Jannik Sinner is the man who has defeated hard courts for the past 18 months. The number 1 player in the PIF ATP ranking has won the last three Majors on the surface and has also lifted the trophy at the Nitto ATP Finals in November.
This week the Italian has driven the draw on the Cincinnati Open, where he is the defending champion. With his victory against Felix Auger-Aliasen on Thursday, the 23-year-old improved his winning series on hard courts to 25 games.
Only Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal have won more consecutive games this century.
If Sinner catches his 18th Hard-Court title and fifth at ATP Masters 1000 level in Ohio, he will surpass the best run of Nadal on the surface. The World No. 1 has only dropped three sets over his 25 wins.
Longest profit stripes for men of the 21st century
| Player | Streak |
Roger Federer | 56 |
Roger Federer | 36 |
Novak Djokovic | 35 |
Novak Djokovic | 29 |
Andy Murray | 28 |
Novak Djokovic | 26 |
Roger Federer | 26 |
Rafael Nadal | 26 |
Jannik Sinner* | 25 |
*Active streak
Sinner was presented by PIF with Carlos Alcaraz in an exciting battle for ATP ending at the end of the year 1. Alcaraz currently has a 1,340-point lead over Sinner in the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin and could meet the Italian in the Cincinnati final on Monday. Sinner follows the Spaniard 5-8 in the Lexus ATP Head2head series of the couple, but won the most recent meeting in the Wimbledon final last month.
Alcaraz was the last man who defeated Sinner about hard courts, with that triumph in the title competition at the ATP 500 event in Beijing in October.
Sinner’s path to 25 hard win:
1. Shanghai: Taro Daniel, 6-1, 6-4
2. Shanghai: Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2
3. Shanghai: Ben Shelton, 6-4, 7-6 (1)
4. Shanghai: Daniil Medvedev: 6-1, 6-4
5. Shanghai: Tomas Machac, 6-4, 7-5
6. Shanghai: Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (4), 6-3
7. Nitto ATP Finals: Alex de Minaur, 6-3, 6-4
8. Nitto ATP Finals: Taylor Fritz, 6-4, 6-4
9. Nitto ATP Finals: Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 6-4
10. Nitto ATP Finals: Casper Ruud, 6-1, 6-2
11. Nitto ATP Finals: Taylor Fritz, 6-4, 6-4
12. Davis Cup Finals: Sebastian Baez, 6-2, 6-1
13. Davis Cup Finals: Alex de Minaur, 6-3, 6-4
14. Davis Cup Finals: Tallon Griekspoor, 7-6 (2), 6-2
15. Australian Open: Nicolas Jarry, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-1
16. Australian Open: Tristan Schoolkate, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
17. Australian Open: Mark Draw, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
18. Australian Open: Holger Rune, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
19. Australian Open: Alex de Minaur, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
20. Australian Open: Ben Shelton, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2
21. Australian Open: Alexander Zverev, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3
22. Cincinnati: Daniel Elahi Galan, 6-1, 6-1
23. Cincinnati: Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 7-6 (6)
24. Cincinnati: Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 7-6 (4)
25. Cincinnati: Felix Auger-Aliassy 6-0, 6-2
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