Jannik Sinner taps Spanish prodigy Martin Landaluce for pre-season training

Jannik Sinner chose a rising Spanish tennis star as his pre-season sparring partner. The World No. 1 is in Dubai preparing for the 2025 season, with the main goal of defending his title at the Australian Open. While training at the Patrick Mouratoglou Tennis Center Academy, he added Martin Landaluce as his hitting partner.

The young Spaniard, 18 years old, was trained at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca. He has stood out as a junior, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon Junior and winning the 2022 US Open Junior title at 16, becoming the third youngest after Richard Gasquet and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Sinner's new sparring partner

Sinner will begin the season as a favourite at the Australian Open, his first tournament of the year. The Italian ended 2024 in the best way, with the ATP Finals title and then leading Italy to defend their Davis Cup title. He holds a nearly 4,000-point lead over Alexander Zverev in the ATP rankings and is guaranteed a couple of months at the top of the rankings.

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However, the Italian is not complacent and is already working for the new season. While working in Dubai, Diario As confirmed that rising star Martin Landaluce joined Sinner's training.

The Spanish player recently won his first Challenger title in Olbia, Italy, defeating local Mattia Bellucci in straight sets. Landaluce was close to securing a spot in the Next Gen ATP Finals, set to take place next week in Jeddah, but ended up as the first alternate, one spot behind 8th-seeded Joao Fonseca.

The Spanish player, born in 2006, has already climbed to World No. 153 and has an ATP win at the Miami Open, where he defeated his compatriot Jaume Munar in the first round (6-3, 1-6, 7-5). A couple of days later, he lost in the semifinals to 16th-seed Ben Shelton (3-6, 4-6).

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Landaluce finished the season with 383 points, not far from Joao Fonseca's 409 points (No. 145), the 8th player qualified for the Next Gen ATP Finals. The Spaniard is awaiting as an alternate and still has a chance to play in the tournament in case of a last-minute withdrawal. Landaluce was also spotted training in Madrid with Grigor Dimitrov a few weeks ago.