Djokovic and Nadal statistics
Djokovic and Nadal are the all-time leaders with 28 ATP Masters 1000 titles each. This is the first time since 2011 that Djokovic and Nadal have accounted for the first three ATP Masters 1000 titles of the season. During the All-Star Line up in Madrid a fourth ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the season, the Mutua Madrid Open features every member of the Top 10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings.
The Spanish tournament takes the 2011 champion Novak Djokovic who returns to Madrid for the first time since 2013 when he lost in his opening match -2R to Grigor Dimitrov. Djokovic is one of four former winners in the field along with reigning champ Andy Murray since 2008, and the battle goes with four-time champion Rafael Nadal since 2005, -10, -13-14 and three-time titleholder Roger Federer since 2006till 2009, -12. The Big Four have accounted for 10 of the past 11 titles since 2005 with the only exception in 2007 when David Nalbandian was the champion.
The big dominations are in 51 of the past 55 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments one Djokovic, Murray, Federer and Nadal have lifted the trophy. During that stretch, Djokovic has won 23 titles, Nadal 13, Federer 8 and Murray 7.
Djokovic is three weeks away from reaching 200 weeks at his number one place in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Djokovic will reach the 200 week milestone on May 23. He will become the fifth player in the history of the Emirates ATP Rankings to hold No. 1 at least 200 weeks in his career, joining Federer -302, Pete Sampras -286 points, Ivan Lendl -270 and Jimmy Connors with 268 points. Djokovic has a 16-6 record in Madrid, winning the title in 2011 and reaching the semi-finals in 2007 and ’09. He is 28-2 on the season with ATP World Tour-best four titles, including the Australian Open and ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells and Miami.
According to Nadal enters in Madrid on a 10-match winning streak after capturing back-to-back titles at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo and Barcelona. During the streak, Nadal has lost only two sets, both coming in Monte-Carlo SF, F, with record of the 39-9 in Madrid, winning the title four times 2005, ’10, ’13-14 while reaching the final three other times 2009, ’11, ’15. Since 2009, he’s reached the final six of the last seven years except ’12-3R. The 29-year-old Spaniard enters with a 22-6 match record on the season 14-2 on clay. He is looking to become the all-time clay court titles leader in the Open Era.
