The 9 longest ATP Masters 1000 win streaks: Novak Djokovic features four times
Only one player has managed to win 30 or more ATP Masters 1000 matches in a row and that player is Novak Djokovic – and he has done it twice!
Djokovic, of course, has won a record 40 Masters trophies and he is also the only man to win the Career Golden Masters as he has achieved the feat of winning all nine Masters tournaments twice.
So it’s not much of a surprise to see him feature several times on the list of longest winning streaks at ATP Masters 1000 level.
=8. Rafael Nadal – 18
Nadal’s first 18-match winning run at ATP Masters 1000 level took place in 2005 and started at the Monte Carlo Masters before it was ended at the Cincinnati Open.
He won the title in Monte Carlo as he beat Guillermo Coria in the final, then missed the Madrid Open due to injury, before returning at the Italian Open as he again defeated Coria in the showpiece match.
The Spaniard followed it up with the Canadian Open, beating Andre Agassi in the final, and his streak was ended in the first round in Cincinnati by Tomas Berdych.
=8. Rafael Nadal – 18
The 36-time Masters champion’s second 18-match streak also started at the Monte Carlo Masters, this time in 2010, and ended at the Canadian Open later in the year.
Nadal beat Fernando Verdasco in the Principality, followed it up with the title in Madrid by defeating Roger Federer and completed the clay sweep with a win over David Ferrer in the Italian Open final.
7. Pete Sampras – 19
American great Sampras’ dominant run at ATP Masters tournaments took place in 1994 as he kicked it off with a five-set win over Petr Korda in the Indian Wells final and he then completed the Sunshine Double as he got the better of Andre Agassi at the Miami Open.
He missed the Monte Carlo Masters, but won his one and only title at the Italian Open after getting the better of Boris Becker.
After missing Toronto and Cincinnati, he returned in Stockholm but went down in the semi-final against Becker.
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6. Novak Djokovic – 22
Djokovic’s fourth-longest ATP Masters win streak took place across two separate seasons as it started with a title run in Shanghai in 2015 and ended in Monte Carlo in 2016.
The Serbian actually won six of the nine Masters events in 2015, but only his Shanghai and Paris titles are part of the 22-match win streak.
The following year he won the Indian Wells Open and Miami Open before he was stunned by Jiri Vesely in the second round in Monte Carlo.
=4. Rafael Nadal – 23
Nadal’s best win streak at Masters tournaments started at the 2013 Madrid Open as he won the title, beating Stan Wawrinka in the final. He followed that up with trophies at the Italian Open, Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open.
He took his unbeaten run to 23 when he beat Wawrinka in the quarter-final of the Shanghai Masters, but it was 23-1 after the semi-finals as he lost against Juan Martin del Potro.
=4. Novak Djokovic – 23
As one streak ended, another started as Djokovic 23-0 run began at the 2013 Shanghai Masters as he won six matches, beating Del Potro in the final.
The Serbian followed it up with titles at the Paris Masters and in 2014 he won the Sunshine Double, the Indian Wells Open and Miami Open, before his run was ended by Roger Federer in the semi-final of the Monte Carlo Masters.
3. Roger Federer – 29
The Swiss great initially held the record for most consecutive ATP Masters 1000 match wins as his run started at Hamburg in 2005 and ended in Monte Carlo the following year.
Federer defeated Richard Gasquet in the Hamburg final and followed it up with the Cincinnati Open title not long after. In 2006 he won the Indian Wells Open and Miami Open.
He was one win away from winning five consecutive Masters titles, but was beaten by Rafael Nadal in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters.
2. Novak Djokovic – 30
Djokovic went one better than Federer during his 2014-2015 streak.
After losing in the semi-final in Shanghai, Djokovic won the Paris Masters with victory over Milos Raonic. The 2015 season started with titles at the Indian Wells Open, Miami Open and Monte Carlo Masters before he missed the Madrid Open.
He returned to trophy-winning action as he was the last man standing at the Italian Open and then reached the final in Cincinnati before losing against Andy Murray.
1. Novak Djokovic 31
Djokovic, of course, is the only one to have a 30-match winning streak at Masters events and he has done it twice.
His longest unbeaten run took place during his incredible 2011 season as he won five consecutive ATP 1000 titles with the run starting at the Indian Wells Open. Next was the Miami Open trophy before he missed the Monte Carlo Masters. That was followed by titles at the Madrid Open, Italian Open and Canadian Open.
He made it 31 wins in a row when he beat Stan Wawrinka in the semi-final of the Cincinnati Open, but Federer ended his streak in the final.
