Service/Return: Sinner on the verge of achieving a record unseen since 1991?

At 24 years old, Jannik Sinner is minutes away from a feat that even tennis giants have never accomplished.

While the tennis world focuses on the battle for the world number 1 title, another, quieter battle is unfolding: Sinner is dominating both on serve and on return, a performance never achieved since the ATP began compiling these statistics (1991).

According to "Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers," the Italian is ruling both fundamentals of modern tennis this season.

- Service games won: 91.45%

- Return games won: 32.68%

No other player on the tour manages to rank in the Top 5 of both categories. Not Djokovic, not Alcaraz, not Fritz. Sinner is alone on his island.

For over 30 years, monsters like Sampras, Federer, Nadal, or Djokovic have dominated one aspect of the game, rarely both at the same time.
But Sinner is erasing this boundary between servers and returners.

The Italian shows 91.5% of service games won, ahead of Mpetshi Perricard (89.3%) and Fritz (89.3%), and 32.7% of return games won, just ahead of Alcaraz (32.55%).

Dizzying numbers, further amplified by the consistency of a player who, in 2024, had "only" 28.3% of return games won. A meteoric progression.

As he begins his run at the Rolex Paris Masters against Zizou Bergs, Sinner could become the first player in modern history to lead both of these categories in the same season.