By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday January 29, 2025
Jannik Sinner is off to a pulsating begin because the World No.1.
The Italian has gained 47 of his preliminary 50 matches since holding the ATP’s high rating. It’s a comparatively small pattern dimension, in comparison with lots of the 29 gamers that previously held the tour’s high rating, however it’s far and away one of the best.
Sinner’s 94 p.c successful proportion in matches performed because the world No.1 is greater than two proportion factors larger than Bjorn Borg, who ranks second with a 91.9 successful proportion (136-12) as No.1.
Coming in third is Jimmy Connors, the one different participant to have gained greater than 90 p.c of his whole matches performed at No.1. Connors went 408-45 (90.1 p.c) because the ATP’s high canine.
In case you’re questioning how Sinner stacks up in opposition to the Large Three: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal eached performed over 300 matches at No.1. Djokovic performed the many of the Large Three, successful 485 and shedding 78 for an 86.1 successful proportion. The Grand Slam king ranks sixth all-time within the class. No different participant has competed in additional than 500 matches at No.1.
Federer went 430-56 for an 88.5 successful proportion as No.1, and ranks fifth all-time. Nadal went 268-44 (85.9 p.c) and ranks eighth all-time.
Per the ATP, Sinner has gained a considerably larger proportion of his matches as No. 1 (94%) than he did earlier than reaching the highest (74.3%).
The 23-year-old three-time main champion is as much as 34 weeks whole as No. 1. He’s attempting to turn out to be simply the fifth participant in historical past to increase his first stint atop the ATP rankings to greater than a 12 months. Gamers to have beforehand completed that feat are Roger Federer (237 weeks), Connors (160 weeks), Lleyton Hewitt (75 weeks) and Djokovic (53 weeks).
