Saturday 14 May 2016 22:36, UK
Novak Djokovic claimed his 29th Masters 1000 title in Madrid while Rafa Nadal took his total to 28 with a ninth win in Monte Carlo – we take a look at the numbers and the rivals their have left trailing.
There are nine Masters events across the ATP season, played indoor and out and on both clay and hard courts - each is worth 1000 ranking points and they sit just below the Grand Slams and World Tour Finals in terms of prestige.
With victory in the Florida sunshine, the formidable Djokovic took over at the head of the most successful Masters performers for the first time, an elite club featuring some of the biggest names in the men's game - but Nadal showed he has the stomach for the fight by drawing level with his win over Gael Monfils in Monte Carlo.
The world No 1 stands untouched at the top of the game at the moment and in truth has done so for the last couple of years.
Along with his 11 Grand Slam titles, his Masters record is frightening. He has won three of the first four 1000 events in 2016 (Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid) and has 29 titles from 41 finals at a win rate of 71 per cent.
A win over Andy Murray saw him claim a second Madrid title and a first since 2011 while victory over Kei Nishikori in Miami sealed the Serb's sixth title in Florida, level with Andre Agassi. His win at Indian Wells in March took him to five in the Californian desert.
For good measure Djokovic holds the record of most titles in a year - six in 2015 (from eight finals) and he has every chance of beating that in 2016.
One thing for Novak to put right this year? He has never won in Cincinnati…..
The Spaniard returned to winning Masters ways in April 2016 when he claimed a ninth Monte Carlo success - his first 1000 title since 2014 when he was victorious over Kei Nishikori in Madrid.
It ended a four year wait for a win in the principality - mind you before those four years he won eight successive Monte Carlo titles - nine MC wins, eight in succession, unsurprisingly both are Masters records.
2015 had been the first year since 2004 that Nadal did not pick up a Masters title, but semi-finals at Indian Wells and Madrid to go with his Monte Carlo win suggest he will be looking to stay on the tail of Djokovic.
21 of the world No 5's Masters have been won on clay - his first title at 1000 Series level coming on the red dirt of Monte Carlo in 2005.
Astonishingly the Spaniard won eight successive Monte Carlo crowns from 2005-2013 - a record for one man at a Masters event.
As recently as 2013 14-time Grand Slam winner claimed five Masters titles in one year, a record only surpassed by Djokovic's six in 2015.
Given his advancing years Federer has rightly built his seasons around peaking at the Grand Slams. As a result, Masters events have taken a back-seat.
As recently as Cincinnati in 2012 Federer was tied with Rafa Nadal on 21 Masters titles, the Spaniard put his foot down to win five in 2013 to go clear of the Swiss great who has only won three since.
The hard courts of the mid-season have yielded nine of the Swiss great's titles, including a seventh Cincinnati crown last year. At his peak he claimed the Indian Wells-Miami opening double on two occasions (2005 & 2006).
Two records are within reach for the 34-year-old. A Masters triumph this year would see him become the oldest ever Masters winner, currently Andre Agassi in Cincinnati in 2004 (34 yrs, 101 days).
He could also beat Agassi's record (1990-2004) for the longest span between first and last Masters title wins. Federer claimed his first Masters title in Hamburg in 2002 so has every chance of surpassing that mark this year.
Until Rafa and Roger found their way to 17 titles in 2010, the greatest showman of them all sat atop the Masters list.
Now surpassed by Djokovic too, Agassi will have to be content with fourth place on the last, six clear of Andy Murray.
The swaggering Las Vegan won his first crown in Miami in 1990, the first of six titles in Florida - a record he held on his own until Djokovic's success at the weekend.
And his last came in Cincinnati in 2004 to give him the record for the biggest span between Masters titles.
The British No 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion sits at an impressive fifth place in the list thanks to multiple victories at five different events.
Canada has provided the most success for Murray, his victory over Novak Djokovic in Montreal last year giving him a third crown and a second of the year having beaten Rafa Nadal on clay in Madrid.
The Scot reached four finals in 2015, his best return to date. His victory in Madrid ended a two-year wait for a Masters crown. It was his first 1000 Series title since Miami in 2013.
With his 11 wins coming from 16 finals, Murray has an impressive win ratio although he has lost five of his last eight Masters finals - unsurprisingly all five defeats at the hand of old foe Djokovic.
Second only to Roger Federer on the all-time list of Grand Slam titles, Pistol Pete finds himself down in sixth spot on the Masters list.
Eight of his 11 titles came on home soil with Miami the last in 2000, some eight years after his first in Cincinnati.
His Masters record of 11 wins from 19 is impressive and Sampras still holds the record for the most year-end No 1 rankings (six) and remains widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time.
