Jannik Sinner becomes youngest player ever to reach all nine Masters 1000 finals

Jannik Sinner has defeated Arthur Fils in straight sets in the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open, 6-2, 6-4, and it was a notable victory for a number of reasons.

First of all, the world No. 1 has now reached the final of all nine Masters 1000 events in his career, with Madrid having been the only one missing in his collection.

JANNIK SINNER’S BEST RESULTS BY MASTERS 1000 EVENT:

• Won Indian Wells [2026]
• Won Miami [2024, 2026]
• Won Monte Carlo [2026]
• Final of Madrid [2026]
• Final of Rome [2025]
• Won Canada [2023]
• Won Cincinnati [2024]
• Won Shanghai [2024]
• Won Paris [2025]

And with that, Sinner makes history—at 24 years old, he’s the youngest player ever to complete the career set of finals at all nine Masters 1000 events, since the Masters 1000 level of tournament officially began in 1990.

He’s the fourth player to do it, period, after the Big 3.

AGE WHEN COMPLETED SET OF MASTERS 1000 FINALS:

• 24: Jannik Sinner [at 2026 Madrid]
• 25: Novak Djokovic [at 2012 Shanghai]
• 27: Rafael Nadal [at 2013 Cincinnati]
• 30: Roger Federer [at 2011 Paris]

And there’s more.

Sinner’s victory over Fils in the Spanish capital was also the milestone 350th tour-level win of his career.

The Italian, who was born in 2001, is the first man born in the 2000s—or even since 1999—to hit that number.

And there’s even more.

With his latest win, Sinner is now 116-29 in his career at Masters 1000 events, which is exactly an 80.0% winning percentage. As of now, he’s just the third man with an 80.0% (or higher) winning percentage in Masters 1000 history, after Nadal (82.0%) and Djokovic (81.4%).

Fils came into Friday’s semifinal on a nine-match winning streak that took him to the title in Barcelona a few weeks ago and now to the semifinals of Madrid. He had actually won 20 of his last 23 matches dating back to February.

But after he held serve in the opening game it was all Sinner, who won five games in a row for a 5-1, double-break lead, serving out the first set a few games later.

The two players then traded holds for the first eight games of the second set until 4-all, when Sinner rifled a backhand down the line winner after a long rally to break for 5-4, then served out the victory in the next game.

“I tried to be very aggressive. I felt very comfortable in the return,” Sinner said of the first set. “Second set he started to serve better so it was more difficult, but I’m very happy about the general performance today, to be honest. I’m trying to play the best possible tennis that I can in this moment, and it was a very good day at the office.

“He’s at the moment one of the best players in the world, and I’m very happy that I’ve played against him, it means a lot to me. He’s very good for tennis, for the sport, and I’m really happy about today’s performance.”

Up next for the No. 1-seeded Sinner in the final on Sunday will be either No. 2-seeded Alexander Zverev or unseeded Belgian rising star Alexander Blockx, who played the second semifinal on Friday night.