2026 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy - Masters 1000

[MargaretMcAleer]

First I am proud of my Italian doubles team who have made the Doubles Final playing in their 'home' tournament Roma!
Vavassori/ Bolelli (7) are playing against Granollers/Zeballos (2) they are tied at 2 all
Good luck to both teams!

 

[the AntiPusher]

Meddy pushing Sinner way more than Zverev. Daniil still can't decide does he love clay or not. He is actually good on clay when he decides to play and not just complain about it.

Meddy problem is he is truly bipolar..not to level of NickyK but to the level he can’t get out of his own way.

 

[britbox]

 

[don_fabio]

Ruud is underrated. Hope he can push Sinner today.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Ruud is underrated. Hope he can push Sinner today.

Rudd is the Elina Svitovina of the ATP tour ..ask Keli @kskate2

 

[don_fabio]

Rudd is the Elina Svitovina of the ATP tour ..ask Keli @kskate2

There are similarities, no doubt. Possibly the best players without the slam.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Jannik Sinner becomes the Youngest Man In History to win all 9 Masters GoldenTitles at age 24 and the second player Ever( Djokovic 31)
Jannik becomes the 2nd Man in History to win all 3 of the clay court Masters Events in a Single Season
Nadal 2010
Sinner 2026
Jannik Sinner becomes the first Italian man to win Rome since 1976, Andriano Pannatta
Jannik Sinner just became the First Man in the History to win the first 5 Masters events of the season the Sunshine Double and the Clay Court Triple
6 Masters Titles in a Row, the only man in the history to do it and he's only 24 years old!

Sono Cosi Orgoglioso Jannik!

I am on Cloud 9 as a Italian as our Mens Doubles team won as well defeating Granollers/Zaballos 76(8) 67(3) 10-3

Soo Proud! Italy Forza!

Jannik Sinner will enter Roland Garros on a 29 Match Winning streak

10th Career Masters 1000 title!
29 Consecutive Win
He's also won 51 of his last 53 matches
29th ATP Title
1st Roma Title

 

[El Dude]

So impressive. It is related to the six in a row, but within that he's won all five Masters of the year so far. He's essentially got a no-hitter through 5 innings - worth mentioning, but not yet to take too seriously. But if he wins in Canada, it will be awfully tempting to start thinking about a sweep of all nine Slams.

That said, I highly doubt he'll do that or is thinking too much about it. He needs to rest and recover for the gauntlet of the Channel Slam. That's what he wants, I'm guessing, more than anything else.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

So impressive. It is related to the six in a row, but within that he's won all five Masters of the year so far. He's essentially got a no-hitter through 5 innings - worth mentioning, but not yet to take too seriously. But if he wins in Canada, it will be awfully tempting to start thinking about a sweep of all nine Slams.

That said, I highly doubt he'll do that or is thinking too much about it. He needs to rest and recover for the gauntlet of the Channel Slam. That's what he wants, I'm guessing, more than anything else.

Thanks El Dude, yes it is soo impressive, what Jannik has completed at just age 24
I did leave you a post saying that he wont be playing Halle before Wimbledon, after RG which I hope he completes his Career Slam, he will be taking a well earned rest, before defending his Wimbledon title, fingers crossed he can complete the Channel Slam which is the hardest to complete in our game.His main focus is to win RG this year and to defend his Wimbledon title oh and a few other things as well

 

[El Dude]

He's also passed Mats Wilander with 16 big titles, 13th most in the Open Era. Up next is Andy Murray with 20.

His current 94.74 W% (36-2) on the year is on pace for 5th best all-time, just behind Roger in 2006 (94.85%). Assuming he wins R1 at RG, he'll pass Roger in 2006. If he wins Roland Garros, he'll pass Roger in 2005 (95.29) with a 95.56%.

It will be interesting to see how long he can keep this pace up and what form he'll be in when Carlos comes back - and how long it will take Carlos to get into top shape.

