124 Facts About Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner was born on 16 August 2001 and is an Italian professional tennis player.

Jannik Sinner is currently ranked as the world No 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, the first Italian to reach the top ranking.

Jannik Sinner led Italy to the 2023 and 2024 Davis Cup crowns.

Jannik Sinner won his first Masters 1000 title at the 2023 Canadian Open and finished the season by reaching the final of the ATP Finals and leading Italy to the Davis Cup crown.

At the 2024 Australian Open, Jannik Sinner defeated world No 1 Novak Djokovic and then Daniil Medvedev in a five-set final, coming back from two sets down to win his first major title.

Jannik Sinner followed by winning three Masters 1000 events, the US Open, and the ATP Finals to finish the year as the world No 1.

Jannik Sinner is currently serving a WADA suspension, between 9 February and 4 May 2025, and is therefore not eligible to compete in ATP events during this time.

Jannik Sinner was born 16 August 2001 to Hanspeter and Siglinde Sinner in Innichen in the province of South Tyrol in Northern Italy.

Jannik Sinner has an older adopted brother named Mark, who was born in Russia.

Jannik Sinner began both skiing and playing tennis at age three.

Jannik Sinner did his first ski races in first grade, played his first tennis tournament at the age of five.

Jannik Sinner was one of Italy's top junior skiers from seven to twelve years old, winning a national championship in giant slalom at age seven in 2008 and becoming a national runner-up at age eleven in 2012.

At age 13, Jannik Sinner gave up skiing and football in favour of tennis due to his physique; he was tall, thin, and weighed only 35 kilograms.

Jannik Sinner preferred competing in an individual sport directly against an opponent and having more control over the outcome.

Jannik Sinner decided to move on his own to Bordighera in Liguria on the Italian Riviera to train at the Piatti Tennis Center under Riccardo Piatti and Massimo Sartori, a decision his parents supported.

At the centre, Jannik Sinner lived with the family of Luka Cvjetkovic, one of his coaches, and later moved out to share an apartment with two boys.

Jannik Sinner graduated from the Walther Institute, a private economics school in Bolzano.

Jannik Sinner never played the main draw of any high-level Grade 1 events in singles, and the only higher-level Grade A tournament he entered was the Trofeo Bonfiglio.

Jannik Sinner followed up an opening round loss at Italy's Grade A tournament in 2017 with a quarterfinal in 2018.

Jannik Sinner never played any of the junior Grand Slam tournaments.

Jannik Sinner began playing on the ITF Men's Circuit in early 2018.

Jannik Sinner won his first ATP Challenger title in Bergamo in February 2019 at the age of 17 years and 6 months, despite entering the tournament with no match wins at the Challenger level.

Jannik Sinner became the first person born in 2001 to reach a Challenger final, and the youngest Italian to win a Challenger title in history.

Jannik Sinner lost his debut match to No 24 Stan Wawrinka.

Jannik Sinner won in his round robin group with victories over Frances Tiafoe and Mikael Ymer, losing only to Ugo Humbert.

Jannik Sinner played one last event in Italy the following week, winning a third Challenger title in Ortisei.

Jannik Sinner finished the year at world No 78, becoming the youngest player in the year-end top 80 since Rafael Nadal in 2003.

Early in the year Jannik Sinner made the second round of the 2020 Australian Open, recording his first Grand Slam main draw match win over home wild card Max Purcell before losing to Marton Fucsovics.

Jannik Sinner reached the third round at the Rome Masters, highlighted by a victory over world No 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Jannik Sinner then progressed to become the youngest quarterfinalist at the French Open since Novak Djokovic in 2006, and the first to make the quarterfinals on debut since Rafael Nadal in 2005.

Jannik Sinner became the youngest Italian tour-level champion in the Open Era and the youngest player overall to win an ATP title since Kei Nishikori in 2008.

Jannik Sinner carried over his success from late 2020 into the start of the 2021 season.

Jannik Sinner became the youngest to win back-to-back ATP titles since Rafael Nadal in 2005.

