Jannik Sinner breaks Novak Djokovic's record for longest winning streak in Masters 1000 history

Jannik Sinner has defeated Andrey Rublev in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, to move through to the semifinals of the Masters 1000 event in Rome.

And he broke two records with that win.

First of all, it was his 27th win in a row on the tour, the new longest winning streak of his career, which has brought him four titles at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid, and now to the final four in Rome.

His previous-longest streak was 26 in a row between 2024 and 2025.

But perhaps even more impressively, it was the world No. 1's 32nd win in a row at Masters 1000 events, the new longest winning streak in Masters 1000 history, since this level of tournament began back in 1990.

Novak Djokovic held the previous record with 31 Masters 1000 wins in a row in 2011, but Sinner has now surpassed that with a run that has brought him a record five straight titles at this level—in Paris at the end of last year and at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid so far this year.

LONGEST MASTERS 1000 WINNING STREAKS (since 1990):

• 32: Jannik Sinner ['25 Paris to present]
• 31: Novak Djokovic ['11 Indian Wells to '11 Cincinnati]
• 30: Novak Djokovic ['14 Paris to '15 Canada]
• 29: Roger Federer ['05 Hamburg to '06 Monte Carlo]
• 23: Rafael Nadal ['13 Madrid to '13 Shanghai]
• 23: Novak Djokovic ['13 Shanghai to '14 Monte Carlo]

Even scarier? Sinner has won 64 of the 66 sets he's played in this 32-match winning streak at Masters 1000 events, only dropping sets to Tomas Machac in the third round in Monte Carlo (in a tie-break) and Benjamin Bonzi in the second round of Madrid (also in a tie-break).

Rublev had given Sinner trouble in the past, including beating him once while he was No. 1 in Canada two years ago, but their meeting in Rome on Thursday afternoon was one-way traffic for the most part, as the Italian broke in the very first game of the match and eventually found himself up a set and a double break at 6-2, 4-1 after just over an hour on court.

Rublev made things interesting in the end—he got one of the breaks back and held his last few service games to stay within reach—but Sinner served it out on his first try to seal a one-hour, 31-minute victory.

“I don’t play for records, I play for my own story,” Sinner said when he was told about his record-breaking day. “Obviously in the same time it means a lot to me, but tomorrow is another day, another opponent, a different opponent. We’re going to play in different conditions, it’s going to be a night match, so let’s see. But now for me the highest priority is to try to recover as much as I can physically and we’ll see how it goes.”

Up next for Sinner will be either Daniil Medvedev or Spanish lucky loser Martin Landaluce, who played their quarterfinal match on Thursday night.