By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis Now| Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Photo credit: Matthew Calvis
Jannik Sinner's road to Roland Garros will include a trip to Hamburg's red clay.
World No. 1 Sinner has committed to playing the Hamburg Open, set for May 17-24th, the tournament announced on social media today.
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"For the first time in his career, Jannik Sinner will compete at the 2025 Hamburg Open (May 17–24)!" the Hamburg Open announced.
Two-time Australian Open champion Sinner has accepted a three-month suspension that will ban him from tennis from February 9-May 4th to settle the case, the World Anti-Doping Agency announced on February 15th.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sinner will serve his suspension from February 9th to 11:59 pm on May 4th, 2025.
"As per the Code Article 10.14.2, Mr. Sinner may return to official training activity from April 13th," WADA announced.
In a statement issued last month, Sinner said he accepts the suspension.
"This case had been hanging over me now for nearly a year and the process still had a long time to run with a decision maybe only at the end of the year,” Sinner said in a statement. “I have always accepted that I am responsible for my team and realize WADA’s strict rules are an important protection for the sport I love.
"On that basis I have accepted WADA’s offer to resolve these proceedings on the basis of a three-month sanction.”
Last March, Sinner twice tested positive for the banned steroid clostebol in "low levels" the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced in August days before the start of the US Open.
US Open champion Sinner was not suspended and permitted to play because an independent tribunal ruled he was at "no fault" for the steroid contamination in his system.
That decision prompted WADA to appeal the case—and seek a one to two year ban.