Sinner started week 52 from number one of the ATP ranking. Before him only four other champions. Here are the incredible statistics of a year experienced by tennis leader
One year from number one in world tennis. Jannik Sinner crowned the perfect vintage: 52 week as leader of the ATP ranking overlooking a strip that does not seem destined to interrupt. It was June 4, 2024 when, while challenging the Bulgarian Dimitrov on the Paris plant, the blue discovered that he had crowned a historical pursuit for Italian tennis. Nobody before him had climbed up so high and only four were capable in the history of open tennis to extend their first number one kingdom for at least 52 weeks.
The names of the wrists are trembled: Roger Federer, then even arrived at 237 before taking a break, Jimmy Connors (160), Leyton Hewitt (75) and Nole Djokovic who is within overtaking with his 53 weeks at the top. And widening the view to the whole career, not only at the first time by number one, the club of those who managed to celebrate the year as a leader is a little widens: Rafa Nadal, Ivan Lendl, John Mcenroe and Pete Sampras. The founding fathers of modern tennis.
From Paris to Paris, the perfect circle succeeded in Sinner despite the fact that in the middle it had to go from the most difficult and unjust test, that of the suspension for three months due to the affair of the clostebol. One hundred days (almost) far from the tournaments that only dirty some statistics, but seem to have returned to the circuit an even worse and more fragrant player than before.
Sinner, 52 weeks from number one of tennis: all tournaments won
The incredible thing is that, despite having had to give up a third of the competitive activity net of the winter holidays, Jannik Sinner put behind a dream year in which he enriched his palmares of gems with an incredible value. From 4 June 2024 to 2 June 2025 he conquered the US Open 2024 and the Australian Open in 2025, the last effort before the stop agreed with Wada to avoid the risks of the use of the Tas of Lausanne.
The Davis Bis Cup, conquered in Malaga with the seal of the final dominated against Holland, and the first time at the ATP Finals in the week of celebration in front of the Turin audience, also ended up on the bulletin board. The first success in front of Italian fans since Rome has never seen Sinner raise the trophy to the sky. Then the Master 1000 of Cincinnati and Shanghai and the Halle ATP 500 tournament.
All playing and losing two finals: in Beijing in October and that of the International of Italy against the Spaniard Alcaraz at the end of the tournament which sanctioned his return to the field after the stop for the clostebol. The only bitterness, but knowing how much he was going through at that time it is impossible to make a blame, the Ko in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in the challenge against the Russian Medvedev who seemed to be within reach.
Sinner, one year from number one: only 4 lost games
There is another number that describes the greatness of the path of Jannik Sinner in his year as the first signature of world tennis: 64 games played, only 4 lost. Unbeatable or almost. Defeated, in rigorous order of appearance, only from Medvedev to Wimbledon in July (quarter -finals), Rubel in Montreal a month later (always quarters of the final) and then twice from Alacaraz: in Beijing in October, first of the final fireworks with Davis and ATP Finals Cup, and Rome last May.
Last statistics: in twelve months of tennis (three Fermo) Sinner granted the opponents the misery of 24 sets. Those who were lucky, remained in the game until the end or almost. Others have been swept away with performance at the limit of perfection. Now the second year opens as a world leader and the South Tyrolean aims at legend after having already written important chapters in the history of Italian sport.
