The 5 best Masters 1000 performers in the 2019 ATP season

#1 Rafael Nadal (Won - Rome, Montreal)

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal won his first four Masters 1000 matches of the year at Indian Wells before withdrawing from his semifinal against Roger Federer owing to an injury.

Back in the familiar environs of his favorite surface of clay, the 11-time champion lost to eventual winner Fabio Fognini in the Monte Carlo semifinals before falling short to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Madrid last-four.

At the next Masters 1000 stop of the calendar in Rome, Nadal reached his 11th final in the Italian capital, where he took on fellow 33-time record Masters 1000 titlist Novak Djokovic. It was the Spaniard who took the outright lead in the all-time Masters 1000 leaderboard as he dropped only one game either side of a 4-6 second set to lift a record-extending 9th Rome title.

Nadal arrived at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal as the defending champion, and he booked a title match against first-time Masters 1000 finalist Daniil Medvedev. In a lopsided final, Nadal dropped only three games as he recorded his 5th title at the tournament from as many finals.

In the process, the Spaniard recorded his first successful title defence at a hardcourt tournament, as he lifted his record-extending 35th Masters 1000 title.

With his triumph in the title match, Nadal (381) broke a tie with Roger Federer for the most Masters 1000 match wins. The Spaniard entered the last Masters 1000 tournament of the calendar in Paris where he won three matches before withdrawing from his semifinal against Denis Shapovalov owing to an injury.

Nadal ended the 2019 Masters 1000 season with a stunning 22-2 match wins record (92%), which is higher than his career success rate of 83% in the tournament category.