There is no stopping Jannik Sinner right now. The world No. 1 made more history on Sunday at the Madrid Open 2026 becoming the first man to claim five Masters 1000 titles in a row and putting him on the cusp of a series sweep with eight of the nine events just below tennis’ Grand Slams.
The 24-year-old Sinner will look to complete that set later this month at home at the Italian Open in Rome.
The four-time major champion won his 23rd match in a row dating back to early March, subduing world No. 3 Sascha Zverev 6-1, 6-2 inside the Caja Magica to notch what also marks his 28th career title.
After falling in the semi-finals of the Australian Open to Novak Djokovic, Sinner has collected Masters titles in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo and Madrid. The win in Spain also makes him the first man to win all four of the Masters 1000 to open any season.
Neither Djokovic nor world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz competed in Madrid, with Alcaraz withdrawing from the French Open due to a right wrist injury.
A win in Paris next month will give Sinner the “career Grand Slam” – a victory at each of the four majors. Alcaraz completed his own Grand Slam in January in Melbourne.
“We are doing something incredible,” Sinner told the crowd on Sunday, addressing the work he has done with his coaches. “It has been an amazing feeling.
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Sinner was untested from the start by Zverev, who he has now beaten nine times in a row dating back to Cincinnati in 2024. He leapt to a 3-0 lead in a matter of minutes and won the first set 6-1 in under half an hour.
Zverev looked to settle in to start set two, but Sinner broke for a 3-1 lead and never looked back. A forehand wide from the German gave Sinner the title in less than an hour.
It was a dominating finish for Sinner, who lost his opening set of the tournament to France’s Benjamin Bonzi in the second round before straight set wins over Elmer Moller, Cam Norrie, Rafael Jodar, Arthur Fils and Zverev.
With Alcaraz absent, Sinner will enter Stade Roland-Garros this month as the odds-on favourite to win the French Open, where he held two championship points against the Spaniard a year ago only to lose in a five-set thriller.
Zverev will be the No. 2 seed in Paris and said he was not at 100 percent in Sunday’s final: “It was not my best day” today, he said during the trophy ceremony.
“Sinner is the best player – by far – in the world at the moment,” he added.
Zverev won the Madrid title in 2018 and 2021.
Sinner moves to 30-2 on the 2026 season, with his lone loss since Australia coming to Jakub Mensik in Doha.
He has now won 28 matches in a row at the ATP Masters 1000 events dating back to the Paris Indoors in November and moves to 28-9 in singles finals in his career. It’s his ninth Masters trophy overall.
Sinner is the first Italian – male or female – to triumph in the singles in Madrid.
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