Jannik Sinner has found his ideal hunting ground: hard-courts, with a clear goal (or hope): Roger Federer's record on this surface.
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The young Italian has won 16 of his 18 career titles on hard-courts. On these surfaces he is currently the strongest player, giving a feeling of absolute supremacy to his opponents, outdoors and indoors (except for the two defeats suffered on this surface this season against Carlos Alcaraz).
In 2024, Sinner was able to win 53 matches out of 56 on hard courts, with an impressive average of 94.6%.
Only Federer has been able to do better. In fact, there are two seasons where the Swiss has maintained an impressive victory average on hard courts. In 2005, where he won 50 matches out of 51, losing only to Marat Safin, in the semifinals at the Australian Open, and in 2006. The Swiss Maestro lost that year in Dubai to Rafael Nadal, and to Andy Murray in Cincinnati.
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Jannik can also share another great record with Federer. He is the only player, together with Roger (2005), with at least one set won in all the matches played this year. The Swiss champion achieved this curious record by playing 85 matches, 6 more than the native of the 23-year-old Italian.
Taking in count the other surfaces, the numbers of the young Italian remain however of the highest level. 73 victories in 79 matches. The other defeats came in Monte-Carlo to Stefanos Tsitsipas, to Alcaraz at the French Open, and to Daniil Medvedev at the Wimbledon Championships.
The Italian this season has had numbers comparable to those of the Big 3, in their best seasons. The most important victories came at 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 truly enviable consistency of performance, which makes him - together withAlcaraz - the man to beat at the moment.