Jannik Sinner's ten-match winning streak came to an end in the first round of the 2021 Australian Open, where he lost a tight five-set match to world No 12 Denis Shapovalov.

At the 2021 Citi Open in Washington, DC, Jannik Sinner went into the tournament as the fifth seed and made it to the finals and beat several young players along the way such as Emil Ruusuvuori, Sebastian Korda, and Jenson Brooksby.

Jannik Sinner beat Mackenzie McDonald in the final to win his third title and first ATP 500 title.

Jannik Sinner was the first Italian finalist and champion in Washington's tournament history as well as the youngest ATP 500 and first teen champion since the category was created in 2009.

Jannik Sinner's tournament ended when he lost to Alexander Zverev in the 4th round in straight sets.

Jannik Sinner successfully defended his title at the Sofia Open as the top seed, defeating again second seed Gael Monfils in the final.

Jannik Sinner made his sixth career final at the 2021 European Open without dropping a set en route.

Jannik Sinner defeated Lorenzo Musetti, Arthur Rinderknech and Lloyd Harris to reach the final.

Jannik Sinner bested Diego Schwartzman in the final to take his fifth career title.

Jannik Sinner became the youngest man to win five ATP titles since 19-year-old Novak Djokovic.

On 1 November, Jannik Sinner became the first male player born in the 2000s to break into the top-10 after a semifinal appearance at the Vienna Open.

At the Rolex Paris Masters, Jannik Sinner received a bye in the first round but was defeated by Carlos Alcaraz.

At the ATP Finals in Turin, Jannik Sinner was present as the first alternate.

Jannik Sinner entered the tournament after countryman Matteo Berrettini was forced to withdraw with an abdominal injury after his first match with Alexander Zverev.

Jannik Sinner defeated Hubert Hurkacz and became the youngest player to win an ATP Finals match on debut since Lleyton Hewitt in Lisbon in 2000 and the first alternate to win a match since Janko Tipsarevic in London in 2011.

Jannik Sinner played Daniil Medvedev next in the round robin stage, holding a match point before being defeated in 3 sets.

At the Australian Open Jannik Sinner reached the quarterfinals of a major for the second time in his career, becoming the fifth Italian man to reach that stage in Melbourne.

Jannik Sinner then lost to fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets.

Jannik Sinner then defeated Nick Kyrgios but retired against Francisco Cerundolo in the quarterfinals.

Jannik Sinner again saved three match points in the opener at the Madrid Open against Tommy Paul to move to the second round.

Jannik Sinner was defeated in the third round by Felix Auger-Aliassime.

At the Eastbourne International, Jannik Sinner suffered his first opening round loss of the year after losing to Tommy Paul in three sets.

Jannik Sinner then beat Mikael Ymer, John Isner, and Carlos Alcaraz to reach his third career Grand Slam quarterfinal.

Jannik Sinner lost to top seed and eventual champion Novak Djokovic in five sets in the quarterfinals, after being two sets to love up.

At the Croatia Open, Jannik Sinner defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the final to win his first clay court title.

Jannik Sinner's loss guaranteed a maiden Masters 1000 finalist from his half of the draw.

Jannik Sinner lost to Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set match that lasted 5 hours and 15 minutes; the match set the record as the latest finish and second longest match in US Open history.

Jannik Sinner finished the year ranked 15th in the world, one space ahead of countryman Matteo Berrettini.

Jannik Sinner started his season at the 2023 Adelaide international 1, where he lost in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Sebastian Korda.

At the 2023 Australian Open, Jannik Sinner lost in the 4th round to eventual runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas in 5 sets.

Jannik Sinner then won his seventh title at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, becoming the first player to win a tour-level title in the season without having dropped a single set and the first since countryman Lorenzo Musetti won the title in Naples in October 2022.

Jannik Sinner then defeated Emil Ruusuvuori to reach back-to-back semifinals, where he again faced the defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, this time winning to reach his second Miami and career Masters final in three years, putting an end to Alcaraz's hopes for a Sunshine Double and preventing him from returning to the No 1 spot.

