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Jannik Sinner Completes Historic Back-to-Back Perfect ATP Finals Runs, First Ever to Defend the Title Without Dropping a Set

Sinner caps a defining season by defending Turin’s crown with unmatched dominance.

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Jannik Sinner closed his 2025 season with a statement that echoed far beyond Turin, defeating Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s championship match to secure his second straight Nitto ATP Finals crown without losing a set. The victory, earned at the Inalpi Arena, made him the first player in history to win consecutive ATP Finals titles while remaining perfect through every match. Also, this was his 24th singles title win overall and sixth this season, including Melbourne, Wimbledon, Paris, Beijing, and Vienna.

24 years old, 24 titles to his name! 🏆

Jannik Sinner’s incredible record continued as he became first player to win ATP Finals consecutively without dropping a set. pic.twitter.com/uHUMCJAR5J
— TNT Sports (@tntsports) November 20, 2025

A Season Finale That Reshaped the Big Titles Race

Sinner entered the final already riding momentum from his Paris Masters triumph, and he ended the week by dismantling the Year-End No. 1 with clinical precision. The Italian is now a two-time champion at the event, becoming only the third player to lift multiple ATP Finals trophies in his home country, joining John McEnroe’s New York run and Boris Becker’s Frankfurt successes.

The scope of his accomplishment runs even deeper. Sinner is now the ninth man to defend an ATP Finals title, a list dominated by legends of the modern era. This century, only Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic had achieved it before him. Beyond the streak, he has also narrowed a gap that once seemed too wide.

Jannik Sinner won 56.45% of all points he played in 2025… that's the best in ATP history 😳📊

If you know your tennis, you will know how insane that is 👏 pic.twitter.com/l3ojDBfS7W
— TNT Sports (@tntsports) November 20, 2025

Sinner has won four Grand Slams and the ATP Finals, while Alcaraz has won six and no Finals yet. This pushes their Big Titles rivalry into sharper focus. Sinner now owns 11 such trophies (including Masters) and is winning them at a faster clip than Andre Agassi did during his career.

This season, Sinner claimed the Australian Open, Wimbledon, Paris and Turin, reaching the final of every Slam and the ATP Finals, becoming the youngest man to do so. In Turin, he marched through all his round-robin matches, defeated Alex de Minaur in the semifinals, and allowed just one break of serve in the entire tournament. For the second straight year, he lifted the trophy without conceding a set, a feat unmatched in ATP history.

In a single season with only meetings in ATP level finals, only Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe in 1984 (seven times) have faced each other more often than Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in 2025 (six) in the Open Era:

Rome – Alcaraz 🏆
Roland-Garros – Alcaraz 🏆
Wimbledon – Sinner… pic.twitter.com/7SsMMxgRM0
— TNT Sports (@tntsports) November 20, 2025

As Sinner walked off court on Sunday, he carried more than a trophy. He carried a season that redefined his ceiling and repositioned him in one of the most compelling two-man battles the sport has seen in years.

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