With the era of the “big three” in men’s tennis slowly ending, competition among “next generation runners” is also interesting. While Carlos Alcaras of Spain, a four-time major champion at the age of 21, has slowed down for a while, Jannik Sinner of Italy has overtaken Alcaras at the end of the 2024 season.
Sinner, who confirmed his world No. 1 at the end of the year, represented Italy in the 2024 Davis Cup final in Malaga, Spain, on the 25th and led his country to victory. Italy, the defending champion, won the tournament for the third time after 1976 and 2023.
Cinner has won eight of his 18 titles this season. Cinner won his first major title at the Australian Open, and won the U.S. Open. He also added three trophies at the 1,000 Series Masters Championships and two trophies at the 500 Series Championships. Right before the Davis Cup, he won the ATP Finals, where top eight players of this season compete. Cinner earned more than half of his accumulated prize money of 33.989,584 dollars, or 16.914,035 dollars, this year.
His record for this season is 73-6. Following the Big Three era of Roger Federer of Switzerland, Rafael Nadal of Spain, and Novak Djokovic of Serbia, Sinner is listed as the fourth player to finish this season with a winning rate of over 90 percent.
Cinner was particularly strong in hard courts as his main weapon was powerful strokes that he hit at fast tempo. During this season, he won 55 games and lost three times, with a winning rate of 94.83 percent. This is the third-highest percentage after Federer’s 50 wins and one loss (98.03 percent) in 2005 and 59 wins and two losses (96.72 percent) in 2005. Based on his performance, Cinner has won six hard courts. He is also the third to win all three of the biggest competitions (Australia Open, U.S. Open, and ATP Finals) on hard courts, following Federer (3 times) and Djokovic (2 times). Analysts say that his power has doubled in hard courts as his serve has improved.
On the other hand, Alcaras, the world’s third-ranked player, has won four championships including the French Open and Wimbledon this season, but his pace dropped sharply in the second half of this season 온라인바카라. With Djokovic in his late 30s expressing his intention to participate in the tournament on a limited basis, competition between Cinner, who was born in 2001, and Alcaras, who was born in 2003, who are aiming for the “men’s tennis throne” in the 2025 season, is expected to heat up.
