ATP Finals: List of players with most consecutive titles won

Novak Djokovic is the only active player in the list.

The ATP Finals is the year-end tournament of the ATP Tour season. The event, which features only the world’s top eight singles players and doubles teams, has been contested in major cities around the world, with a rich history dating back to the birth of The Masters in Tokyo (1970).

Novak Djokovic holds the record for the most singles titles won with seven, while Roger Federer is at second place with six. John McEnroe and Peter Fleming hold the record for the most doubles titles with seven each. But the question is who has won the most consecutive titles? As the ATP Finals are knocking on the doors, let us have a look at the players to have won most back-to-back titles at the event.

Novak Djokovic (4 titles)

Novak Djokovic won back-to-back four ATP Finals titles from 2012 to 2015. Apart from these four years, the Serbian has also succeeded in lifting the ATP Finals title 2008, 2022 and 2023. In 2023, he became the oldest player to win the trophy when he beat Jannik Sinner to clinch the title aged 36 years, 5 months and 28 days.

He is also the only active player to have won the title in consecutive seasons. Djokovic is also the player with second most match wins (59) at the event after Roger Federer’s 59 wins and has played the second most editions (15) after the Swiss star’s 17 editions.

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Ivan Lendl (3 titles)

Ivan Lendl grabbed three ATP Finals titles back-to-back from 1985 to 1987. From 1980 to 1988, Lendl made it to nine straight finals at the ATP Finals, where he took home five titles in 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, and 1987. Lendl’s era-long dominance was most evident at the year-end championships. Having made nine consecutive appearances in the championship round, he has a 39–10 win–loss record.

Ilie Nastase (3 titles)

Ilie Nastase has won three consecutive ATP Finals titles from 1971 to 1973. The Romanian has won the season-ending title four times in 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1975. During his era, the competition used to be known as Masters Grand Prix.

He finished 1972 as the World No. #2 and won his second straight year-end championship, thanks to the ATP Finals and a US Open Trophy. In 1973, he ended his tennis season at the top of the ATP Rankings.

Bjorn Borg (2 titles)

In 1979 and 1980, Bjorn Borg won the ATP Finals twice in a row, the only times the Swedish grabbed these titles. He finished the year ranked as the top player in the world in the ATP rankings for both 1979 and 1980. He was the ATP Player of the Year from 1976 to 1980.

Borg was regarded by most experts as the best player in the world and concluded the year ranked No. #1 in the ATP Point standings in 1980.

Ivan Lendl (2 titles)

Ivan Lendl also owns the record for winning two consecutive season-ending trophies, in 1981 and 1982, in addition to his record of three straight ATP Finals victories. The Czech American former star has five trophies under his belt (1985, 1986, 1987), tied with Pete Sampras.

John McEnroe (2 titles)

John McEnroe’s two back-to-back titles from 1983 and 1984 qualify him for the list out of his three titles. He won his first title in 1978. McEnroe fared well in the year-end events, taking home three singles titles and seven doubles trophies, both records. He was named the ITF World Champion and the ATP Player of the Year three times each in 1981, 1983, and 1984.

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Pete Sampras (2 titles)

Among his five ATP Finals championships, Pete Sampras held the ATP Finals Trophy back-to-back in 1996 and 1997. He won his first in 1991, followed by his second title in 1994 and last in 1997. With five titles, the American legend also holds the record to win the second most ATP Finals titles, tied with llie Nastase.

Lleyton Hewitt (2 titles)

Lleyton Hewitt won the ATP Finals titles in 2001 and 2002. In 2001 on November 19, he was ranked as high as No. #1. His accomplishments include the Wimbledon singles titles in 2001 and 2002, the US Open men’s doubles trophy in 2000, the back-to-back Tour Finals victories in 2001 and 2002, and the Davis Cup.

Roger Federer (2 titles)

With six ATP Finals titles under his belt, Roger Federer is behind Novak Djokovic for the record of most titles won at ATP Finals. Among his six titles, two came in 2003 and 2004. He again won back-to-back trophies in 2006 and 2007 and in 2010 and 2011 respectively. In addition to winning five straight titles at Wimbledon and the US Open, he also won three of the four majors, the ATP Finals in 2004, 2006, and 2007.

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