Jannik Sinner, a 23-year-old Italian, is the youngest man to leave Melbourne Park with the trophy two years in a row since Jim Courier in 1992-93.

Factbox on Italy's Jannik Sinner, who beat Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 in the Australian Open final on Sunday to win his third Grand Slam title: JANNIK SINNER Age: 23 Nation: Italy ATP Ranking: 1 Seeding: 1 Grand Slam titles: 3 (Australian Open 2024,

It was since 2019 – when Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal faced each other in the final – that the last act of the Happy Slam had not pitted the top two players in the ATP ranking against each other.