pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a has accomplished a feat that had not been done in 47 years./p
pSinner became the third man in the Open Era to claim his first two Grand Slam titles in the same season. The Italian defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a on Sunday to lift the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a trophy, adding to his a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a title from January./p
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pSome of the best players in history mdash; including a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pete-sampras/s402/overview'Pete Sampras/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-agassi/a092/overview'Andre Agassi/a mdash; did not win their first two majors in the same season. The last player who did was a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/guillermo-vilas/v028/overview'Guillermo Vilas/a, who emerged victorious at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a and the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a in 1977./p
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pEntering the year, Sinner had reached just one semi-final at a Grand Slam tournament. This year he tallied a 23-2 record at the majors./p
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jimmy-connors/c044/overview'Jimmy Connors/a won his first three Grand Slam titles in 1974, when he triumphed at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a and the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a./p
pOnly three other players have won the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a on hard court in the same season. Djokovic and Federer both did it three times and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mats-wilander/w023/overview'Mats Wilander/a achieved the feat in 1988./p
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