Overview
- Sinner crushed Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-2 in Sunday’s Madrid Open final to become the first man to win five ATP Masters 1000 events in a row.
- Sinner’s Masters match-win streak stands at 28 dating back to the 2025 Paris Masters, and he needs four wins in Rome to pass Novak Djokovic’s all-time mark of 31, a feat several pundits predict he will achieve.
- A Rome title would complete the Career Golden Masters for Sinner, a rare sweep of all nine different Masters 1000 tournaments previously accomplished only by Djokovic.
- The Italian leads the ATP Race to Turin by a wide margin after Madrid, while Djokovic sits seventh as he returns in Rome following a layoff since Indian Wells.
- With Carlos Alcaraz sidelined by a wrist injury, coaches such as Patrick Mouratoglou and Rennae Stubbs cast Sinner as the clear Roland Garros favorite, even as analysts flag fatigue and his historically weaker record in Rome as potential checks on his run.