When Jannik Sinner plays in Vienna: background with Alex De Minaur
After a two-set victory over Alexander Bublik (6-4 6-4), Jannik Sinner is ready to return to the court in the semifinals of the Vienna ATP 500. The number one seed and two seed in the world will face Alex De Minaur, number three seed and 7 in the ATP rankings, who beat Matteo Berrettini in the quarterfinals.
The match between the Blue and the Australian is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 25, no earlier than 3 p.m. on the indoor concrete center court of the ‘Wiener Stadthalle’. It will be Lorenzo Musetti’s turn next, opposing Alexander Zverev, on court no earlier than 4:30 p.m.
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There are 11 previous matches between Sinner and De Minaur, who has never managed to defeat the South Tyrolean: the most recent was in the semifinals of the Beijing ATP 500 with Jannik winning in three sets. In 2025, the two also played each other in the quarterfinals of the’Australian Open with a clear victory for the world number two (6-3 6-2 6-1), who prevailed one more time in Melbourne: in the round of 16 in 2022, again in three sets.
Sinner has beaten De Minaur one’other time on outdoor concrete’in the final at the Toronto Masters 1000 in 2023– and as many as six times on indoor concrete: twice in the Davis Cup, in the final in 2023 and in the semifinals in 2024, in the final at the 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals, in the quarterfinals of the 2020 ATP 250 Sofia, in the final at the 2024 ATP 500 Rotterdam, and in the round of the 2024 ATP Finals. Finally, the Azure also boasts a success with the Australian on clay: in the second round of the Madrid 2022 Masters 1000.
