Jannik Sinner will carry more than a second consecutive Wimbledon trophy into the North American hard-court season. The world No. 1 is preparing to return to the National Bank Open in Montreal with an opportunity to continue one of the most dominant Masters 1000 runs in men’s tennis history.
Sinner is listed among the leading players entered in the expanded 96-man tournament, scheduled for August 1-13 at IGA Stadium. His appearance would come three weeks after he defeated Alexander Zverev in four sets to retain his Wimbledon title and collect the fifth Grand Slam championship of his career.
The Italian will arrive in Canada chasing a prize far larger than another trophy. Sinner has won all five Masters 1000 tournaments contested this season, completing the Sunshine Double at Indian Wells and Miami before sweeping the European clay-court events in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome. No player has ever won all nine Masters 1000 tournaments during the same season.
A Montreal victory would give Sinner six Masters titles in 2026, matching Novak Djokovic’s single-season record from 2015. It would also leave Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris as the final three stops in a possible unprecedented calendar-year Masters sweep.
That possibility would have appeared unrealistic even for the sport’s best player at the beginning of the year. Winning consecutive Masters events across hard courts and clay requires constant adjustments in movement, tactics, conditions and recovery. Sinner has not merely survived those transitions. He has controlled them.
His title in Rome completed the Career Golden Masters, making him only the second man after Djokovic to win all nine Masters 1000 tournaments during his career. Sinner reached the milestone at 24, seven years younger than Djokovic was when the Serbian completed the collection in Cincinnati in 2018.
The Rome victory was also Sinner’s fifth consecutive Masters title, beginning with Paris at the end of the 2025 season. He owns 10 Masters trophies overall and has not dropped a set in any of the 10 finals he has won at that level. His unbeaten Masters streak stands at 34 matches.
Montreal represents a fitting place for the next stage of that pursuit. Sinner captured the first Masters title of his career in Canada in 2023, defeating Alex de Minaur in the Toronto final. The breakthrough helped launch the Italian’s rise from promising contender to world No. 1 and multiple Grand Slam champion.
His most recent appearance in Montreal ended differently. Andrey Rublev defeated him in the 2024 quarterfinals, and Sinner skipped the Canadian tournament in 2025 following his Wimbledon campaign. His planned return now comes with additional recovery time after tournament organizers moved the start of the men’s event to three weeks after the Wimbledon final.
The Wimbledon champion will face a deep field, even with Carlos Alcaraz unavailable as he continues recovering from a right wrist injury. Zverev, defending champion Ben Shelton, Daniil Medvedev, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Djokovic are all included on the entry list, although Djokovic’s participation has not been confirmed. Tournament officials have indicated that Sinner and Zverev have already secured accommodations in Montreal.
Sinner’s immediate challenge may be managing the physical and emotional demands that follow a Grand Slam victory. His Wimbledon run included a four-set final against Zverev and a straight-sets semifinal victory over Djokovic, extending a season in which he has repeatedly played deep into the sport’s largest tournaments.
Montreal will also mark the beginning of the final major phase of the season. After Canada and Cincinnati, the tour moves toward the US Open, where Sinner will again be expected to contend for the title. For now, however, the Masters race provides its own compelling storyline.
Sinner has already become the youngest man to collect every hard-court Masters trophy and the youngest player to complete the full Career Golden Masters. Winning in Montreal would place him alongside Djokovic for the most Masters titles in a single season. Winning the four remaining events would take him somewhere no player has ever been.
After conquering Wimbledon again, Sinner’s next pursuit is not simply another championship. It is the first complete Masters sweep in men’s tennis history.
