Jannik Sinner’s dominance over the ATP Tour in 2024 was hardly an anomaly. The No. 1-ranked player in the world picked right up where he left off to start the 2025 season, taking home the Australian Open men’s singles title in dominant fashion while dropping just two sets along the way.

It was since 2019 – when Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal faced each other in the final – that the last act of the Happy Slam had not pitted the top two players in the ATP ranking against each other.

Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open men's singles title in 2019 after beating Rafael Nadal in the final. Roger Federer won the Australian Open men's singles title in 2018 after beating Marin Cilic in the final. Roger Federer won the Australian Open men's singles title in 2017 after beating Rafael Nadal in the final.

Jannik Sinner of Italy holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup aloft after defeating Alexander Zverev of Germany in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia,

Jannik Sinner has confirmed, if there was still any need, his status as ruler of the ATP Tour, also underlined by the two incredible victories performed against Alex De Minaur and Ben Shelton, respectively in the quarterfinals and in the semifinals at the Australian Open 2025.