ATP Finals: Jannik Sinner joins Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic to achieve unique record

World number one Italy’s Jannik Sinner has had an incredible 2024 season. The 23-year-old is now regarded as the best player currently playing in men’s tennis in the singles category. Sinner rounded off the year in style in Turin when he lifted the ATP Finals title for the first time in his career.

He defeated America’s Taylor Fritz in the final in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4. This was Sinner’s third major title this year. Earlier, he lifted the Australian Open after beating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the final in a five-set thriller with a score of 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. He then lifted the US Open title after beating Fritz in the final in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.

While doing this, he became only the third player in the history of men’s tennis in the singles category to win the Australian Open, the US Open and the ATP Finals in the same year. The other two players to did that was Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Switzerland’s Roger Federer. He also became the first Italian player to lift the ATP Finals title and was the first to win the title without losing a set since 1986.

Other than that, Sinner lifted five more titles as well. He won an ATP 500 event in Rotterdam after beating Australia’s Alex de Minaur in straight sets with a score of 7-5, 6-4. He then lifted the Miami Open after beating Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in the final in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-1. In June, Sinner won the Halle Open after beating Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in the final in straight sets with a score of 7-6, 7-6. In August, the reigning world number one lifted the Cincinnati Open after beating America’s Frances Tiafoe in the final in straight sets with a score of 7-6, 6-2. His last major title before the ATP Finals was the Shanghai Masters, where he defeated Serbia’s Djokovic in the final in straight sets with a score of 7-6, 6-3.