“Yannick became the major champion for the second time in a row, defeating Zverev in the final”, — write: sport.ua
In the final, the Italian lost in three sets Alexander Zverev (Germany, ATP 2) with a score of 6:3, 7:6 (7:4), 6:3 in 2 hours and 45 minutes. Sinner successfully defended last year’s title on the Melbourne courts. For Yannik, this is the third Grand Slam trophy.
Sport.ua collected the most interesting records and achievements that obeyed Sinner on AO-2025!
- 1. Sinner has won 22 straight sets against top-10 players, breaking Roger Federer’s record.
In 2006 and 2007, Federer won 20 games against representatives of the top ten
- 2. Sinner became the first player since the publication of the ATP ranking (1973), who managed to win 10 consecutive victories over top-10 players without losing a single set.
At the Aus Open, he “achieved” this achievement, defeating Alex de Minaur and Oleksandr Zverev in three sets.
- 3. Sinner tied Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors for the most wins in his first 50 matches as a first-ranked player with 47.
Yannick lost only three times. For example, the legendary Roger Federer has one less victory – 46 in his first 50 matches as the leader of the rating.
- 4. Sinner became the first since 2017 to win a Grand Slam final that did not allow an opponent to reach a break point.
Eight years ago, Rafael Nadal did it, defeating Kevin Anderson in three games in the US Open final.
- 5. Sinner is the fifth tennis player in the Open Era to win three consecutive hard slams.
John McEnroe (US Open 1979 – US Open 1981), Ivan Lendl (US Open 1985 – US Open 1985), Roger Federer (US Open 2005 – US Open 2007), Novak Djokovic (Aus Open 2011 – Aus Open 2012, Aus Open 2015 – Aus Open 2016).
- 6. Sinner is the first Italian tennis player to win three Grand Slam singles titles.
Previously, the best result among Italian representatives was held by Nicola Pietrangeli (2).
- 7. Sinner is the youngest tennis player since 1993 to win two consecutive Australian Open titles.
Jim Courier did it 33 years ago at the age of 22.
Video review of the match Yannick Sinner – Alexander Zverev