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Not since Roger Federer, who won three consecutive titles at SW19 between 2004 and 2007, had a player reclaimed the men's singles title at the All England Club until Sinner shone on Centre Court.

The world number one claimed a 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 6-4 victory in just under four hours to secure his fifth grand slam crown overall, but Sinner did not have it all his own way.

Having previously won 14 consecutive sets against Zverev, Sinner was unable to get to grips with the German's serve before going down in a lengthy first-set tie-break.

With break points rare across an enthralling first and second set, Sinner then fell on the right side of another tie-break, reeling off four straight points to force Zverev into a position he could not recover from.

The world number three, who will move up a place to take Carlos Alcaraz's second spot with his performance at Wimbledon, seemed to struggle from that point on as Sinner started to perform better against his serve.

Not until the eighth game of set three did either player break, however, with Sinner snatching that crucial break to go 5-3 up before slamming an ace centrally to seal the third set and a 2-1 lead.

A similar pattern followed in the fourth set as Sinner squandered two break points in the seventh game, only to grab the third chance after arrowing a forehand winner down the line following deuce.

Sinner moved closer to victory with a gorgeous backhand drop-shot after being brought forward by Zverev, who was then caught out of position as the Italian slammed a winner to seal the title.