

What Time Will Jannik Sinner Play Against Tristan Schoolkate?
Sinner and Schoolkate are on the Day 5 Schedule at Australian Open 2025 on Thursday 16 January. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Matchup: No. 1 Jannik Sinner (ITA) vs (WC) Tristan Schoolkate (AUS)
Head-to-head: first meeting
Sinner has lost to lower-ranked players in Tour-level matches before, including No. 270 Tristan Lamasine in the 2021 Lyon 1st round and No. 309 Jack Draper in the 2021 Queen’s 1st round. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Sinner at a Grand Slam is No. 79 Daniel Altmaier at the 2023 Roland Garros 2nd round, and the lowest-ranked player to defeat Sinner at the Australian Open is No. 67 Marton Fucsovics in the 2020 2nd round.
Sinner has never faced a wild card at the Australian Open before, but he has won all four of his previous matches against wild cards at Grand Slams.
Sinner has faced Australian players twice before at the Australian Open, winning both matches against Max Purcell in the 2020 1st round and Alex de Minaur in the 2022 round of 16. He has also won all four of his previous matches against Australian players at Grand Slams.
Sinner has a strong record against Australian players at Tour-level, winning his last 19 matches and having a 23-3 overall win-loss record against Australian players.
Sinner has a perfect record of 14-0 against players at their home Grand Slam tournaments. This includes his previous victories against Australian players at the Australian Open, as well as his wins against American players at the US Open and French players at Roland Garros. He has never played against a British player at Wimbledon.
Sinner, aged 23, is the No. 1 ATP ranked player, with 19 career titles. He has a 62-18 career
Grand Slam record and a 16-4 record at the Australian Open. His overall career record is 264-80, and his hard court record is 180-49. In 2025, he has a 1-0 record overall and a 1-0 record on hard courts. He has a 6-9 record in five-set matches and has come back from 0-2 down twice.
Sinner is the defending Australian Open champion and is aiming to reach the 3rd round for the 4th time. He won his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open last year and is the youngest men’s singles champion since 2008. He also won the 2024 US Open and has reached at least the semifinals in all four Grand Slam tournaments. He is looking to become the first Italian player to win three Grand Slam singles titles.
Sinner is currently ranked world No. 1 and has held the position since Roland Garros last year. He has a 15-4 record in Davis Cup matches and led Italy to their 3rd Davis Cup title in 2024.
Sinner’s coach is Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill.
Schoolkate is a wild card player and is aiming to reach the 3rd round at a Grand Slam for the first time. He won his first Australian Open match in the 1st round against Taro Daniel. He also reached the 2nd round of qualifying at the Australian Open last year as a wild card.
Schoolkate, aged 23, has a career-high ranking of No. 167. He has a 2-5 career record at Tour-level and has won his first two Tour-level matches at the Australian Open this year. He won his first Challenger title in 2024 and reached the semifinals in three other Challenger events.
Schoolkate is coached by Andrew Roberts.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Sinner will win.
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