Top Five Players With Most ATP Masters 1000 Titles

The ATP Masters 1000 events, which began as a series in 1990, features the best men’s tennis players at nine ATP Tour tournaments. In the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, the winners of ATP Masters 1000 events are awarded 1,000 points.  Since the ATP Masters 1000 series started in 1990, 76 champions have been crowned, and five players have won multiple Masters 1000 titles. 

Following his victory at the 2021 Rolex Paris Masters, Novak Djokovic claimed sole possession of the record for the most ATP Masters 1000 titles. Djokovic officially broke the record he previously shared with Rafael Nadal. With his 2022 Internazionali BNL d'Italia victory, he now has 38 ATP Masters 1000 titles to his name. The Serbian has won a total of 40 Masters 1000 titles.

In this article, let’s delve into the top five players with most ATP masters 1000 titles.

5. Andy Murray - 14

In 2008, Andy Murray competed for his first ATP 1000 Masters title in Cincinnati immediately followed by another in Shanghai. With four titles in the Chinese Masters in 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2016, it was his most successful event. Prior to his career-altering injury run in 2017, the former World No. 1 enjoyed tremendous success at the Masters 1000 level.

In 2016, he had his best ATP season at the Masters 1000 level, winning three titles and qualifying for five finals. These came in a row in Madrid, Rome, Cincinnati, Shanghai, and Paris, with victories in Rome, Shanghai, and Paris. Subsequently, the Brit’s run in the French capital pressed him to world number one for the very first time. The accomplishment was also his 14th and most recent ATP Masters 1000 title.

4. Andre Agassi - 17

Eight-time Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi had early success in the ATP Masters Series. In 1990, he emerged victorious in the Miami Open, the second-ever Masters event in history. In the final, he defeated Stefan Edberg to win the title at the age of 19. Despite his quick ascent to fame, Agassi had to wait nearly two and a half years for his second, which came at the Canadian Open in Toronto in 1992.

His best ATP Masters 1000 seasons were in 1995 and 2002 when he won three titles each year. Miami was without a doubt his best event; he won six times there in 1990, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, and 2003. In addition, Agassi, along with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, is the only person to have won every single Masters hard court competition.

3. Roger Federer - 28

Roger Federer won 22 of his 28 Masters 1000 titles on hard courts, accounting for the majority of his success. However, his first title at that level came on clay in 2002, at the Hamburg Masters, and he won the final against Marat Safin. In 2005, Federer achieved his greatest ATP Masters Series results, taking home titles in Cincinnati, Miami, Indian Wells, and Hamburg. He won four titles the following season and made final appearances in Monte Carlo and Rome.

The 41-year-old’s most frequent Masters event is Cincinnati, with victories there coming in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2015. The Swiss has also advanced four times to the finals of the competitions in Monte Carlo and Rome, but has never won. Federer has only missed out on two ATP Masters titles. His most recent title was in 2019 at the Miami Open, where he triumphed over John Isner in the final.

2. Rafael Nadal - 36

Known as the "King of Clay," Rafael Nadal, has won 26 of his 36 ATP Masters titles on clay. Nadal has won 11 Monte Carlo titles, 10 Rome titles, four Madrid titles, and one Hamburg Masters title. 2013 was his finest ATP Masters season; he won at Indian Wells, advanced to the Monte Carlo final before winning Madrid, Rome, Montreal, and Cincinnati back-to-back.

Miami and Paris are the only two Masters events the Spanish player has not won. The 36-year-old has reached the finals in Miami five times, but only once in Paris, in 2007. His 36th and most recent Masters title came at the Rome Masters in 2021, where he defeated Djokovic for his 10th title.

1. Novak Djokovic - 40

Novak Djokovic possesses a record 40 ATP Masters 1000 titles. He is the only man to have won at least one Masters Series event and the only player who has won all of them at least twice. He completed the first collection in 2018 with his first Cincinnati title and the second in 2020 at the same event.

The 35-year-old has won 99 ATP Tour events and is the only person to have won all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously. Having won each of the nine ATP Masters events held throughout his career, he is also the only player in history to hold a Career Golden Masters title. Breaking the record for the most weeks at the top of the rankings for both men and women, Djokovic has been the world number one in men's singles for over 400 weeks. 

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