Jannik Sinner received the primary and ultimate majors of 2024, the Australian Open and U.S. Open, additional extending his stranglehold on the World No. 1 rating. The Italian additionally reached the semifinal at Roland Garros and the quarterfinal at Wimbledon, the opposite two slams of the 12 months.
By sustaining a report of 23-2 at slams in 2024, the 23-year-old has turn into the third-youngest participant to register as many wins in a calendar 12 months since Pete Sampras and Rafael Nadal.
Very similar to Sinner, Sampras, too, received two slams in 1993 (Wimbledon, U.S. Open) whereas making deep runs at that 12 months’s French Open (QF loss) and Australian Open (SF loss). As for Nadal, he was already a three-time French Open winner earlier than his magical run in 2008 that noticed him win a fourth consecutive title in Paris and his first Wimbledon. As such, the Spaniard’s dominance was anticipated at that time.
Sinner’s constant exhibiting throughout the 4 majors of 2024 has led some to pronounce him the very best participant on the earth. Carlos Alcaraz — who received the opposite two majors in 2024 — has acquired comparable reward. Nevertheless, his early exit at the U.S. Open and quarterfinal loss on the Australian Open have raised questions on his supremacy on exhausting courts.
That query just isn’t related to Sinner, who received the one two hard-court slams of 2024 to turn into solely the fourth player since 1987 to realize the feat. The Italian’s dominance on exhausting courts has already made him the early betting favourite to win the 2025 Australian Open for his third profession slam.
Sinner (55-5 in 2024) will now look to shut the 12 months robust at upcoming ATP 1000 occasions in Shanghai and Paris earlier than heading to Saudi Arabia for the ATP Finals. The Italian is sort of a lock to finish 2024 as World No. 1.
