Sports · 21 May 2026

Jannik Sinner and Elina Svitolina win Italian Open 2026

Exam-focused facts from the 21 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • Jannik Sinner defeated Casper Ruud 6–4, 6–4 to win the men's singles title at the 83rd Italian Open held at the Foro Italico in Rome.
  • Sinner became the youngest player and second in history to win all nine active Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Masters 1000 events and the first Italian man to win the singles trophy in 50 years.
  • Elina Svitolina won the women's singles title by defeating Coco Gauff 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, becoming the oldest woman to win three titles at the same Women's Tennis Association (WTA) 1000 event.
  • Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori became the first all-Italian pair to win the men's doubles crown in the Open Era by defeating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.
  • The unseeded pair of Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider won the women's doubles title by defeating Cristina Bucșa and Nicole Melichar-Martinez 6–3, 6–3.