Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner
	Sinner at the 2024 US Open
Full name	Jannik Sinner
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Sexten, Italy
Born	16 August 2001 (age 23); Innichen, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Riccardo Piatti; Andrea Volpini
Prize money	US$832,915
Singles
Career record	14–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 68 (17 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 73 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2020)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2019)
US Open	1R (2019)
Doubles
Career record	2–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 380 (9 March 2020)
Current ranking	No. 384 (16 March 2020)
	Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Jannik Sinner (born 16 August 2001) 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] Along the way, he knocked off top seeded Gael Monfils, notching his first career victory over a top 50 player.^[5] 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.^[6] On November 9, 2019, he became the third and youngest winner of NextGen, after beating Alex de Minaur 4-2, 4-1, 4-2.^[7]

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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	Nov 2019	Next Generation ATP Finals, Italy	Hard (i)	Alex De Minaur	4–2, 4–1, 4–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (5–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–1)
ITF Futures (2–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2018	Santa Cristina F23, Italy	Futures	Clay	Peter Heller	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2019	Trofeo Faip-Perrel, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Roberto Marcora	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–1	Mar 2019	Trento M25, Italy	Futures	Hard (i)	Jeremy Jahn	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–1	Mar 2019	Pula M25, Italy	Futures	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	6–1, 6–1
Loss	3–2	May 2019	Prosperita Open, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Kamil Majchrzak	1–6, 0–6
Win	4–2	Aug 2019	Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, USA	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bolt	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	5–2	Nov 2019	Internazionali Tennis Val Gardena Südtirol, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sebastian Ofner	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2018	Santa Cristina Valgardena F23, Italy	Futures	Clay	Giacomo Dambrosi	Maxime Mora Nicolò Turchetti	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2020 Dubai Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1
French Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Win–Loss	0–1	1–1	0 / 2	1–2
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Miami Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Monte-Carlo Masters	A		0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Italian Open	2R		0 / 1	1–1
Canadian Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati Masters	A		0 / 0	0–0
Shanghai Masters	A		0 / 0	0–0
Paris Masters	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	1–1	0–0	0 / 1	1–1
ATP Tour 500
Rotterdam Open	A	QF	0 / 1	1–1
Rio Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Dubai Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Acapulco Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Barcelona Open	A		0 / 0	0-0
Queen's Club	A		0 / 0	0–0
Halle Open	Q2		0 / 0	0–0
Hamburg Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Washington Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Beijing Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Tokyo Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Vienna Open	2R		0 / 1	1-1
Basel Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	1–1	1-1	0 / 2	2-2
Career statistics
Tournaments	10	5	Career total: 15
Overall Win–Loss	11–10	3-5	Career total: 13–14
Win %	52%	38%	Career total: 48%
Year-end ranking	78