In 2025, Jannik Sinner has already carved a Grand Slam season that is a shoulder to shoulder with some of the most impressive years in history, but the US Open still offers him the chance to get into an even rarer company.
With titles in the Australian Open and Wimbledon on either side of a run to the Roland Garros -Final, the number 1 player in the PIF ATP ranking list after the seventh man in the open era to win three Grand Slam titles in a single season. That bitter defeat against rival Carlos Alcaraz in Paris, in which he left three championships, means that Sinner could enter an even rarer group in New York.
If Sinner successfully defends his title at the US Open, he would only be the fourth man who won three Majors in a season and reached the champion match in the fourth, reaches Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rod Laver.
Achieving three major titles and reaching the final in the fourth is notorious to draw. Federer’s triple major years In 2006 and 2007 were only refused by Nadal on the clay of Roland Garros. Djokovic has done it three times, but even he knows the sting of it coming close to something bigger.
In 2021, the Serbian arrived at the US Open after he won the first three large titles, to fall at the last obstacle, where he was defeated in straight sets by Daniil Medvedev in the final. Time and again, the Major Slot has drawn the border between greatness and sporting immortality.
Men in the open era to win three big titles in one season
| Player | Year | Titles |
Rod Laver | 1969 | AO, RG, Wim, USA |
Jimmy Connors | 1974 | AO, Wim, USA |
Mats Wilander | 1988 | AO, RG, USA |
Roger Federer | 2004 | AO, Wim, USA |
Roger Federer* | 2006 | AO, Wim, USA |
Roger Federer* | 2007 | AO, Wim, USA |
Rafael Nadal | 2010 | RG, Wim, USA |
Novak Djokovic | 2011 | AO, Wim, USA |
Novak Djokovic* | 2015 | AO, Wim, USA |
Novak Djokovic* | 2021 | AO, RG, Wim |
Novak Djokovic* | 2023 | AO, RG, USA |
*Won three majors and reached the final in the fourth
Sinner will step on that stage at the US Open as a title defender and a proven force on hard courts. Despite seeing his 26-match winning streak on the surface, his retirement against Alcaraz broke in the final of Cincinnati, the 24-year-old Italian has been undefeated at the Hard-Court Majors since his fourth round loss of Alexander Zverev in five sets in New York in 2023.
If he would win a fourth consecutive big title at the surface and successfully defend his crown at the US Open, Sinner will be alone if the first man who wins three Majors in a season and held match points in the final of the other. It is a memory of how human this pursuit can be, where history often depends on a few points.
Jannik Sinner is waiting for the trophy ceremony after his last defeat of Roland Garros from 2025 Roland Garros. Photo: Clive Brunskill/Getty images
Although he does not come within a point of victory, Djokovic also knows that feeling, after he lost an absorbent final of five set to Alcaraz in 2023-in the same year, he won three Grand Slam titles in a season for the fourth time in his career.
What also unfolds Sinner at Flushing Meadows, his campaign from 2025 bears all the statistical weight and the historical echoes of the most dominant seasons of the game. The ruling Nitto ATP Finals champion would mark its 300th career victory, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, if he goes to the champion match.
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