Jannik Sinner penned a perfect closing chapter to his historic 2024 season by winning the 2024 ATP Finals title without dropping a set. The triumph at the season finale in Turin earned the Italian world No. 1 his first tour-level title on home soil.
The 23-year-old also became the third man to win the Australian Open, the US Open and the ATP Finals in the same season after Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic — one year after a defeat to Djokovic in the Turin final.
The Italian clinched the year-end title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Taylor Fritz on Sunday in a rematch of the 2024 US Open final.
“It’s amazing. It’s my first title in Italy and it means so much to me,” said Sinner, who owns a 50-3 record on hard courts this year. “It’s something very special. I just tried to understand what works best for each opponent, trying to play my best possible tennis. That was the key.
“It was a very high level tournament from my side. At times, I couldn't have played better, so I am very happy.”
Sinner never surrendered more than four games in a set in Turin, dropping a total of 33 games in 10 frames. He beat Alex de Minaur, Fritz and Daniil Medvedev to top his round-robin group before defeating Casper Ruud in the semis and Fritz in the final.
Now owning a 4-1 lead in his head-to-head with Fritz, Sinner did not lose a set in three high-stakes matches this year against the American.
The Italian overwhelmed opponents from all parts of the court in Turin, but his serving success stood out. He won 83% (33/40) of his first-serve points in the final, hit 14 aces and faced just a single break point. Across his five matches on the week, Sinner was broken just twice (once each by De Minaur and Medvedev) on seven break points. He won more than 80% of his first-serve points in every match but his first meeting with Fritz, when he won 77%.
Even with those numbers, Sinner sees space to grow.
“I actually believe there is still a gap of improvement,” he said after the final. “Today I served very, very good at times, which was not the case throughout the whole tournament. There are still certain shots and points that I can do better, but [these] are small details.
“The higher you play level-wise, the more details make the difference. I’m always trying to improve as a player and trying to understand what I can do better.”
Sinner will end 2024 as the runaway world No. 1. Having clinched year-end No. 1 honors in October, he has stretched his lead atop the ATP rankings to nearly 4,000 points ahead of Alexander Zverev at No. 2. Carlos Alcaraz, Fritz and Medvedev round out the year-end Top 5, with Fritz hitting a career high of world No. 4 after his Turin final run.
