Sinner Honoured With Newcomer Of The Year Award

Jannik Sinner’s peers on the ATP Tour have recognised his breakout season by choosing the #NextGenATP Italian as Newcomer of the Year in the 2019 ATP Awards.

One year after watching the Next Gen ATP Finals as a spectator, the 18-year-old clinched the title in Milan. He climbed from No. 553 at the start of the season to a year-end No. 78, becoming the youngest player to finish in Top 80 since 17-year-old Rafael Nadal (No. 47) in 2003. Sinner made a winning ATP Tour debut at the Hungarian Open in April. The following month, he saved one match point to win on his ATP Masters 1000 debut at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome (d. Johnson).

Thank you so much to my fellow players for picking me ✌️ It’s an honor! @atptour #newcomeroftheyear @PiattiTennis @RPiatti https://t.co/z0wRX2FseW

— Jannik Sinner (@janniksin) December 20, 2019

Sinner became the youngest ATP Tour semi-finalist in five years with his run at the European Open in Antwerp, and afterward broke into the Top 100. He also became the second-youngest player to win three ATP Challenger Tour titles in a season, behind Richard Gasquet in 2003.

Seven other #NextGenATP stars – Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Miomir Kecmanovic, Corentin Moutet, Alexei Popyrin, Casper Ruud and Mikael Ymer – were also candidates for Newcomer of the Year after breaking into the Top 100 for the first time in 2019.