Italian tennis ace Jannik Sinner was awarded the trophy for finishing 2024 with No.1 in the ATP rankings. The trophy was presented to him before his home crowd at the ATP Finals. Notably, Sinner won the Australian Open and the U.S. Open to earn his first two Grand Slam titles. Technically, he secured the year-end No.1 ranking a month ago. Sinner is the 19th different player to claim the year-end honour and is the 29th man overall to secure top rankings on the charts.
In the year-ending event, Sinner took down Alex de Minaur in the opening game on Sunday for the top eight players. He is set to be up against Taylor Fritz in his next game, which would be the re-match of the U.S. Open final. This is the first time Sinner is playing at home since it was announced before his U.S. Open title that he tested positive in drug tests this year.
Only they know how many sacrifices we made as a family: Jannik Sinner gets emotional after accepting No.1 trophy
During the event, Sinner got emotional as he celebrated ATP Year-End No.1 presented to him by PIF honours. He was presented the award by ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi, former World No. 1 Boris Becker and Head of Corporate Brand and Strategic Advisory at PIF Mohamed Alsayyad. After receiving the honour, he said, “It’s a nice feeling, [it is] special sharing these kinds of moments here in Italy with the crowd.” The Italian added, “This would not be possible without all the people I have around and especially these kind of people I want to keep forever, because it has a journey from the beginning.”
Sinner continued, “I just heard that my mom was crying, which is something very cute. Only they know from my early age and stages, when I was around 13, how many sacrifices we made as a family. Now I’m standing here with one of the, maybe the most special trophy I have.”