In tennis , the ATP Masters events, currently known as ATP Tour Masters 1000 series, are an annual series of nine top-level tournaments featuring the elite men's players on the ATP Tour since 1990.[ 1] [ 2] The Masters tournaments along with the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships make up the most coveted titles on the annual ATP Tour calendar. In addition to the quadrennial Olympics , they are collectively known as the 'Big Titles' .[ 3]
Novak Djokovic , the only player to complete the Career Golden Masters.
Twelve tournaments have been held as Masters events so far, nine each year. They have been played on three different surfaces: hard outdoors: Indian Wells, Miami, Canada, Cincinnati and Shanghai; hard indoors: Stockholm (1991–94), Stuttgart (1998–2001), Madrid (2002–08) and Paris; clay: Hamburg (1990–2008), Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome; carpet indoors: Stockholm (1990), Stuttgart (1995–97) and Paris (1990–2006).
Active tournaments
Defunct tournaments
^ Seasons' tournaments are in chronological order with three exceptions:
Cincinnati was held before Canada in 1996.
Rome was held before Madrid/Hamburg from 2000–2010 and after Cincinnati in 2020.
Indian Wells was held after Cincinnati in 2021.
^ First event of Stuttgart Masters was held in Essen .
^ Madrid replaced Hamburg in 2009, switching from indoor hard courts to clay.
^ a b c not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
^ In 2020, Cincinnati was held in New York City .
^ a b c d Competed under no flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine .
Active tournaments
– Events not played
Defunct tournaments
– Events not won
80 champions in 305 events as of 2024 Cincinnati .
^ Players with 4+ titles listed. Active players and records are denoted in bold .
^ Madrid was held as the 8th event between 2002–08 before being replaced by Shanghai in 2009.
^ Player's best career strike rate of winning the Masters series events.
Career Golden Masters
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The achievement of winning all of the nine active ATP Masters tournaments over the course of a player's career.
The event at which the Career Golden Masters was accomplished indicated in bold .
No.
Titles
Year(s)
6
Novak Djokovic
2015
5
Novak Djokovic
2011
Rafael Nadal
2013
4
Novak Djokovic
2
2014, 16
Roger Federer
2
2005, 06
Rafael Nadal
2005
3
Rafael Nadal
5
2007–10, 18
Roger Federer
3
2004, 12, 17
Novak Djokovic
2
2012, 13
Andre Agassi
2
1995, 2002
Andy Murray
2016
Marcelo Ríos
1998
Thomas Muster
1995
Pete Sampras
1994
Stefan Edberg
1990
No.
Finals
Year(s)
8
Novak Djokovic
2015
6
Novak Djokovic
2
2011, 12
Rafael Nadal
2013
Roger Federer
2006
5
Rafael Nadal
4
2005–11
Novak Djokovic
2
2009, 16
Roger Federer
2
2007, 14
Andy Murray
2016
Stefan Edberg
1990
4
Roger Federer
3
2005–17
Rafael Nadal
2
2008, 17
Andy Murray
2015
Novak Djokovic
2014
Andre Agassi
1995
Pete Sampras
1995
No.
Match wins
Year
39
Novak Djokovic
2015
35
Rafael Nadal
2013
34
Novak Djokovic
2012
Rafael Nadal
2009
Roger Federer
2006
33
Novak Djokovic
2011
Novak Djokovic
2009
32
Rafael Nadal
2008
31
Novak Djokovic
2016
Rafael Nadal
2007
30
Andy Murray
2015
minimum 30 wins
%
W–L
Match record
Year
97.1
33–1
Novak Djokovic
2011
95.1
39–2
Novak Djokovic
2015
92.1
35–3
Rafael Nadal
2013
91.9
34–3
Roger Federer
2006
88.6
31–4
Novak Djokovic
2016
85.7
30–5
Andy Murray
2015
85.0
34–6
Novak Djokovic
2012
85.0
34–6
Rafael Nadal
2009
84.2
32–6
Rafael Nadal
2008
83.8
31–6
Rafael Nadal
2007
80.5
33–8
Novak Djokovic
2009
minimum 30 wins
Most years of success
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Spanning consecutive events
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No.
Consecutive titles
Years
4
Novak Djokovic
3
2013–16
Rafael Nadal
2013
3
Novak Djokovic
2
2011, 19–20
Rafael Nadal
2010
No.
Consecutive finals
Years
7
Novak Djokovic
2015–16
5
Rafael Nadal
2
2011, 13
4
Novak Djokovic
4
2011–15
Roger Federer
3
2006–10
No.
Match win streak
Years
31
Novak Djokovic
2011
30
Novak Djokovic (2)
2014–15
29
Roger Federer
2005–06
23
Rafael Nadal
2013
Novak Djokovic (3)
2013–14
22
Novak Djokovic (4)
2015–16
Spanning non-consecutive events
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No.
Titles streak
Years
5
Novak Djokovic
2
2011, 14–15
4
Novak Djokovic
2
2011, 15
Roger Federer
2013
Rafael Nadal
2005–06
No.
Finals streak
Years
11
Novak Djokovic
2014–16
7
Rafael Nadal
2012–13
Roger Federer
2005–06
6
Novak Djokovic
2006
5
Roger Federer
2017–18
Andy Murray
2016
Rafael Nadal
2011
No.
