Jannik Sinner closes the story.
The Italian may take a back seat in the battle for ATP year-end number 1 presented by PIF awards. But according to an analysis by Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers, the world number 2 has a chance to rewrite the record books in a different way.
The 24-year-old currently leads the ATP Tour in both service games won and return games won. Since 1991, when the ATP began keeping such statistics, no player has topped both categories in the same season.
Service games won (on arrival in Paris)
Player | % service games won |
1) Jannik sinner | 91.45% |
2) Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | 89.29% |
3)Taylor Fritz | 89.28% |
4) Reilly Opelka | 89.03% |
5) Novak Djokovic | 88.46% |
While competing in the Rolex Paris Masters, Sinner has won 91.5 percent of his service games for the season. No other player has owned more than 89.3 percent of his service games. Second on the list is Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (89.3%), followed by Taylor Fritz (89.3%), Reilly Opelka (89%) and Novak Djokovic (88.5%).
No one else in the Top 5 of service games won also appears in the Top 5 of return games won. Sinner leads the way and has won 32.7 percent of his return matches.
Return games won (on entry to Paris)
Player | % Return games won |
1) Jannik sinner | 32.68% |
2) Carlos Alcaraz | 32.55% |
3) Alex de Minaur | 30.14% |
4) Sebastian Baez | 28.72% |
5) Francisco Cerundolo | 28.68% |
Sinner’s great rival, Carlos Alcaraz, world number 1, is only two-hundredths of a percent behind in second place. Alex de Minaur is well behind in third place (30.1%), followed by Sebastian Baez (28.7%) and Francisco Cerundolo (28.7%).
A year ago, Sinner became the first Italian to hold ATP Year-End No. 1, presented by PIF Honors, claimed. In 2025, he has actually won a higher percentage of service games won (91.5% to 91.4%) and return games won (32.7% to 28.3%) compared to 2024.
Sinner took a big step forward in his return match. Before this season, he had never broken more than 29.2 percent of the time, which he did in 2023.
The performance has helped him stay in the hunt for No. 1 at the end of the year, with less than a month left in the season. Sinner’s hopes have increased after Alcaraz’s second-round defeat in Paris.
Alcaraz entered Paris sixth in service games won (87.5%) and second in return games won (32.7%).
Sinner starts his Rolex Paris Masters against Zizou Bergs on Wednesday.
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