Jannik Sinner successfully defended his Wimbledon title yesterday after defeating Alexander Zverev in a very tight match. During the press conference, the world number 1 was asked about the importance of his return in his success, but there is a fact that demonstrates that the key was his serve and confirms him as one of the best servers in history.
📊 The fewest breaks conceded in the second week of a Grand Slam tournament:
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▪️ 0 breaks: Pete Sampras 🇺🇸 (Wim 🇬🇧 2000)
▪️ 1 break: Pete Sampras 🇺🇸 (Wim 🇬🇧 1997)
▪️ 1 break: Andre Agassi 🇺🇸 (AO 🇦🇺 2003)
🆕 1 break: Jannik Sinner 🇮🇹 (Wim 🇬🇧 2026)
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After not playing in a single tournament since his tough loss at Roland Garros, Sinner had a hard time in his early matches at Wimbledon, suffering a service break against Miomir Kecmanovic, two against Nuno Borges, and two more against Jenson Brooksby. However, as the tournament progressed, his serve started to work well, and in the second week of the tournament, he only gave up one break, which occurred in his match against Jan-Lennard Struff in the quarterfinals. This allows him to equal Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi as the second player in Grand Slam history to concede the fewest breaks in the second week of a major since 1991.
Sinner's 31 aces marking a new personal record
In fact, there is only one player who did not concede any break in the second week of a Grand Slam and ended up winning the tournament, and that was Pete Sampras at Wimbledon 2000. Each year, Sinner serves better and implements new improvements in his service, and against players like Novak Djokovic or Alexander Zverev, he barely gave them any break opportunities. In the final, the German player only had one break chance, and in the semifinals, the Serbian player had even fewer. Incredible.
Additionally, in the first round against Kecmanovic, the player from San Candido hit 31 aces, breaking his own personal record. Such a service on both hard and grass courts becomes almost untouchable, and when you add that to the Italian's game, it explains why he has practically won every tournament he has played on both surfaces lately. A perfect machine that shed a load off his shoulders at the All England Club and is the favorite to win everything in the second half of the season.
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