Jannik Sinner feels he is a better player now than he was this time last year, despite failing to scale the same heights as he did in 2024.

Sinner rounded off 2024 with eight ATP Tour-level titles to his name and secured the year-end number one ranking.

The Italian – who was suspended for three months earlier this year due to a doping violation – finishes 2025 as world number two, having fallen behind to Carlos Alcaraz.

While Alcaraz won eight titles, Sinner has won six, on the back of beating the Spaniard 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 in the ATP Finals on Sunday. The 24-year-old also scooped two grand slam titles and finished off the season with a 15-match winning streak for an overall record of 58-6.

Though he does not head into 2026 on top of the world, and while he has lost two major showdowns to Alcaraz, Sinner feels he is in a great place.

"I don't want to compare [to last year]," he said, as quoted by the Turin Press.

"It's [been an] amazing season. Last year was an amazing season. This year, making four grand slam finals, coming here, winning here, having this big streak at the end of the year, it's amazing.

"But mostly I feel I am a better player than last year. I think this is the most important. It's all part of the process.

"I always say and believe that if you keep working and trying to be a better player, the results they're going to come. This year it was like this.

"Of course, as I always say, the off-season, now we have a lot of time to adjust ourselves for next season, being as ready as possible.

"Many, many wins, and not many losses. All the losses I had, I tried to see the positives and try to evolve as a player. I felt like this happened in a very good way. I'm extremely happy with the season."

Grazie, Torino!!!! pic.twitter.com/jic3KuY9S0

— Jannik Sinner (@janniksin) November 16, 2025

Sinner has now won successive ATP Finals titles without dropping a set.

He is the youngest player since Roger Federer in 2003 and 2004 to win the ATP Finals in consecutive years.

But Sinner is already focused on next season, which will start with his bid for a three-peat at the Australian Open.

"December is very important for me as a player and as a team because you connect better because you don't have the pressure of the tournament, the rush to go from one side [of the world] to the other," he said.

"It is very important, not only because of the work ethic, but to connect the whole team even better."