Final win streak
Years
12
Novak Djokovic
2012–15
9
Rafael Nadal
2005–07
Roger Federer
2004–06
8
Andre Agassi
1999–04
6
Andy Murray
2009–11
Pete Sampras
1992–95
Rafael Nadal
2018–21
Most consecutive years of title success
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Titles/yr
Player
Consecutive years
4 +
Novak Djokovic
3
2014–16
3 +
Novak Djokovic
6
2011–16
2 +
Novak Djokovic
6
2011–16
Rafael Nadal
2005–10
1 +
Rafael Nadal
10
2005–14
Tournaments won with no sets dropped
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No.
Player
Events
11
Novak Djokovic
Miami (2007 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 ), Paris (2014 , 2019 ), Toronto (2016 ), Shanghai (2015 , 2018 [ a] ), Madrid (2019 ), Rome (2022 )
8
Rafael Nadal
Monte Carlo (2007 , 2008 , 2010 [ b] , 2012 , 2018 ), Indian Wells (2007 ), Rome (2009 , 2012 )
7
Roger Federer
Indian Wells (2005 , 2017 ) Hamburg (2005 ), Madrid (2006 ), Cincinnati (2012 [ a] , 2015 [ a] ), Paris (2011 )
4
Andy Murray
Rome (2016 ), Cincinnati (2011 ), Shanghai (2010 , 2016 )
2
Pete Sampras
Cincinnati (1997 , 1999 )
Marcelo Ríos
Monte Carlo (1997 ), Rome (1998 )
1
Carlos Alcaraz
Indian Wells (2023 )
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Monte Carlo (2021 )
Daniil Medvedev
Shanghai (2019 )
Alexander Zverev
Madrid (2018 [ a] )
Grigor Dimitrov
Cincinnati (2017 )
Carlos Moya
Cincinnati (2002 )
Andre Agassi
Rome (2002 )
Patrick Rafter
Montreal (1998 )
Petr Korda
Stuttgart (1997 )
Thomas Enqvist
Paris (1996 )
Emilio Sanchez
Rome (1991 )
Stefan Edberg
Paris (1990 )
Boris Becker
Stockholm (1990 )
^ a b c d Won the tournament without having serve broken.
^ Fewest games (14) lost winning a tournament.
Miscellaneous records
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"In all Masters tournaments" records
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^ 7 currently active tournaments + Hamburg.
^ 9 currently active tournaments + Hamburg.
^ Hamburg (1990–2008), Madrid (2009–present).
^ Madrid (2002–2008), Shanghai (2009–present).
Calendar Masters combinations
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Back-to-back tournament titles.
Currently active combinations in bold.
Combination
Winner
Year
Indian Wells—Miami—Monte Carlo[ 12] "Season first triple"
Novak Djokovic
2015
Monte Carlo—Madrid—Rome[ 13] "Clay triple"
Rafael Nadal
2010
Nadal won a season-record of four consecutive Masters by winning the Madrid–Rome–Montreal–Cincinnati titles in 2013 .
Combination
Winner
Year(s)
Indian Wells—Miami[ 13] "Sunshine double "
Novak Djokovic
4
2011, 14–16
Roger Federer
3
2005–06, 17
Andre Agassi
2001
Marcelo Ríos
1998
Pete Sampras
1994
Michael Chang
1992
Jim Courier
1991
Madrid—Rome[ 14] "Clay double"
Rafael Nadal
2
2010, 13
Novak Djokovic
2011
Canada—Cincinnati[ 13] [ 15] "Summer double"
Rafael Nadal
2013
Andy Roddick
2003
Patrick Rafter
1998
Andre Agassi
1995
Shanghai—Paris (Madrid)[ 13] [ a] "Fall double"
Novak Djokovic
2
2013, 15
Andy Murray
2016
David Nalbandian
2007
Marat Safin
2004
^ In 2009, Shanghai replaced Madrid as the 8th Masters event. Madrid was moved to the clay season.
Note: Currently active tournaments in bold.
Djokovic has retained a record six different tournaments (Indian Wells, Miami, Rome, Canada, Shanghai, Paris).
Nadal has retained a tournament on a record sixteen occasions across multiple seasons (Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Canada).
Federer has won Madrid on three different court surfaces (hardcourt in 2006, red clay in 2009, and blue clay in 2012).
Titles won by decade
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as of 2024 Cincinnati .[update]
1
Aguilera , Carretero , Corretja , Costa , Ferreira , Forget , Johansson , Korda , Moyá , Nováček , Pernfors , Philippoussis , Rusedski , Sánchez , Woodruff
1
Berdych , Cañas , Corretja , Enqvist , Ferreira , Grosjean , Haas , Henman , Mantilla , Norman , Pavel , Pioline , Portas , Robredo , Sampras , Tsonga
1
Čilić , del Potro , Dimitrov , Ferrer , Fognini , Isner , Khachanov , Ljubičić , Roddick , Sock , Söderling , Thiem , Tsonga , Wawrinka
as of 2024 Cincinnati [update] .
^ Not including Daniil Medvedev's two titles and Andrey Rublev's two titles in 2023–2024.
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