Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have dominated tennis for the past two years, but one man has managed to win a tournament that both men were playing in.
Sinner and Alcaraz have won 16 of the 17 tournaments they’ve both featured in since 2024, a whopping 94% success rate.
The two top players in the world played different tournaments at the beginning of the ATP Tour’s Asian swing , with Alcaraz winning in Japan and Sinner lifting the China Open trophy.
There is only one tournament since the beginning of 2024 that has seen Alcaraz and Sinner enter without winning it.
One star, who currently sits outside the top 10, lifted the title instead of the Spaniard and the Italian.
Andrey Rublev ousted Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in Madrid 2024
The only tournament that both Alcaraz and Sinner have appeared in without either winning the trophy since 2024 was the Madrid Open.
The 2024 tournament was won by Andrey Rublev, who defeated Alcaraz in the quarter-finals, as well as Felix Auger Aliassime and Taylor Fritz.
Alcaraz defeated Alexander Shevchenko, Thiago Seyboth Wild, and Jan-Lennard Struff before succumbing to Rublev in the last eight.
Sinner, meanwhile, defeated Lorenzo Sonego, Pavel Kotov, and Karen Khachanov before an injury ruled him out of his quarter-final match against Auger-Aliassime.
Rublev defeated Auger-Aliassime in three sets in the final to capture the second ATP 1000 event of his career.
Carlos Alcaraz joins Jannik Sinner with elite record
Alcaraz’s win at the Japan Open earned him his eighth title of the year, which equals Sinner’s best effort from 2024.
The two men are joining the discussion with the ‘big four’, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray, for most titles in a year.
Federer has achieved a record of 12 titles in a year, while Nadal and Djokovic have both earned 11, and Murray captured nine.
There’s every chance Sinner and Alcaraz continue to crack into the big four’s records before the year is out.
