Jannik Sinner puts the finishing touch to a golden year in Turin | Nitto ATP Finals

If Jannik Sinner had one thing left to demand this season, it was to be able to win the title at the Nitto ATP Finals in front of his home crowd. And that was what he did this Sunday to put the finishing touch to a dream season in which he will finish as No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings with eight trophies in his cabinet.

The Italian won the final of the Nitto ATP Finals against the No. 5 seed Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4, in one hour and 24 minutes, removing the thorn of the last year where he had fallen in the last round against Novak Djokovic.

“It’s incredible, it’s my first title in Italy and it means a lot to me,” acknowledged Sinner, who has a 50-3 record on hard courts in 2024. “It’s something very special. I just tried to understand what works best against each opponent, trying to play as well as possible. That was the key.”

“It was a tournament at a very high level on my part. At the moment, I couldn’t have played better, so I’m very happy,” he added.

Sinner has completed a spectacular end to the year in which he has won 25 of his last 26 matches, losing only to Carlos Alcaraz in the final in Beijing, to finish with the titles of the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle, Cincinnati, US Open, Shanghai and the Nitto ATP Finals.

Furthermore, the Italian is one of the seven privileged people who have had the opportunity to lift the trophy in the prestigious end-of-season tournament at home. The British Andy Murray had done it for the last time in London 2016, but five other players also did it before.

Local champions at the Nitto ATP Finals
Jannik Sinner (Turin 2024)

Andy Murray (Londres 2016)

Lleyton Hewitt (Sydney 2001)

Boris Becker (Frankfurt 1992, 1995)

Michael Stich (1993)

John McEnroe (Nueva York 1978, 1983-84)

Jimmy Connors (Nueva York 1977)

Sinner has also ensured that he finishes the season as the player with the most games won, raising his number of victories to 70.

More wins in 2024:

Jannik Sinner: 70
Alexander Zverev: 69

Carlos Alcaraz: 53

Taylor Fritz: 52

Casper Ruud: 51

It was the third time that Sinner and Fritz met on the track in just three months. They had already played the final of the US Open and this same week in a duel corresponding to the Ilie Nastase Group, always with the same result. The last round in Turin did not change the sign and allowed the Italian to extend the Lexus ATP Head2Head to 4-1.

It was the third time that Sinner and Fritz met on the track in just three months. They had already played the final of the US Open and this same week in a duel corresponding to the Ilie Nastase Group, always with the same result. The last round in Turin did not change the sign and allowed the Italian to extend the Lexus ATP Head2Head to 4-1.

Fritz started the match keeping the pulse on Sinner, very confident with his serve to maintain equality until 3-3. Until the Italian understood that it was time to add one more gear and push the rest. He placed 15/40, but the American resisted. Also in a new option to break the advantage. Until the break came in the fourth.

Sinner confirmed the gap on the scoreboard with a blank game on his serve (5-3) and, despite the American threatening to extend the first set with his first break point at 5-4, 40/A, the World No. 1 closed in 41 minutes 6-4.

It was practically the only opportunity the Italian gave for Fritz to hold on to the match, but he couldn’t do it. Sinner raised his records with serve to 14 aces and 82% of points won with firsts. With that level – and with one more break in the fifth game of the second set – he secured the title at the Nitto ATP Finals.

Did you know that…?

Jannik Sinner became the first Italian to win the title at the Nitto ATP Finals and the first to do so without dropping a set since Ivan Lendl in 1986.