Jannik Sinner beat Danish qualifier Elmer Moller 6-2, 6-3 on April 26, 2026, in the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open and pushed his Masters 1000 winning streak to 24 matches.
The victory made Sinner the third man ever to win at least 24 straight matches at Masters 1000 events since the level began in 1990, a club previously reached only by Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Federer did it once, Djokovic twice, and Sinner’s run now includes four straight Masters 1000 titles after wins in Paris last year and in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo so far in 2026.
That is not just a hot stretch. It is one of the rarest runs in the modern game, sitting behind only Djokovic’s 31-match streak from Indian Wells to Cincinnati in 2011, his 30-match run from Paris in 2014 to Canada in 2015, and Federer’s 29-match stretch from Hamburg in 2005 to Monte Carlo in 2006. Nadal’s best Masters 1000 run, 23 matches from Madrid to Shanghai in 2013, and Djokovic’s 23-match stretch from Shanghai in 2013 to Monte Carlo in 2014 both fall just short of Sinner’s current mark.
Sinner’s latest win also widened the gap between his form and everyone else in the draw. Moller’s Madrid breakthrough ended in a loss that looked orderly on the scoreboard and stark in the margins, with Sinner controlling the match from the start. Coverage of his tournament has already followed the same line, from his opening win over Moller to the more recent report that Arthur Rinderknech was not involved as Sinner powered into the Madrid round of 16.
The question now is not whether Sinner belongs in that Masters 1000 conversation. He already does. What remains is how far a streak this rare can run before the pressure of history catches up with him.
