Djokovic v Sinner: Match-up, stats, track record, everything you need to know – updated after 2024 Australian Open semi-final

All you need to know about the rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner after their meeting in the semi-final of the 2024 Australian Open

Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner (Inside/Panoramic)

Carrie Dunn

January 26, 2024

Djokovic v Sinner: the history

Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner have played each other seven times, most recently in the Australian Open semi-final in January 2024. The Italian won to reach his first-ever Grand Slam final, ending a winning run in Melbourne for Djokovic that extended back to 2019. Indeed, the Serbian did not even have a break point in the match – the first time in a completed Grand Slam match that has ever happened for him.

The pair played twice at the 2023 Nitto ATP Finals. Buoyed by a partisan home crowd in Turin, the Italian got his first-ever win over Djokovic, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2) in a touch over three hours – and said afterwards it was one of the best victories of his career thus far.

But Djokovic got his revenge, in the final, winning 6-3, 6-3 to win the ATP Finals for a record seventh time, extending his lead in the head-to-head to 4-1.

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Less than a week later, however, Sinner got a bit of revenge, beating Djokovic (and saving three match points) to level Italy’s Davis Cup semi-final against Serbia.

Their meetings are as follows:

2024 Australian Open: Sinner 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3
2023 Davis Cup: Sinner 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
2023 ATP Finals: Djokovic 6-3, 6-3
2023 ATP Finals: Sinner, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2)
2023 Wimbledon: Djokovic 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
2022 Wimbledon: Djokovic 5-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
2021 Monte-Carlo: Djokovic 6-4, 6-2

How many titles have Djokovic and Sinner won?

Sinner has won 10 career titles:

Masters 1000: 1 (Canada 2023)
ATP 500: 3 (Washington 2021, Beijing 2023, Vienna 2023)
ATP 250: 6 (Sofia 2020, Great Ocean Road Open 2021, Sofia 2021, Antwerp 2021, Umag 2022, Montpellier 2023)

How do Djokovic and Sinner compare at the same age?

Sinner has not yet won a Grand Slam title, although he has reached the quarter-finals of all four, and a semi-final at Wimbledon. He broke into the Top 10 at the age of 20, in 2021.

Djokovic reached the Top 10 of the rankings aged 19, and won his first Grand Slam at the 2008 Australian Open, the following year.

How do their stats compare?

Djokovic is the man who has won most Grand Slam singles titles in history. He has the most wins against players ranked in the top 10, and he is the only man to win all nine Masters 1000 titles.

Sinner was 19 when he won the title in Washington – the first teenager to do so.