Rafael Nadal's 46-match winning streak at the Monte-Carlo Masters

Between 2005 and 2013 inclusive, Rafael Nadal won 46 consecutive matches at the Monte Carlo Masters, which is a record for most consecutive wins at one tournament by any tennis player, male or female. The streak started in the first round of the 2005 edition with a victory over Gaël Monfils, and ended in the final of the 2013 edition with a straight sets loss to Novak Djokovic.

During this streak Nadal defeated fifteen top ten opponents, nine top five opponents, and four top-ranked players (Roger Federer in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 finals, and Novak Djokovic in the 2012 final). He also won thirty-one consecutive sets starting with the final two sets of the 2006 final, and ending with the loss of the second set of the 2009 final; this included all ten sets in 2007 and 2008. He then won the next eighteen sets in succession, including winning all ten sets in 2010. During the 2010 event, Nadal lost only fourteen games in five matches, and in three of those matches, he lost just one game, including in the final against twelfth seed Fernando Verdasco.

Streak

Win #	Round	Opponent	Score
2005
1	1R	Gaël Monfils	6–3, 6–2
2	2R	Xavier Malisse	6–0, 6–3
3	3R	Olivier Rochus	6–1, 6–2
4	QF	Gastón Gaudio	6–3, 6–0
5	SF	Richard Gasquet	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–3
6	F	Guillermo Coria	6–3, 6–1, 0–6, 7–5
2006
7	1R	Arnaud Clément	6–4, 6–4
8	2R	Jean-René Lisnard	6–4, 6–1
9	3R	Kristof Vliegen	6–3, 6–3
10	QF	Guillermo Coria	6–2, 6–1
11	SF	Gastón Gaudio	5–7, 6–1, 6–1
12	F	Roger Federer	6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2007
13	2R	Juan Ignacio Chela	6–3, 6–1
14	3R	Kristof Vliegen	6–3, 6–1
15	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–2, 6–3
16	SF	Tomáš Berdych	6–0, 7–5
17	F	Roger Federer	6–4, 6–4
2008
18	2R	Mario Ančić	6–0, 6–3
19	3R	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–4, 6–1
20	QF	David Ferrer	6–1, 7–5
21	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6–3, 6–2
22	F	Roger Federer	7–5, 7–5
2009
23	2R	Juan Ignacio Chela	6–2, 6–3
24	3R	Nicolás Lapentti	6–3, 6–0
25	QF	Ivan Ljubičić	6–3, 6–3
26	SF	Andy Murray	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
27	F	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
2010
28	2R	Thiemo de Bakker	6–1, 6–0
29	3R	Michael Berrer	6–0, 6–1
30	QF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–4, 6–2
31	SF	David Ferrer	6–2, 6–3
32	F	Fernando Verdasco	6–0, 6–1
2011
33	2R	Jarkko Nieminen	6–2, 6–2
34	3R	Richard Gasquet	6–2, 6–4
35	QF	Ivan Ljubičić	6–1, 6–3
36	SF	Andy Murray	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
37	F	David Ferrer	6–4, 7–5
2012
38	2R	Jarkko Nieminen	6–4, 6–3
39	3R	Mikhail Kukushkin	6–1, 6–1
40	QF	Stanislas Wawrinka	7–5, 6–4
41	SF	Gilles Simon	6–3, 6–4
42	F	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 6–1
2013
43	2R	Marinko Matosevic	6–1, 6–2
44	3R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–2, 6–4
45	QF	Grigor Dimitrov	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
46	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–3, 7–6(7–3)

See also

• Monte-Carlo Masters
• ATP World Tour records

References

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