On a September evening in New York, Jannik Sinner defeated Taylor Fritz to claim the US Open title, his second major championship of the season. The Italian closed the year having won every hard-court match without suffering a single straight-sets loss.
Inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, Sinner met the moment with composed, measured power. Fritz drew a roaring home crowd, but Sinner’s calm resolve held from the first ball. He read the serve early, redirected with depth, and denied every shift in momentum that Fritz tried to build.
A season without a straight-sets defeat
The victory made the 2024 campaign historic in its consistency. From Melbourne to New York, Sinner never lost a match in two unfought sets. That steadiness placed his name among the most dominant hard-court runs in the modern game.
From Melbourne to the Manhattan skyline
The US Open trophy followed the Australian Open he took in January, when he came back from two sets down against Daniil Medvedev. That triumph was his first major and the first ever for an Italian man. Now New York delivered a second, pivoting his story from breakthrough to confirmation.
The win added a seventh title of the year to Sinner's growing collection. By the end of 2024 he had already become the first Italian player, male or female, to hold the ATP world No. 1 ranking. Weeks later he would retain the Davis Cup with Italy for back-to-back titles.
Quietly, on a court that has crowned so many champions, Sinner wrote a line without excess and without surrender. The year belonged entirely to him.
