Jannik Sinner: His Next Opponent, Jenson Brooksby, Issues the Challenge
Jenson Brooksby is set to face Jannik Sinner in the next round at Wimbledon. This is only the American’s third appearance in the main draw of the Championships, a tournament in which he had already reached the third round in 2022 thanks to victories over Kukushkin and Bonzi, before losing to Chile’s Garin.
After dispatching Peru’s Buse in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3, Brooksby spoke with great confidence about the challenge that awaits him against the world No. 1. “I love competing against opponents at this level. I’m always confident in my chances against anyone, and nothing excites me more than playing high-stakes matches on the most prestigious courts of a Grand Slam,” he said.
Born in Sacramento, the capital of California, on October 26, 2000, Brooksby emerged on the ITF circuit just over 18 years old, winning the tournaments in Bakersfield, Champaign, and Decatur in 2019. In the first of those, incidentally, he defeated Aleksandar Vukic. His move to the ATP Challenger level brought three more titles to his collection, all in 2021: Potchefstroom (his only victory outside the U.S., in South Africa), Orlando, and Tallahassee.
After moving up to the main tour, he lost three finals (Newport 2021, Dallas, and Atlanta 2022) before winning his first title in April 2025 on the clay courts of Houston. In between, he put in several impressive performances at Grand Slam events, with a fourth-round appearance at the 2021 US Open as his best result to date. Brooksby has also held his own at the Masters 1000 events, proving competitive especially at his “home” tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami, where he reached the fourth round at both events in 2022.
In his career, Brooksby has defeated a Top 10 player twice: he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (then ranked No. 5) at Indian Wells in 2022 and Casper Ruud (ranked No. 3 at the time) at the 2023 Australian Open. He has faced Italian players twice, both in 2025: a five-set loss to Flavio Cobolli at the US Open and a straight-set victory over Luciano Darderi in Tokyo.
