Sinnehr wins ATP Tour season finale...6.8 billion won 'huge'

Sinnehr wins ATP Tour season finale...6.8 billion won 'huge'

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No. 1-ranked Jannik Cinnere (ITA) has won the final event of the 2024 season on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour.

The world number one defeated Taylor Fritz (No. 5-ranked USA) 2-0 (6-4, 6-4) in the singles final on the final day of the Nitto ATP Finals ($15.25 million) in Turin, Italy, on Sunday.

After dominating the Australian Open and US Open this year, Saina made 2024 his year by dominating the ATP Finals, which is often characterized as a 'king of the hill' event.

He had already clinched the year-end singles world number one ranking before the tournament.

It was the first time in 55 years since the tournament's inception in 1970 that an Italian had won the singles title at the ATP Finals, 파워볼사이트 which features the top eight singles and top eight doubles players of the season.

Cinnere, the first Italian to win a singles title without dropping a set in 38 years since Ivan Lendl in 1986, earned $4.815 million for his victory. That's more than the $3.6 million he earned for winning the singles title at this year's US Open.

Cinnere reached nine singles finals at tour-level events this year, winning eight, the most on the tour.

The 2001-born Cinnere also became the first player born after 2000 to win the event's singles title.

“It means a lot to me to win my first title in Italy,” said Cinnere, ”I'm very happy because I've been working hard to prepare and play well in every match.”

Sinneh met Fritz in the final of this year's US Open, where he won 3-0 (6-3, 6-4, 7-5), and also won the group stage of the tournament, extending his head-to-head lead to 4-1.

Novak Djokovic (No. 6 Serbia), who along with Sinnehr formed the men's tennis “Big Three” this year, is not participating in the tournament, while Carlos Alcaraz (No. 3 Spain) was eliminated in the group stage.