Call it another desert-to-grass success story.

For the 15th time since the creation of the ATP Masters 1000 series in 1990—and for the third time in the past four years—the BNP Paribas Open men’s champion has also lifted the gentlemen’s singles trophy at the All England Club four months later. For anyone who likes stats, that's a 40 per cent strike rate!

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner rallied from a set down on Sunday to defeat Alexander Zverev 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4 and follow in the footsteps of rival Carlos Alcaraz, who won the Indian Wells and Wimbledon crowns in 2023 and 2024.

But don't think for a moment that Sinner is starting to take his Grand Slam success for granted.

"We talk about five Grand Slams, but that’s five days out of so many other days. These are very, very rare days," the Italian said.

Sinner added to a narrative that continued to play out in Tennis Paradise, where in the semi-finals, he defeated Zverev 6-2, 6-4 for the sixth consecutive time and did not drop serve against the German for the third straight match. His winning streak against Zverev has now reached 10 matches, and he has held serve 87 consecutive times against the new World No. 2.

Sinner came into Wimbledon having not played a competitive match in more than a month. His most recent appearance had ended in a shock second-round loss to Juan Manuel Cerundolo at Roland Garros, where he wilted in the heat after coming within one game of a routine straight-sets victory.

The Italian needed to rally from two sets to one down in his Wimbledon opener against Miomir Kecmanovic but steadily played himself into form, beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the semi-finals before capturing his fifth Grand Slam title and 30th career title, all by the age of 24.

“I have improved throughout the whole tournament,” Sinner said. “If you see the performance from the first two, three matches, then how I ended the tournament, it has been always growing."

Sinner, whose first Indian Wells title in March kicked off a history-making sweep of the first five ATP Masters 1000s of the year, is a tour-leading 44-3 on the season.

Despite the loss, Zverev is trending in the right direction. After waiting more than 10 years for his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, the 29-year-old came within one match of winning two majors in six weeks. He also snapped a streak of 14 straight sets lost to Sinner and displaced Alcaraz as World No. 2.

Aryna Sabalenka’s quest to become the first Indian Wells women’s champion in 30 years to triumph at Wimbledon in the same year ended in the fourth round at the hands of Naomi Osaka.

21-year-old Czech Linda Noskova, who fell to Sabalenka in the Indian Wells semi-finals, lifted the trophy, defeating Olympic doubles partner Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech ladies' final.

It was an emotional victory for the World No. 12, who just 12 months earlier had played at Wimbledon with a heavy heart after her mother, Ivana, died of cancer one day before the start of the tournament. Noskova lost in the second round.

Having squandered five championship points in the second set of Saturday's final, Noskova was facing a different kind of heartbreak as she walked off court for a bathroom break. At that moment, she promised herself she would win the title in memory of her mother.

“The first step I took off court, the trophies were there,” she said in her champion’s press conference. “I was like, ‘I’m not going to take the small one. I’m taking the big one.’ I had been so close. This would probably be the heartbreak of my life.”

Earlier, as she battled to hold back tears during the trophy presentation, Noskova said: “There’s also one more person I would like to thank, which is my mom. I definitely would not be standing here without her, so thank you.”

The words drew warm cheers—and also many tears—from Centre Court fans who shared the bittersweet moment.

The tours will shortly return to North America, highlighted by the combined ATP and WTA 500 event in Washington, D.C., beginning July 27, the 1000-level events in Canada and Cincinnati and the US Open, which begins August 30.

Note: Wimbledon photos courtesy Getty Images