With the Australian Open title earlier this year, Sinner became the fourth player in history to win two Grand Slam hardcourt titles in the same year, after Mats Wilander, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. This could be the best period of Sinner’s career, as he has an impressive record of 55 wins and only 5 losses. The Italian has won all 6 finals he has participated in. In addition to the US Open, the world No. 1 has also won the Australian Open, Cincinnati Open, Halle Open, Miami Open and Rotterdam Open this year.

The Italian’s incredible form began around this time last year, when he won the 2023 China Open in Beijing. Sinner has won 75 of his 82 matches and won eight titles.

Sinner has been particularly impressive on hard courts, winning 35 of his 37 matches on the surface this year. Sinner also became the third man in the Open Era to win his first two Grand Slams in the same season, joining Jimmy Connors (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open in 1974) and Guillermo Vilas (Roland Garros, US Open in 1977).

Notably, Sinner could defeat Novak Djokovic in the 2024 Australian Open semi-finals. A victory that seems impossible because in Djokovic’s 10 previous Australian Open semi-finals, the Serbian player not only won all of them but also won the final to become the player with the best record at this tournament with 10 championship titles. Sinner not only made Novak fall, but also did not allow this “living legend” to break any of his serve games, thereby ending Novak’s 6-year streak without knowing defeat at the first Grand Slam of the year.

On the ATP men’s tennis rankings, Sinner is currently the world’s No. 1 tennis player with 9,760 points, 2,300 points more than the second-placed Djokovic and 2,400 points more than the third-placed Alcaraz. Winning the US Open, Sinner has an additional 1,820 points and will take sole possession of the No. 1 position on the ATP rankings with 11,180 points, 5,620 points more than Djokovic (dropping to 4th place), 4,490 points more than Alcaraz (still ranked 3rd) because Djokovic was deducted 1,900 points, while Alcaraz is 670 points. Alexander Zverev has risen to No. 2 with 7,075 points after being added 40 points, but is still 4,105 points behind Sinner.

With this difference in points, Sinner will likely end 2024 as world number 1. A very successful season for Sinner.