Jannik Sinner is an Italian professional tennis player who has been ranked as high as world No. 9 by the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals). He has won 5 ATP singles titles and one in doubles. He has earned the honor of being the youngest ATP title holder since 2008 after winning the 2020 Sofia Open and the youngest with five titles since Novak Djokovic in 2007.
Early life
Jannik Sinner is 21 years old due to his birth on August 16, 2001 and since 2022. He was born in San Candido to his loving and caring parents named Johann and Siglinde Sinner. He grew up and grew up with his parents in Sexten, where his father and mother worked as cooks and waitresses in a ski hut. Jannik grew up with his brother named Marc. Sinner started skiing at the age of 3. Between the ages of 8 and 12, he was ranked as one of Italy’s top junior skiers.
At the age of 8 he won the national championship in giant slalom and at the age of 12 he became vice national champion. At the age of 12, Jannik decided to give up skiing and football to continue his career only in tennis. This is because he never wanted to stay under restrictions after being picked for football and working in a team. He wanted to make his own individual decisions and be individually dependent on the games for his future success.
Jannik Sinner career
2018
Jannik never worked hard to try and play junior matches, instead he started playing on the ITF Men’s Circuit in the early months of 2018. He performed at various events and started getting his wildcards for the ATP Challenger Tour events. The only ITF title he received that year was in doubles and after finishing the season he was ranked 551st.
2019
Jannik won his first ATP title in Bergamo in February 2019 at the age of 17 and 6 months. He was the first personality born in 2001 to appear in the Challenger finals and became the youngest Italian to win the Challenger title in history.
2020
Earlier in the year, Sinner entered the second round of the 2020 Australian Open and had his first Grand Slam main draw match, which he won against his opponent Max Purcell but later lost to Márton Fucsovics. He appeared as a wild card at the Rotterdam Open where he recorded his first top 10 wins against world No. 10 David Goffin. He became the youngest quarterfinalist at the French Open, having previously held the record by Novak Djokovic in 2006, and was the first to emerge in the quarterfinals on his debut after Rafael Nadal in 2005. During the tournament, he defeated Goffin again, as well as US Open runners-up and world No. 1. 7 Alexander Zverev before finally losing to Nadal.
2021
Jannik Sinner won his second ATP title at the Great Ocean Road Open, where he defeated world No. 20 Karen Khachanov in the semifinals, becoming the youngest since Rafael Nadal in 2005 to win back-to-back ATP titles, a record of 10 Playing winning streak that finally ended in the first round of the 2021 Australian Open, where he lost the match when he faced world No. 12 Denis Shapovalov in a tight 5-set match.
2022
In 2022, Sinner competed at the Australian Open and reached the quarterfinals of a major for the second time. He was the 5th Italian to reach the Melbourne stage. But in the quarterfinals, he lost the match to fourth-place finisher Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets. He also appeared to have another record at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, where he recorded his first win at the Major over Stan Wawrinka. He then reached the Grand Slam quarterfinals of his third career after beating other champions like Mikael Ymer, John Isner and Carlos Alcaraz.
Jannik Sinner biography | |
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| Real name | Jannik sinner |
| Date of birth | Aug. 16, 2001 |
| Age (as of 2022) | 20 years |
| Place of birth | San Candido, Italy |
| profession | Professional tennis player |
| University | – |
| qualification | – |
Physical Statistics | |
| Height | in feet inches – 6′ 2” – in centimeters – 188 cm |
| weight | in kilograms – 76kg – in pounds – 167 pounds |
| hair colour | Brown |
| eye color | Gray |
Jannik Sinner Family | |
| Father | Siglinde Sinner |
| mother | John Sinner |
| sister | – |
| Brothers | Marc Sinner |
Relationship status | |
| Marital status | single |
| affair | no |
| Who is Jannik Sinner’s girlfriend? | Maria Braccini (Ex.) |
Personal life
Jannik Sinner was once in a relationship with Italian model and social media influencer Maria Braccini. The pair took the help of Instagram, where they announced they had been together since March 2021, although they reportedly started dating in September 2020. However, the couple’s relationship ended before Jannik went to the Davis Cup Finals and they announced their split in November 2021. There are no reports on the reason for their split, but it is said to be the workload for Jannik due to the ongoing matches.
Jannik Sinner net worth
Just 21-years-old, Jannik Sinner reportedly earns a net worth of around $3 million. He earned his largest cash prize of $5,274,334. Surely he has to earn as much as $7 million and as little as $2 million in prize money from his various national appearances.