At the French Open, Jannik Sinner was upset in the second round by Daniel Altmaier in a five-set match despite serving for the match in the fourth set and having two match points.

Jannik Sinner reached back to back quarterfinals in Wimbledon after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Diego Schwartzman, Quentin Halys and Daniel Elahi Galan.

Jannik Sinner then reached his first Major semifinal after defeating Roman Safiullin, before losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Jannik Sinner recorded his 55th win over Andrey Rublev to reach his fourth ATP 500 career final in Vienna and became the first Italian man with the most wins for a season in the Open Era, surpassing Corrado Barazzutti's 54 mark in 1978.

Jannik Sinner won the final defeating again top seed Daniil Medvedev to win his tenth ATP title, defeating him in two consecutive finals.

On his debut at the ATP Finals, Jannik Sinner won all of his round-robin matches, notably beating the world No 1 Novak Djokovic in a third set tiebreaker to clinch his fifth top-5 win in a row.

Jannik Sinner ultimately lost in a rematch against Djokovic in the final.

Jannik Sinner then made his debut in the Davis Cup, where he defeated Tallon Griekspoor in singles to help Italy win its quarterfinal tie against the Netherlands.

Jannik Sinner saved three consecutive match points in the third set to become only the fourth player to beat Djokovic from match points down and the first one to do so with three in a row.

Jannik Sinner became only the third player ever to defeat Djokovic twice in 12 days, alongside Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.

Jannik Sinner then teamed up with Lorenzo Sonego for the decisive doubles match, defeating Djokovic and Miomir Kecmanovic to clinch the tie and help Italy reach the Davis Cup final for the first time since 1998.

Jannik Sinner was awarded the Most Improved Player of the Year award and voted the Fans' Favorite at the 2023 ATP Awards, while his coaches, Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi, won the Coach of the Year award.

Jannik Sinner received the award for Best Tennis Player at the Supertennis Awards.

Jannik Sinner started his year at the Australian Open, where he beat Botic van de Zandschulp, Jesper de Jong, Sebastian Baez, Karen Khachanov, and Andrey Rublev to reach his second major semifinal and first at the Australian Open.

Jannik Sinner became the first Italian player to reach the singles final at this major and the third man, after Adriano Panatta at the 1976 French Open and Matteo Berrettini at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, to reach a major final in the Open Era.

Jannik Sinner became the first male player since Lleyton Hewitt, in 2001, to win his debut event as a major champion.

Jannik Sinner extended this to 19 consecutive wins by defeating Jiri Lehecka in the quarterfinal.

Later in the year, Jannik Sinner had his prize money and ranking points earned in Indian Wells forfeited by a tribunal in relation to a "no fault or negligence" anti-doping rule violation.

At the 2024 Miami Open, Jannik Sinner defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the final to win his second Master's 1000 title.

Jannik Sinner became the first Italian player to hold the top position in the rankings.

Jannik Sinner lost in the semifinal to Alcaraz in five sets.

At the 2024 Halle Open, Jannik Sinner defeated Tallon Griekspoor, Fabian Marozsan, Jan-Lennard Struff, Zhang Zhizhen, and Hubert Hurkacz to win his debut tournament as world No 1, becoming just the eighth male player to achieve this feat.

At the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, Jannik Sinner entered as the top seed in a major for the first time.

Jannik Sinner defeated Yannick Hanfmann, Matteo Berrettini, Miomir Kecmanovic, and Ben Shelton, but lost to Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals in five sets, after a medical timeout for illness during the third set.

On 24 July 2024, Jannik Sinner announced he would not participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics due to tonsillitis.

Jannik Sinner won the 2024 Cincinnati Open, defeating Frances Tiafoe in the championship in straight sets.

Jannik Sinner overcame Alex Michelsen, Andrey Rublev, and Alexander Zverev enroute to his victory.

On 20 August, an independent tribunal announced that Jannik Sinner had positive results for the banned substance clostebol in separate tests from March 2024.

