Jannik Sinner took the opening set 6-4 against Jenson Brooksby in their Wimbledon 2026 third-round match. The defending champion and world No. 1 made that early lead count, going on to win 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and 13 minutes and advance to the fourth round.
Brooksby held serve through several tight games in the opening set, but Sinner took the set’s only break to move ahead 4-3, then served it out. That early advantage proved impressive in the straight-set win, though the later sets extended well beyond the opening-set moment described here.
Match-specific figures for Sinner’s first-set aces and serving percentages are not included here. Over the preceding 52 weeks, a StatsNext compilation recorded Sinner at 49-3 in matches with published statistics. He won 73.3% of service points, landed 65.4% of first serves and averaged 9.1 aces per match. The same compilation listed Brooksby at 15-24, with 62.2% of service points won and 2.9 aces per match. Those are period-wide figures, not statistics from this Wimbledon match.
Sinner began the tournament with a five-set win over Miomir Kecmanovic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3, then beat Nuno Borges 7-6(4), 7-6(2), 6-4. Brooksby reached the third round with wins over Aleksandar Vukic and Emilio Nava. Sinner later defended his Wimbledon title, beating Alexander Zverev in the final 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4.
Brooksby returned to the tour after a 13-month suspension for missing three anti-doping tests within a 12-month period. He also underwent surgery on both wrists in 2023, a impressive physical setback during his comeback. The suspension stemmed from missed tests under the whereabouts rule, not a finding that he had tested positive for a banned substance.
The match renewed a rivalry that began in the 2021 Washington semifinals, where Sinner beat Brooksby in straight sets before winning his first ATP 500 title. First staged in 1877, Wimbledon is played on grass and maintains traditions such as its all-white clothing rule. Sinner’s title defence and Brooksby’s return to the later stages of a Grand Slam made their third-round meeting a impressive contest on Court 1.
