Sinner Secures Second Straight Australian Open Crown, Defeats Zverev in Melbourne
Jannik Sinner cemented his current stranglehold on men’s tennis as he sealed a second consecutive Australian Open title with victory against Alexander Zverev.
The Italian world No 1 became just the eighth player in the Open era (since 1968) to win the first three Grand Slam men’s singles finals he has contested with a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 success in Melbourne on Sunday.
Sinner has not lost a match on hard courts at a major since a defeat by Zverev in the fourth round of the US Open in 2023, following up his maiden title here last year by winning in New York.
Jannik Sinner is the first player to claim 10 consecutive straight-sets wins over ATP top-10 opponents since they were firstly published in 1973.
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Sinner has equalled Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors for the most wins in their first 50 matches as world No 1 in the ATP Rankings (47).
Sinner is the fourth player in the last 35 years not to face a single break point in a Grand Slam final:
Sampras (vs Becker, Wimbledon 1995)
Federer (vs Philippoussis, Wimbledon 2003)
Nadal (vs Anderson, US Open 2017)
Sinner (vs Zverev, Australian Open 2025)
Sinner is the first Italian male or female player to win three singles Grand Slam titles in tennis history, surpassing Nicola Pietrangeli (two).
Sinner is the youngest player to win back-to-back men’s singles titles at the Australian Open since Jim Courier (1992-1993).
Sinner praised Zverev, saying: “First of all I would like to start with Sascha, a tough day for you and your whole team.
“You’re an amazing player, keep believing in yourself. Whoever is involved in this sport knows how strong you are. We all believe you can lift one of these very soon.”
The Italian then addressed his team, including coaches Simone Vagnozzi and Australian Darren Cahill, who is set to retire at the end of the season and was in tears.
Sinner said: “Talking about my team, what can I say? We worked a lot to be again in this position, it’s an amazing feeling to share this moment with all of you.
“I know Darren, maybe I try to convince you to carry on, but it’s your last Australian Open as a coach and I’m very happy to share this trophy with you.
“Everything started a little bit when I made my whole change. I think you are an amazing combination of coaches.”