The World Anti-Doping Agency appealed the decision, and in February 2025 the appeal reached a settlement under which the positive drug tests were determined to be due to inadvertent contamination and Jannik Sinner was suspended for three months.

Jannik Sinner became the fourth man in more than 50 years to win his first two major titles in the same season.

At the post-match ceremony, Jannik Sinner dedicated his win to his aunt.

At age 23, Jannik Sinner became the youngest man ever to win both hard-court majors in the same year.

At the 2024 China Open, Jannik Sinner defeated Nicolas Jarry, Roman Safiullin, Jiri Lehecka, and Yunchaokete Bu to reach the final of the tournament, which he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in three sets.

Jannik Sinner then went on to win the championship against Novak Djokovic in straight sets to win his third Masters 1000 title of the year, becoming the tournament's youngest-ever champion, and seventh overall title of 2024.

Jannik Sinner ended the 2024 season by defeating Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor in the Davis Cup final, to win Italy's second consecutive title.

Jannik Sinner completed the entire season without a single straight-set defeat, becoming only the second man in the Open Era to achieve this feat over a full year.

Jannik Sinner disrupted this streak in late 2023 by winning the next five, and eventually leveling the head-to-head.

Djokovic won their first three encounters, with Jannik Sinner recording his first win in the 2023 ATP Finals.

Jannik Sinner is an aggressive baseliner and is one of the hardest hitters on the ATP tour.

Jannik Sinner has been compared to Roger Federer for his calm on-court demeanour and all-court movement.

Jannik Sinner plays with contact lenses and has stated that he cannot even see the ball without them.

When Jannik Sinner began to prioritise tennis at age thirteen, he was coached by Riccardo Piatti, who had been a part-time coach of Novak Djokovic and Milos Raonic.

Jannik Sinner continued to work with Piatti as his primary coach, and Volpini as his second coach.

Jannik Sinner's team consisted of physiotherapist Claudio Zimaglia and fitness coach Dalibor Sirola.

At age 17, Jannik Sinner signed sponsorship deals with Nike and Head in 2019 for tennis footwear, apparel, and equipment.

In 2020, when he was eighteen years old and not yet in the top 50 of the ATP rankings, Jannik Sinner signed a global ambassador contract with Rolex.

In 2022, Jannik Sinner signed a new $150 million sponsorship contract with Nike spanning ten years and became the face of Gucci and Lavazza.

In 2023, Jannik Sinner signed a partnership with Formula 1 to help attract young diverse audience to the motorsport.

In 2022, Jannik Sinner became the face of the "An Ace for Research" initiative for cancer research, committing to a donation for the purchase of modern lasers to diagnose cancers in men for every ace he scored in the ATP Finals, and later visited the research laboratories at The Candiolo Cancer Institute.

Jannik Sinner ventured into the investment world in 2022, diversifying his assets through four different companies that he registered in his place of residence, Monte Carlo.

In September 2024, Jannik Sinner was announced as the ambassador for the 2026 Winter Olympics volunteer program.

Jannik Sinner's nickname is The Fox, which inspired the design of his logo.

Jannik Sinner has been the subject of incessant media attention in Italy and has been credited with the surge in the popularity of tennis in the country.

Jannik Sinner subsequently declined an official invitation supported by the Prime Minister to appear at Italy's Sanremo Music Festival.

The invitation caused controversy and public debate, with the president of The Italian Tennis Federation publicly advising Jannik Sinner against accepting it, stating that he must be protected from excessive media exposure and "should not be exploited".

In 2022, Jannik Sinner hosted Breaking Points, a video series created by GQ where he interviewed sports icons about mental health.

On May 15,2024, a book titled Diventare Jannik Sinner, written by Enzo Anderloni, Michelangelo Dell'Edera and Alessandro Mastroluca in collaboration with the Italian Tennis Federation was published by Giunti Editore.

At age 17, Jannik Sinner stated that one of his goals was to "do better than [Seppi]".

Jannik Sinner was in a relationship with Italian model Maria Braccini from 2020 to 2024.