Jannik Sinner opened up about his emotional struggles after winning the Wimbledon men's singles title, becoming the first Italian to achieve the feat. The World No. 1 avenged his defeat to Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open just over a month ago. With this victory, he also ended two-time defending champion Alcaraz’s quest for a Wimbledon hat-trick. This was Sinner’s first title since serving a three-month ban due to allegations of doping following his Australian Open triumph.

After completing his 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over Alcaraz and claiming his fourth Major title at the age of 23, Sinner climbed into the Centre Court stands to embrace his parents, Hanspeter and Siglinde. Earlier this year, Sinner successfully defended his Australian Open title, having also won the US Open in 2024.

Sinner, who won a whopping $4 million as prize money, reflected on his triumph. “It feels amazing. It is so special. It is very emotional, even if I do not cry. It feels emotional because only me and the people who are close to me know exactly what we have been through on and off the court, and it has been everything except easy,” Sinner said.

“We have tried to push, you know, every practice session. Even I was struggling at times mentally—maybe even more in practice sessions—because I feel like when I play the match, I can switch off and just play. I believe that this helped me a lot,” he added.

“To share this moment with my family here, my whole family here, it is the most amazing thing that could have happened to me, no?

“In Paris, it was only my mom, and it was still an amazing feeling. Here, my dad and my brother and my mom too—and the whole team, not only from my coaches' perspective, but everyone who works for me—has been here. It has been, yeah, an amazing feeling.”

Sinner had failed to convert three match points at Roland Garros five weeks ago. But at Wimbledon's Centre Court, he fired down a 137 mph serve—his fastest of the match—on his second match point to seal the four-set win.

“I had a very tough loss in Paris,” admitted the World No. 1. “But at the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter how you win or you lose—especially in important tournaments. To accept the loss and to keep working, this is for sure one of the reasons why I hold the trophy here. The last game I served very well. I am happy about that. I just tried to be as aggressive as I could. It takes too much to win against him. I am very happy that I held my nerves at the end and I can hold this trophy now.”

With Sinner winning his maiden Wimbledon title, he and Alcaraz have now shared the last seven Grand Slam titles since Novak Djokovic won the 2023 US Open.