Another feat he's got a good shot at: 10+ titles, as well as Novak's record for 10 big titles in a season. 7 is where it gets really exclusive:

Most Big Titles in a season:
10 - Djokovic (2015)
9 - McEnroe (1984)
8 - Federer (2006), Djokovic (2011)
7 - Lendl (1986), Federer (2004), Nadal (2013)
6 - Laver (1969, 1970), Sampras (1994, 1997), Federer (2005, 2007), Nadal (2008, 2010), Djokovic (2010, 2016, 2023), Murray (2016), Sinner (2024)
5 - Nastase (1973), Connors (1976), Borg (1979-80), Lendl (1982, 1985, 1989), McEnroe (1983), Wilander (1988), Nadal (2005), Djokovic (2012-13), Federer (2017), Alcaraz (2025), Sinner (2026*)

# of Seasons with 5+ Big Titles
7 - Djokovic
5 - Federer
4 - Lendl
3 - Nadal
2 - Laver, Borg, McEnroe, Sampras, Sinner
1 - Nastase, Connors, Wilander, Murray, Alcaraz

Rosewall, Becker, Edberg, Agassi, Muster, Rios, and Zverev all maxed out at 4 big title seasons.

 

[mrzz]

Jannik becomes the 2nd Man in History to win all 3 of the clay court Masters Events in a Single Season
Nadal 2010
Sinner 2026

I am quite sure Djokovic won all three in 2011 as well.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I am quite sure Djokovic won all three in 2011 as well.

I will recheck Mrzz according to stats it was Rafa in 2010 and Jannik in 2026

Mrzz,
Djokovic won 2 clay court Masters in 2011, Madrid and Rome

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

I will recheck Mrzz according to stats it was Rafa in 2010 and Jannik in 2026

Mrzz,
Djokovic won 2 clay court Masters in 2011, Madrid and Rome

Not to mention, Djokovic didn't even win the French Open that year, so whatever accomplishments he got on clay that year feels forgotten (which is why Sinner needs to win the FO). Rafa won the French Open in 2005 and 2010, when he swept the Clay Masters (I believe there were only 2 - Monte Carlo and Rome - in 2005, as Madrid was a hard court). 2008 or 2009 was when Madrid became clay, and it became 3 clay masters.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Not to mention, Djokovic didn't even win the French Open that year, so whatever accomplishments he got on clay that year feels forgotten (which is why Sinner needs to win the FO). Rafa won the French Open in 2005 and 2010, when he swept the Clay Masters (I believe there were only 2 - Monte Carlo and Rome - in 2005, as Madrid was a hard court). 2008 or 2009 was when Madrid became clay, and it became 3 clay masters.

Really Phil I was waiting for you to De Rail Sinners accomplishments on this post I dont give a stuff what Novak did I am quite aware

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

As an Italian it was soo pleasing to see Panatta in the stands watching Jannik win today
Panatta was the last Italian man to win the Rome trophy in 1976, he stood up in the stand after Jannik won with a huge smile on his face and clapped hard, he still has long hair, going grey of course.A special moment for Italians today!

 

[britbox]

Rome Final Highlights

 

[britbox]

Sinner Post Match



LeoAI Transcript

• He says he focuses on being the best player of the day rather than chasing records, though he acknowledges knowing what he's playing for going into matches.
• He admits the match was mentally tough, with a difficult start, but he stayed as calm as possible and is very happy with the result.
• He completed the career Golden Masters (winning all ATP Masters 1000 titles) in Italy, which he describes as one of the most special places to play tennis as an Italian.
• He made his debut on that court in 2019 and always felt a unique, emotional connection to Rome.
• For recovery and next steps, he plans to rest for 2-3 days, do little to no tennis training, and spend time with family before heading to Paris (Roland Garros) from Thursday onward.
• He was visibly moved by having the Italian president present to watch and hand him the trophy, calling it amazing and saying the support gave him very positive energy.

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Really Phil I was waiting for you to De Rail Sinners accomplishments on this post I dont give a stuff what Novak did I am quite aware

I won't rail on Sinner's accomplishments. If he wins the French Open, then I will tip my cap to Sinner on a historic clay season. Anytime someone does something on clay that only Rafa has accomplished, it's a really big deal, and Sinner deserves to be praised for it.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I won't rail on Sinner's accomplishments. If he wins the French Open, then I will tip my cap to Sinner on a historic clay season. Anytime someone does something on clay that only Rafa has accomplished, it's a really big deal, and Sinner deserves to be praised for it.

Dont bother tipping you cap to Sinner, I am over your condescending comments period regarding Sinner at TF Period