this fact we must add that he is the second player in the Open Era to finish a season with at least one set won in all his matches. The other? A certain Roger Federer.
Nor should we forget to mention the record of wins and losses against Top 10 tennis players in this 2024: seventeen wins and only five falls. Numbers of a historic top, without a doubt.
Within that accumulation of victories, It should be mentioned that he obtained his first two Grand Slam titles: the first was in the Australian Open in front of Daniil Medvedev while the second happened in the US Open against the local Taylor Fritz. And we must not overlook Roland Garros: although he reached the semifinals there, it was in Paris where he obtained the top of the ATP world ranking, displacing Novak Djokovic.
The Italian has been the best player in the world for a total of 20 consecutive weeks and with an abysmal difference in points: 11,830 units against 7,915 for his immediate pursuer, Alexander Zverev. and 7010 from his greatest rival, Carlos Alcaraz. Novak Djokovic was far behind, who finished the year in seventh place with 3910 points.
It should also be noted that he is the first player, since 1993, to win the ATP Finals and Davis Cup titles in the same year. The last to achieve this was the German Michael Stich, who beat Pete Sampras in Frankfurt and then won three points for his country in the definition against Australia in Düsseldorf.
And if we talk about first times, Sinner also marked a milestone: he is the first player in history to win two Grand Slam titles, the ATP Finals and the Davis Cup in the same season.. Without a doubt, a very difficult record to achieve and one that, in the future, will be more difficult to equal.
Only time will tell if Jannik Sinner’s 2024 was just a season for the history books or if it will be the beginning of a hegemony rarely seen in tennis.
ALL JANNIK SINNER TITLES IN THE 2024 SEASON:
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Australian Open vs. Daniil Medvedev: 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 y 6-3.
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ATP 500 Rotterdam vs. Alex de Minaur: 7-5 y 6-4
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Masters 1000 de Miami vs. Grigor Dimitrov: 6-3 y 6-1
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ATP 500 de Halle vs. Hubert Hurkacz: 7-6 (8) y 7-6 (2)
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Masters 1000 de Cincinnati vs. Frances Tiafoe: 7-6 (4) y 6-2
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US Open vs. Taylor Fritz: 6-3, 6-4 y 7-5
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Masters 1000 de Shanghai vs. Novak Djokovic: 7-6 (4) y 6-3
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ATP Finals vs. Taylor Fritz: 6-4 y 6-4
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Copa Davis vs. Tallon Greek Spoor: 7-6 (2) y 6-2
