Yannick Sinner reached the semi-finals of the 2023 Champions Tour and the Darren Cahill-coached player set several Italian men’s tennis records.

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Yannick Sinner, the first Italian to reach the semi-finals of the Tournament of Champions

This year marks the 54th edition of the Champions Tour, and four Italians have so far qualified for the event, which gathers the best players of the ATP season, but Sinner was the first to reach the semi-finals. Adriano Panatta (1975), Corrado Barazzutti (1978) and Matteo Berrettini (2019 and 2021) stopped at the group stage.

Yannick, 22, won all three of his Green Group matches (against Stefanos Tsitsipas, Novak Djokovic and Holger Rohn) to reach 60 wins in 2023, the most for an Italian in a single season. The previous record belonged to Corrado Barazzutti (54 in 1978).

Roon’s win was Sinner’s 20th over ATP Top 10 players. The Italian won the last seven matches against the elite of world tennis.

Sinner took first place in the Green group and will play in the semi-finals against the player who took 2nd place in the Red group.

The final standings of the Green Group

1. Yannick Sinner – 3 points (sets 6:2) / qualification semi-final

2. Novak Djokovic – 2 points (5:4) / advance to the semi-finals

3. Holger Rune – 1 point (3:2)

4. Hubert Gurkach – 0 points (1:2)

5. Stefanos Tsitsipas – 0 points (0:4).

Who won the Tournament of Champions over time

Novak Djokovic 6 (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022)

Roger Federer 6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)

Ivan Lendl 5 (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987)

Pete Sampras 5 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)

Ilye Nastase 4 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)

Boris Becker 3 (1988, 1992, 1995)

John McEnroe (1978, 1983, 1984)

Bjorn Borg 2 (1979, 1980)

Leighton Hewitt 2 (2001, 2002)

Oleksandr Zverev 2 (2018, 2021)

Andy Murray (2016)

Grigor Dimitrov (2017)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (2019)

Daniil Medvedev (2020)

Andre Agassi (1990)

Stan Smith (1970)

Mykola Davydenko (2009)

Stefan Edberg (1989)

Jimmy Connors (1977)

Alex Corretha (1998)

Gustavo Kuerten (2000)

David Nalbandyan (2005)

Manuel Orantes (1976)

Michael Stitch (1993)

Guillermo Vilas (1974).

Tournament of Champions – Records

• Most titles (in singles): Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic (6)

• Most consecutive titles (in singles): Novak Djokovic (4)

• Oldest champion: Novak Djokovic, 35 years and 5 months, 2022

• Youngest champion: John McEnroe, 19 years and 10 months, 1978

• Highest-ranked champion: 1st: Ilie Nastase (1973), Jimmy Connors (1977), Bjorn Borg (1979-80), John McEnroe (1984), Ivan Lendl (1985-87), Pete Sampras (1994, 1996) -97) , Lleyton Hewitt (2002), Roger Federer (2004, 2006-07), Novak Djokovic (2012, 2014-15, 2022) and Andy Murray (2016).

• Champion with the lowest rating: 12th place: David Nalbandyan, 2005.

• Most qualifications: Roger Federer (17)

• Most wins: Roger Federer (59).

The 2023 Tournament of Champions takes place from November 12 to 19 on hard at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy. It has a total prize pool of $9,000,000, starts with the top eight players of the season, and is the reigning champion, Novak Djokovic (double won by Rajiv Ram and Joe Salisbury).