Rafael Nadal<\/a> won four consecutive Masters titles in a row between Madrid and Cincinnati in 2013, but Sinner becomes just the second man, after Djokovic in 2015, to win the first three Masters events of the season. <\/p>\nSinner\u2019s 22 victories in a row at Masters level since the start of Paris remains some way off the records set by Djokovic and Federer, however. <\/p>\n
Djokovic won 31 matches in a row at Masters tournaments between Indian Wells and Cincinnati in 2011, although he missed Monte Carlo that season. <\/p>\n
Federer recorded a 29-match winning streak between 2005 and 2006, while Sinner could move level with Nadal\u2019s best run of 23 consecutive victories when he starts his Madrid campaign later this month. <\/p>\n
Consecutive victories at Masters 1000 tournaments Since 1990<\/p>\n
1. Novak Djokovic – 31 (2011)<\/p>\n
2. Novak Djokovic – 30 (2014-15)<\/p>\n
3. Roger Federer – 29 (2005-06)<\/p>\n
4. Novak Djokovic – 23 (2013-14)<\/p>\n
5. Rafael Nadal – 23 (2013)<\/p>\n
6. Jannik Sinner – 22 (2025-26)<\/p>\n
7. Novak Djokovic – 22 (2015-16)<\/p>\n
Alcaraz, who saw his 17-match winning run ended by Sinner, can reclaim his No 1 ranking if he wins the Barcelona title, but it will be back on the line in Madrid with neither play having points to defend. <\/p>\n
Alcaraz praised Sinner\u2019s start to the season during the trophy ceremony in Monte Carlo and said: \u201cJust one man in the Open era won the Sunshine Double and the Monte Carlo [Djokovic]. You\u2019re the second one to achieve it. It\u2019s something incredible. It\u2019s so difficult to make that happen.\u201d <\/p>\n
Sinner, whose only losses this season have come to Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals and to Jakub Mensik in the ATP 500 tournament in Doha, said: \u201cWe came here just trying to get as many matches as possible, having good feedback before other big tournaments coming up. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut look, the result is amazing. Getting back to number one means a lot to me. At the same as I always say, the ranking is secondary. I\u2019m very happy to win at least one big trophy on this surface. I haven\u2019t done it before, so it means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-528371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}