The World No. 1 at the Australian Open 2025 Jannik Sinner made history by surpassing Nicola Pietrangeli, the French Open champion from 1959 and 1960, and becoming the first Italian tennis player to win three Grand Slams. In the summit match at the Rod Laver Arena, Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 to successfully retain his Australian Open men’s singles championship.
After winning the 2025 Australian Open and his first championship at the US Open last year, Sinner has now won three straight hard court majors. In terms of the head-to-head record versus Zverev, he had also cut the gap to 3–4. At the same time, Zverev’s poor Grand Slam luck won out. His chances of winning a Grand Slam title have only gotten longer after he fell to Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, and Dominic Thiem in 2020 and the French Open, respectively, last year.
Zverev, who was about to become the first German to win a major after Boris Becker, lost the match because of his 45 unforced mistakes. Despite having 12 aces, he was unable to win the final, hence his efforts were in vain. Sinner is now the eighth player to win the first three Grand Slam men’s singles finals during the Open Era.
During the opening set, Zverev was observed having some difficulty. He had two break points in the fourth game, but he managed to preserve them. He did preserve three break points in the eighth game, but Sinner ended up having the final laugh. Sinner maintained his dominance and prevented Zverev from ever breaking his serve.
Similar circumstances greeted the start of the second set, as Zverev promptly saved two break points. However, he maintained his composure and imposed a tie-breaker. It was 4-4 in the tiebreaker, when Zverev scolded Zinner. Sinner, however, put up his finest effort, scored three points in a row, and won the second game handily.
In the third set, with the score at 3-2, Siner took two breaks, converted them, and increased his lead to 4-2. Zvered won the first one and saved it, but he was unable to save the second. The match was then decisively won by Sinner. He controlled Zverev by denying him any opportunity to break.
