This year has been nothing short of a roller-coaster ride for Italian star, Jannik Sinner. He was the standout player during the 2024 season and won 8 titles this year! He started his season winning the AO title and ended it by winning the ATP Finals. However, despite all these heroics, the 23-year-old Italian at times sneaked into the headlines. He tested positive for a banned substance, Clostebol earlier this year and after that, there came the rumors of his breakup with fellow tennis player, Anna Kalinskaya. How does Jannik Sinner look back at the 2024 season?

Well, on December 4th, Jannik Sinner attended the SuperTennis Awards in Milan. There, he was seen paying tribute to his family and friends who stood beside him through thick and thin. Sinner said, “We had some difficult moments this year, on the court I did incredible things but off the court, many things happened. I had honest people around me, they were difficult moments and even more today I have to thank my team, my family, and the public who have always supported me.”

He has time and again highlighted how his mom, Siglinde, and dad, Johann, gave him the freedom to pursue his tennis dream. Johann, a chef, and Siglinde, a former waitress, gave birth to their son Jannik on August 16, 2001. They did everything possible to support their kid to pursue his dream. In 2023, during an interview, Jannik Sinner revealed how his father worked as his professional chef on Tour to spend time together. For Sinner, seeing his parents for long and hard hours had a great impact on him. He even credits his parents for his incredible work ethic!

After winning the AO earlier this year, Jannik Sinner said, “I wish that everyone could have my parents because they always let me choose whatever I wanted to. Even when I was younger, I made also some other sports and then they never put pressure on me and I wish that this freedom is possible for as many young kids as possible.” He hailed them as “perfect parents” and went on to reveal how grateful he’s to them for allowing him to leave home at the age of just 14 to continue his full-training at the prestigious Piatti Tennis Academy.

Even after winning the Nitto ATP Finals, Sinner made an emotional remark about his and his parents’ sacrifices as a family, as they made rare appearances in Turin. His mother was even spotted crying as he accepted his first year-end world number one trophy. Later on in an interview, Jannik Sinner said, “I just heard that my mom was crying, which is something very cute! Only they know from my early stages, when I was around 13, how many sacrifices we made as a family also. We would have never thought that we’d have this [year-end World No. 1 trophy] at home at some point.” Why do Jannik Sinner’s parents don’t come to see him play as much, though?

Jannik Sinner reveals the exact reason why his parents don’t travel much during his matches

Jannik Sinner‘s parents were spotted in the last tournament of the season in Turin! Now, the question is, will they yet again show up at the first Grand Slam event of the 2025 season? Well, time will tell! However, speaking about their absence during his matches in a previous interview, Sinner revealed, “They won’t travel much, at least (for) now. I know them, so I also have my grandma and grandpa, which they (are) a certain age now (so my parents) want to stay close.”

He further added, “We have the family at home. They live in a beautiful place, so they have a good life there.” Interestingly, Jannik Sinner’s parents were also absent from the US Open in September 2024. They were likely at home taking care of Jannik’s sick aunt. We saw Jannik Sinner getting a bit emotional while dedicating his US Open title to her aunt during the on-court interview. He said, “I don’t know how much longer I still have her in my life.” How big a role did his aunt play in his career?

Previously in an interview, Sinner said, “My aunt, she’s a very important person, because when my parents, they were working every day and all day, so sometimes when I had to go to ski races, I went with her.” He then added, “She always helped me in the summertime when my parents were working and I had some days off or free days. When you are young, you don’t go to practice every day. So I hung around a lot with her, and she’s a very important person in my life.”

In his tribute at Milan, Sinner concluded: ” The goal for 2025? At Wimbledon I was playing very well, it’s a tournament where we want to do well. But it’s just one tournament, there are many others, so we prepare ourselves and see. We start again from the Australian Open”. Share your thoughts on these biggest supporters of Jannik Sinner who dedicated quite a good amount of time on seeing him where he’s today.