Jannik Sinner’s tennis and results over the past eight months or so have been nothing short of sensational. Barely a week goes by without the Italian, who turns 25 this summer, setting some sort of new record. He won two Grand Slams in 2025 and made the final of the other two. He lost in the semis of the first major of 2026, suffering a shock defeat to Czech outsider Jakub Mensik in the semis of an event he had won in both 2025 and 2024.
However, that defeat aside, the world number one has barely put a foot wrong during an incredible run. His win/loss record this year reads and amazing 36-2, and he has already claimed five titles and not far shy of $7m in prize money.
Sinner Wins Italian Open
His most recent victory came at his home tournament, too, with Sinner claiming the Italian Open for the first time in his career. He lost in the 2025 final to Carlos Alcaraz, but this time around, it was the Norwegian Casper Ruud that he faced in the decider.
The current Wimbledon champion breezed through his first four matches in straight sets, dropping just 21 games along the way. By any normal standards, that is incredible stuff, but it is just what we have become accustomed to when it comes to Sinner in Masters 1000 events.
Earlier this year, he smashed a record of Novak Djokovic’s that had stood for a decade when he won 37 consecutive sets in Masters 1000 tennis. His run started last year, as he obliterated the previous record of the Serbian’s, which had been “just” 24 sets.
Unlike some of his previous Masters wins, however, he did not claim the Italian Open without dropping a set. Daniil Medvedev took the second set off him, Sinner winning the semi 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
It was back to business as usual in the final, though, as Ruud had no answer to Sinner’s power, variety and determination. The world number one beat the Norwegian 6-4, 6-4, to claim his sixth consecutive Masters 1000 title.
Djokovic is widely accepted to be the all-time tennis GOAT thanks to his tally of Grand Slam titles, the length of time he spent as world number one, and a host of other records. However, Sinner is not just matching or merely beating some of the Serb’s marks. He is almost making them look average. Having improved his consecutive-sets record by more than 50%, he is now doing similarly concerning consecutive wins in ATP Masters 1000 tournaments.
Until Sinner’s insane run, Rafa Nadal and Djokovic had both won four Masters 1000 titles in a row. In fact, the Serb had achieved that feat on four separate occasions. However, the man from the South Tyrol matched the four-in-a-row of those two legends with his wins in Paris at the end of 2025, and then in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo this year.
In April, he claimed the Madrid Open to strike out on his own as the only player to win five consecutive Masters 100 events. He dropped a set in his first match but won the following five in straight sets. He beat Alexander Zverev, a man whom he has beaten so many times during his streak, in the final.
And now, by claiming his first Italian Open success, Sinner has moved to six Masters wins in succession. Incredibly, this is the only one of the six where he has not dispatched Zverev along the way, although he did also beat the German (in straight sets, of course) at the ATP Finals last year, another tournament he won without dropping a single set along the way.
Golden Masters? Completed it, Mate!
| ATP 1000 Tournament | Year(s) Won |
|---|---|
| Indian Wells Open | 2026 |
| Miami Open | 2024, 2026 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | 2026 |
| Madrid Open | 2026 |
| Italian Open | 2026 |
| Canadian Open | 2023 |
| Cincinnati Open | 2024 |
| Shanghai Masters | 2024 |
| Paris Masters | 2025 |
As well as extending his record for consecutive Masters 1000 tournament victories, Sinner’s win in Rome meant he completed the career “Golden Masters”. Djokovic is the only other person in the history of tennis (although these tournaments only began in 1990) to have won all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments.
Djokovic may lead Sinner by 24 Grand Slams to four, but the Italian has “completed” the Masters events much quicker than the Serb did. Sinner is just 24 years old, while his more illustrious rival did not complete the set of nine Masters until he was 31. That said, just a couple of years later, Djokovic could boast a double Golden Masters, having won all nine tournaments at least twice. We certainly can’t rule out Sinner reaching that well before the age of 33, and it gives him another target to aim for in the years ahead.
Sinner only won his first Masters 1000 event in August of 2023, when he landed the Canadian Open. That he has added the other eight in the space of less than three years is truly astonishing, and tennis fans should realise how privileged they are to watch the hard-hitting superstar in action. Who knows how many more records he will set this year, let alone in the years to come?