Sinner closes on Alcaraz's Big Titles count with Miami triumph

Jannik Sinner capped his relentless surge through March on Sunday by winning the Miami Open presented by Itau, where he added another ‘Big Title’ to his tally.

Two weeks after his Indian Wells triumph, the No. 2 player in the PIF ATP Rankings defeated Jiri Lehecka to complete the coveted ‘Sunshine Double’. Sinner became just the eighth man in history — and the first since Roger Federer in 2017 — to win both ATP Masters 1000 events in the same season.

The triumph is Sinner’s 13th ‘Big Title, a combination of Grand Slam championships, trophies at the Nitto ATP Finals and ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, and Olympic singles gold medals. The Italian is now within just two Big Titles of rival Carlos Alcaraz in their rapidly intensifying race at the top of the men’s game.

Since losing the US Open final to Alcaraz last September and surrendering the World No. 1 spot, Sinner has won four ‘Big Titles’, including his maiden Rolex Paris Masters trophy, his second triumph at the Nitto ATP Finals and both Sunshine Double Masters 1000 events this year. Alcaraz's lone Big Title during that same stretch was at the Australian Open.

Big Titles Won: Alcaraz & Sinner

Sinner won his maiden Masters 1000 trophy in Toronto in August 2023. With his Indian Wells triumph earlier this month, the Italian completed the set of titles at all six hard-court Masters 1000 events and has now completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ for the first time.

The 24-year-old has won seven Masters 1000 titles, tied with Alexander Zverev for third most among active players and just one behind Alcaraz. Sinner and Alcaraz are now tied with 26 tour-level titles.

Sinner has won a Big Title for every 5.2 tournaments he has played in his career, a better rate than all players except for Djokovic (3.3), Rafael Nadal (3.5), Alcaraz (3.9), Roger Federer (4.4) and Pete Sampras (4.9).