Inside Jannik Sinner's Incredible Streak That No One Is Talking About

Jannik Sinner will soon make his return to tennis, and once he comes back, there will be plenty of streaks on the line, as the Italian has been more or less unstoppable before his suspension.

Sinner played only one tournament in 2025. After that, he was suspended from competing for three months, and his ban will come to an end just before the Italian Open in Rome. That means the 23-year-old will return at the ATP Masters 1000 event in front of his fans.

On his return, Sinner will attempt to keep multiple streaks going. One of the obvious ones is his current winning streak. Before being banned, the ATP World No. 1 player was on a 21-match winning streak. He last lost in the China Open final to Carlos Alcaraz. But that isn't Sinner's only active streak.

Apart from having to yet lose a match in 2025, Sinner is also currently rewriting historic tables with an impressive feat. He first became the World No. 1 player on June 10th, 2024, after last year's Roland Garros, and has never lost the spot since.

In fact, Sinner hasn't lost the World No. 1 spot even during his three-month suspension, which just shows how incredibly dominant he was before being banned for three months.

On his return, Sinner will have a comfortable 1,645-point lead over second Alexander Zverev, and already now, he is sure to keep his World No. 1 rank after the French Open.

That means Sinner will complete the full 52 weeks as the World No. 1 player during his first spell. That's something only a few players managed to do before.

Roger Federer has the most impressive streak during his first spell as the World No. 1 player. The Swiss Maestro spent an incredible 237 weeks as the highest-ranked player on the ATP Tour after first reaching the rank on February 2nd, 2024.

The only other ATP player who spent more than two years as the World No. 1 during his first stay atop the rankings is Jimmy Connors. The legendary American kept the spot for 160 weeks.

Sinner's current 47 weeks and already secured 52 weeks are enough to beat the likes of Rafael Nadal (46), Andy Murray (41), Andre Agassi (30), and even Carlos Alcaraz (20).

But there are two more players that the Italian has within touching distance. Lleyton Hewitt spent 75 weeks as the World No. 1 player after first reaching the rank on November 19th, 2001.

The most successful tennis player of all time, Novak Djokovic, kept the top spot for 53 weeks, a feat that can be surpassed by Sinner if he keeps the top rank for only two more weeks after Roland Garros.

The most impressive part about Sinner's incredible streak is that even though he was forced to miss three months of action (missing four ATP Masters 1000 tournaments), he is still in a great position to keep the World No. 1 rank throughout the 2025 season.

The Italian player had an incredible end to last season, winning the US Open (worth 2,000 points), and the ATP Finals (worth 1,500 points). On top of that, he is still the fourth player in the 2025 ATP Race with 2,000 points, thanks to winning the Australian Open, despite playing only one event.

Sinner trails Carlos Alcaraz only by 740 points, and it wouldn't be surprising to see him dominate the rankings throughout 2025 as well.

Realistically, Sinner could easily reach at least the third spot in this statistic, overtaking Hewitt and Djokovic. Connors' 160 weeks could be too big of a challenge, but still something that the Italian might technically aspire to reach. But at the moment, Federer's 237 weeks just seem to be out of this world.