Jannik Sinner seems to break tennis records with every passing week.
On Sunday, Sinner won his first Italian Open title, beating three-time Grand Slam finalist Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 in the championship showpiece.
Sinner has become the first Italian Open Men’s Singles champion since 1976, when Adriano Panatta defeated Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 7–6, 6–2, 7–6 in the final.
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Sinner has also completed the ‘Golden Masters’: joining Novak Djokovic as the only players to have won all nine Masters 1000 events.
Remarkably, Sinner has accomplished the feat in 62 fewer matches than Djokovic.
The 24-year-old also has the opportunity to equal another of Djokovic’s records, if he competes in Canada later this year.
Jannik Sinner has the opportunity to win six Masters titles in one calendar year
Jannik Sinner has now won five Masters 1000 titles this season, in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome.
The Italian has now matched Novak Djokovic’s total from 2011, and Rafael Nadal’s total from 2015.
If Sinner were to win the Canadian Open later this year, he would match Novak Djokovic’s 2015 season, during which he won six Masters 1000 titles.
That year, Djokovic won Masters titles in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Shanghai and Paris.
Sinner, who has 10 Masters 1000 titles to his name following his triumph in Rome, would also equal Pete Sampras’ Masters 1000 career-total with a title win in Canada.
Sampras, a 14-time major champion, won his last Masters 1000 title at the 2000 Key Biscayne Open [now called the Miami Open].
Jannik Sinner’s record in Canada
Sinner first competed at the Canadian Open in 2021, losing on debut to Australia’s James Duckworth.
A year later, Sinner won his first match at the event, beating Adrian Mannarino 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. He went on to lose in the next round to Pablo Carreno Busta.
In 2023, Sinner won his first Masters 1000 title in Canada, defeating Gael Monfils, Tommy Paul and Alex de Minaur on his way to the title.
“Yeah, for sure it feels amazing, no?” Sinner told reporters in Canada after his triumph.
“Great result, one I can share with all my team, with the hard work we put in, with all the people that are close to me, even if they’re not here physically.
“So very happy about the whole tournament. And yeah, as I said, it’s a really good and great moment in my career.”
Sinner’s last appearance at the event occurred in 2024. The Italian was defeated by Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals, 2-6, 6-1, 2-6.
Alexei Popyrin won the title, beating Rublev in the final.
Sinner did not compete in the 2025 Canadian Open, stating that he needed to ‘prioritise his health.’
