Overview
- Jannik Sinner beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 in Rome to win the Italian Open on Sunday.
- The title completed wins at all nine ATP Masters 1000 events, which are the tour’s biggest tournaments outside the four Grand Slams.
- At 24, he is the youngest to achieve the full Masters set and the first Italian Rome champion since Adriano Panatta in 1976.
- The Rome triumph was his sixth straight Masters title and extended his match win streak to 29, tying Pete Sampras for the sixth-longest in the ATP era.
- He heads to Paris as the top seed and clear favorite, with Carlos Alcaraz sidelined by injury and Alexander Zverev managing back problems after a Rome exit.