He hasn’t lost to anyone ranked lower than No. 20 since Cincinnati LAST year—the only man in the Top 10 to do that.
Jannik Sinner achieved a number of things with his 6-2, 7-6 (6) win over Jiri Lehecka in the quarterfinals of Beijing on Monday.
First of all, he’s now through to his milestone 10th semifinal of the year. It’s been a good round for him, too—he’s 6-3 in the first nine.
Second of all, he extended his winning streak to 14 matches in a row. He went 4-0 en route to the title in Cincinnati, 7-0 en route to the US Open title, and he’s gone 3-0 so far in Beijing this week.
Also, it was his 58th win of the year, which now makes him the standalone leader for most wins on the men’s tour this year. He was previously tied with No. 2-ranked Alexander Zverev at 57.
And there’s one more incredible stat: with his latest victory over the No. 37-ranked Lehecka, Sinner has now won his last 50 matches in a row against players ranked outside the Top 20.
He’s 40-0 against players ranked outside the Top 20 this year, and he won his last 10 matches against them last year.
The last player ranked outside the Top 20 to beat Sinner was Dusan Lajovic, a former No. 23, who was ranked No. 66 when he defeated the Italian in the second round of Cincinnati last year, 6-4, 7-6 (4), on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023—exactly 411 days ago.
Everyone else in the ATP Top 10 has lost at least four times to players ranked outside the Top 20 in that span.
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And for anyone out there thinking a top player should beat every lower-ranked player he plays, think again—below is a chart of how the current ATP Top 10 has done against players outside the Top 20 since the start of last year’s US Open, when Sinner’s run began.
ATP TOP 10 VS NON-TOP 20 PLAYERS SINCE 2023 US OPEN:
No. 1 Jannik Sinner: 50-0
No. 2 Alexander Zverev: 56-7
No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz: 38-6
No. 4 Novak Djokovic: 33-4
No. 5 Daniil Medvedev: 40-5
No. 6 Andrey Rublev: 45-16
No. 7 Taylor Fritz: 39-12
No. 8 Hubert Hurkacz: 51-10
No. 9 Casper Ruud: 46-16
No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov: 41-6
Sinner will try to make it 51 in a row as he takes on No. 96-ranked Bu Yunchaokete of China in the semifinals in Beijing on Tuesday.
