Jannik Sinner, a 23-year-old Italian, is the youngest man to leave Melbourne Park with the trophy two years in a row since Jim Courier in 1992-93.

It was since 2019 – when Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal faced each other in the final – that the last act of the Happy Slam had not pitted the top two players in the ATP ranking against each other.

Jannik Sinner faces Alexander Zverev in the first mens Grand Slam final featuring the top two ranked players in the world since the 2019 Australian Open, in which Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal in straight sets;