By defeating Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic won his second Madrid Open title and his record 29th Masters Championship.
Djokovic is the only player to have 29 Masters, followed by Rafael Nadal, with 28. He is also the only player to win eight out of the nine ATP Masters 1000.
What is further remarkable is that Djokovic is a multiple champion in all of these eight masters.
6 – Miami (2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
5 – Indian Wells (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016)
4 – Rome (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015)
4 – Paris (2009, 2013, 2014, 2015)
3 – Shanghai (2012, 2013, 2015)
3 – Canada (2007, 2011, 2012)
2 – Monte Carlo (2013, 2015)
2 – Madrid (2011, 2016)
Djokovic is the only player to win six Masters in a year, and this year he already has won three out of the four Masters so far. With five left, he could even equal or better his record of six in a year.
Cincinnati is the only Masters 1000 which Djokovic has not won in his illustrious career.
He has reached five finals at Cincinnati, but lost three times to Roger Federer and twice to Murray. Interestingly, in all the five matches he could not win a set, and has lost all four tiebreakers he has played.
These are stats Boris Becker and he will be looking at when they play their assault here. For the record, Becker is the youngest ever champion in this tournament, when he lifted the title at 17, the same year as his breakthrough win at Wimbledon in 1985.
The best player at Cincinnati is Roger Federer, who has played seven finals here and has a perfect record. Federer seems to be a different player here, and even in Djokovic’s unreal 2015, Federer won Cincinnati in straight sets.
The last ten tournaments here have seen wins by Federer (seven), Murray (two) and Nadal (one). Murray won both his titles against Djokovic, while Rafa won against the American giant John Isner. Interestingly, Federer, Rafa and Murray have never been runners up here.
For Djokovic, the final frontier has to be the French Open, where he has been runner-up thrice, twice to nine-time champion Nadal and once to Stan Wawrinka.
But after Roland Garros, Djokovic would surely like to focus Cincinnati, the one elusive Masters left, so that he will be the first and only player to win all nine of the series.
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