“The reason why I chose tennis was, in tennis you can make mistakes. You can lose points but you can still win the match,” Jannik told Vogue<\/a> in 2024. “In skiing, if you make one mistake, one big mistake, you cannot win.” But at the tender age of 13, he made the decision to leave the mountains and head for the Italian Riviera to enroll in a rigorous tennis academy. He has long credited this ambition and work ethic to his parents.<\/p>\n As Jannik looks to defend his Wimbledon title<\/a>, get to know Jannik’s parents, Siglinde and Johann.<\/p>\n Meet Jannik Sinner’s mom, Siglinde: Jannik Sinner with his father Johann Sinner, his mother Siglinde, and brother Marc after winning the final against Taylor Fritz at the ATP Finals in Turin on November 17, 2024.MARCO BERTORELLO – Getty Images<\/p>\n (MARCO BERTORELLO – Getty Images)<\/p>\n When Jannik made the decision to leave home, his parents were working at a local ski lodge at the time<\/a>, where his mother, Siglinde, was working as a server and his father as a cook. “My parents are special because when I [came] back from school my parents were not there, they were working and I used to go always go to ski,” Jannik told reporters in Italy after he won the Australian Open in 2024<\/a>. “When I came back home at 4:30 my mom used to be at home but I went to play tennis sometimes, a little bit of [soccer].”<\/p>\n These days, Siglinde manages a few apartments owned by the family. Jannik’s parents are also at his matches frequently, although his mother sometimes avoids them, only out of anxiety for her son. During the Italian Open in Rome in May, a reporter from Gazzetta<\/a> found Siglinde outside. Jannik had lost the first set to American Tommy Paul<\/a>. “I left at the end of the first set. I’ll take a stroll around here and wait for the match to end. I never watch Jannik’s entire matches live; it rarely happens,” she told the Italian publication. “I prefer to stay in front of the TV. Only in Turin did I manage to watch the final and a bit of the previous rounds. My husband stayed; he never has any qualms.”<\/p>\n In an interview with The Athletic<\/a> ahead of the 2025 U.S. Open<\/a>, Jannik said he has had this conversation with her before\u2014that it’s just a game, and that the worst thing is that he will just lose the match\u2014but she has difficulty maintaining perspective. “That’s the worst thing that happens,” Jannik said. “Parents, I guess.”<\/p>\n Meet Jannik Sinner’s dad, Johann: A proud father looks on after the victory of his son in the semi-final match against Norway’s Casper Ruudat the ATP Finals.MARCO BERTORELLO – Getty Images<\/p>\n (MARCO BERTORELLO – Getty Images)<\/p>\n Johann, who also sometimes goes by the name of Hanspeter, was born in the South Tyrol section of Italy. The family now runs their own guest house, Haus Sinner, where Johann helps out in the restaurant when not on the tour with his son. “So they are always working and that’s what I love about them,” Sinner told reporters in 2024<\/a>. “They’re not changing anything with me. I’m a normal person who I was when I was a very young kid with a big dream and now I’m just 22 years old with still a big dream.”<\/p>\n Notably, however, Sinner’s father missed the French Open this year<\/a>, which he lost in a nailbiter to Carlos Alcaraz. “My dad was not here because he was working today,” Sinner told reporters at Roland Garros after the match<\/a>. “Nothing of our success changes in the family.”<\/p>\n Sinner embraces his father after winning the 2025 Wimbledon final.Visionhaus – Getty Images<\/p>\n (Visionhaus – Getty Images)<\/p>\n However, Johann didn’t make the same mistake two months in a row. He was in his son’s player’s box<\/a> when Jannik won his first Wimbledon title<\/a> in London in July.<\/p>\n![\"TENNIS-ATP-FINALS\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_towncountry_108\/468e0074adfd58bcbed908425d55d438.jpeg\"\/)
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