Jannik Sinner has discovered his superb looking floor: hard-courts, with a transparent purpose (or hope): Roger Federer’s file on this floor.
The younger Italian has received 16 of his 18 profession titles on hard-courts. On these surfaces he’s at the moment the strongest participant, giving a sense of absolute supremacy to his opponents, outside and indoors (apart from the 2 defeats suffered on this floor this season in opposition to Carlos Alcaraz).
In 2024, Sinner was in a position to win 53 matches out of 56 on laborious courts, with a formidable common of 94.6%.
Solely Federer has been in a position to do higher. In reality, there are two seasons the place the Swiss has maintained a formidable victory common on laborious courts. In 2005, the place he received 50 matches out of 51, shedding solely to Marat Safin, within the semifinals on the Australian Open, and in 2006. The Swiss Maestro misplaced that 12 months in Dubai to Rafael Nadal, and to Andy Murray in Cincinnati.
Jannik Sinner, Davis Cup Finals 2024© Stream screenshot
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Jannik also can share one other nice file with Federer. He’s the one participant, along with Roger (2005), with a minimum of one set received in all of the matches performed this 12 months. The Swiss champion achieved this curious file by enjoying 85 matches, 6 greater than the native of the 23-year-old Italian.
Taking in depend the opposite surfaces, the numbers of the younger Italian stay nonetheless of the very best stage. 73 victories in 79 matches. The opposite defeats got here in Monte-Carlo to Stefanos Tsitsipas, to Alcaraz on the French Open, and to Daniil Medvedev on the Wimbledon Championships.
The Italian this season has had numbers corresponding to these of the Large 3, of their finest seasons. Crucial victories got here on the Australian Open, the US Open, the Nitto ATP Finals, the Miami Open, the Cincinnati Open and the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The ATP No.1 has had a really enviable consistency of efficiency, which makes him – along with Alcaraz – the person to beat in the meanwhile.
