What are the longest tennis profitable streaks to start a season?

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What are the longest tennis profitable streaks to start a season?

Alcaraz is 16-0 heading into his Indian Wells SF vs. Medvedev

March 14, 2026

Carlos Alcaraz has gone from energy to energy up to now in 2026.

Along with his BNP Paribas Open quarter-final triumph in opposition to Cameron Norrie in Indian Wells, the No. 1 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings improved to 16-0 for the 12 months, in line with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. Alcaraz’s good opening to the 12 months, which incorporates title runs on the Australian Open and the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, represents the joint-fifth finest begin to a season in ATP Tour historical past (since 1990).

Undefeated begins to an ATP Tour season (since 1990)

*Energetic streak

Up to now, Alcaraz’s 2026 launch sits alongside Roger Federer’s starting to the 2006 season and Jannik Sinner’s opening to 2024. Ought to Alcaraz defeat Daniil Medvedev in Saturday’s night-session semi-final in Indian Wells to maneuver to 17-0, the Spaniard would tie for the fourth-longest profitable streak to start an ATP Tour season, matching Pete Sampras in 1997, Novak Djokovic in 2013 and Federer in 2018.

Djokovic holds the 2 finest begins to a season in ATP Tour historical past. In 2011, the Serbian went 41-0 right through to the Wimbledon last, the place his exceptional good streak was snapped by Federer. 9 years later, Djokovic posted a 26-0 begin to the 2020 season.

The closest anybody has come to matching both of these Djokovic seasons was in 2022, when the Serbian’s nice Lexus ATP Head2Head rival Rafael Nadal received his first 20 matches of the season. Nadal’s run got here to an finish after he misplaced to Taylor Fritz within the BNP Paribas Open last. Alcaraz will hope that he can keep away from an identical destiny to his countryman this 12 months by lifting his third Indian Wells crown to depart ‘Tennis Paradise’ with an ideal 18-0 report for 2026.