Sensational Sinner reigns as surface king of 2024

  • Posted: Dec 14, 2024

Jannik Sinner never loosened his grip on dominating the ATP Tour this season, leading the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index on two of three surfaces.

The Italian claimed a whopping seven of his eight tour-level titles on hard courts this year and tallied a 53-3 (94.6 per cent) record on the surface. Two of those losses came against his rival Carlos Alcaraz, who finished second in match-win percentage on hard courts. Zverev’s 40 hard-court wins were second to Sinner’s season-leading 53.

Hard Court Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index

Player Winning % Titles Win/Loss
Jannik Sinner  94.6%  7 53-3
Carlos Alcaraz  78.4%  2 29-8
Novak Djokovic  76.2%  0 16-5
Alexander Zverev  75.5%  1 40-13
Grigor Dimitrov  73.9%  1 34-12
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Sinner closed his season by triumphing at the Nitto ATP Finals, where he capped a perfect year on indoor hard courts. The 23-year-old went 13-0 on indoor hard, lifting trophies in Rotterdam and Turin.

Karen Khachanov and Tommy Paul also scored titles on indoor hard courts, finishing in the top three in those conditions according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. The 28-year-old Khachanov tallied the most indoor hard wins (14).

Indoor Hard Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, min. 10 matches played

Player Index Titles Win/Loss
Jannik Sinner  100%  2  13-0
Karen Khachanov  82.4%  1  14-3
Tommy Paul  80%  2  8-2
Alexander Zverev  78.6%  1  11-3
Roberto Bautista Agut  75%  1  9-3

The 18-time tour-level champion Sinner earned a milestone moment at the ATP 500 in Halle this season, capturing his maiden title on grass. The World No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings went on a nine-match winning streak on grass before falling to Daniil Medvedev in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.

Sinner earned nine grass-court wins, which was one more than Wimbledon champion Alcaraz (8). Lorenzo Musetti tallied the most grass-court wins (12).

Grass Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index

Player Index Titles Win/Loss
Jannik Sinner  90%  1  9-1
Carlos Alcaraz  88.9%  1  8-1
Alex de Minaur  87.5%  1  7-1
Taylor Fritz  83.3%  1  10-2
Tommy Paul  83.3%  1  10-2

Sinner’s countryman Matteo Berrettini led the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index on clay with a 93.8 winning percentage (15-1). Berrettini won three tour-level titles on clay, lifting trophies in Marrakech, Gstaad and Kitzbühel.

Argentine Sebastian Baez claimed the most clay-court wins (26) with Casper Ruud (24) and Alexander Zverev (23) not far behind.

Clay Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index

Player Index Titles Win/Loss
Matteo Berrettini  93.8%  3  15-1
Jannik Sinner  84.6%  0  11-2
Novak Djokovic  84.2%  1  16-3
Carlos Alcaraz  81%  1  17-4
Alexander Zverev  79.3%  1  23-6
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