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With Sinner on brink of record, what are the longest ATP Masters 1000 set streaks?

Jannik Sinner is just one set away from making ATP Masters 1000 history at the Miami Open presented by Itau.

The No. 2 player in the PIF ATP Rankings tied Novak Djokovic for the most consecutive sets won at Masters 1000 level (24) with his 6-3, 6-3 opening-round triumph against Damir Dzumhur on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium. Even with all the ATP Tour icons that have competed at Masters 1000 level since the category was created in 1990, the 24-year-old Sinner stands on the brink of putting together an unmatched winning streak.

Sinner’s perfect Masters 1000 run, during which he has lost an average of just more than three games per set and earned four wins against Top 10 opponents, began with his triumph at November’s Rolex Paris Masters. Having marched to the title in France without dropping a set, the Italian repeated the feat at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells earlier this month. Now, he has the chance to move clear of Djokovic by winning the first set of his third-round clash in Miami against 30th seed Corentin Moutet.

Most Consecutive Sets Won At ATP Masters 1000 Level* (since the series began in 1990)

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Like Sinner’s streak has so far, Djokovic’s 24-set perfect run, in early 2016, also came with two trophies. Then-World No. 1 Djokovic started his tally with a comeback second-round victory against Bjorn Fratangelo in Indian Wells, where he went on to win the trophy without dropping another set. He followed that by completing the ‘Sunshine Double’ (for a record fourth time) in Miami, where he did not lose a set. The Serbian’s stunning streak of dominant displays came to an end in his opening match at that year's Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, where he fell to Jiri Vesely 4-6, 6-2, 4-6.

The hard courts of the BNP Paribas Open also featured in the third and fourth-longest set-winning streaks on the list. Carlos Alcaraz put together a perfect run to triumph in Indian Wells in 2023 and extended his tally of consecutive sets to 21 in until Sinner rallied to overcome the Spaniard in the Miami final. In 2014, Djokovic’s 19-set winning streak, which had begun with a perfect run to the Paris-Bercy crown the previous year, came to an end when Roger Federer took the opening set of the Indian Wells final. Djokovic nonetheless turned that match around to claim the trophy in the California desert.

The longest Masters 1000 set-winning streak to feature any action on clay is Andy Murray’s 2016 effort: The Briton won 18 in a row starting at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, where he triumphed without dropping a set. On his next Masters 1000 appearance, on hard courts at the Cincinnati Open, Murray powered to four more straight-sets victories before he fell to Marin Cilic in the championship match.