Yeah, Italy has really come along of late. Sinner is obviously quite easily the best Italian player of the Open Era, followed by Adriano Panatta. After that it is probably Matteo Berrettini, but Musetii has a chance of eventually at least making it to #3. Anyhow, by my estimation, here are the top 10 Italian players of the Open Era:
- Jannik Sinner: 3 GS, 1 TF, 4 Masters, 19 titles, #1
- Adriano Panatta: 1 GS, 1 Masters, 11 titles, #4
- Matteo Berrettini: 10 titles, #6
- Fabio Fognini: 1 Masters, 9 titles, #9
- Corrado Barrazutti: 5 titles, #7
- Paolo Bertolucci: 6 titles, #12
- Lorenzo Musetti: 2 titles, #10
- Lorenzo Sonego: 4 titles, #21
- Tie (all roughly equal): Andrea Gaudenzi, Andreas Seppi, Marco Cecchinato - all 3 titles, best rank #16-18
Musetti will jump over the "two Bs" if he wins Madrid. If not, he'll still probably get there eventually. I think he's got a good chance of passing Fognini and Berrettini. To pass Panatta, he'll either have to win a Slam or several Masters (I sort of see 3 Masters are being roughly equal to 1 GS, in terms of career greatness).
