The 5 best Masters 1000 performers in the 2019 ATP season

#4 Daniil Medvedev (Won - Cincinnati, Shanghai)

Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev kicked off his Masters 1000 season on an indifferent note, falling to 113rd-ranked Filip Krajinovic in the second round at Indian Wells. He went a step further at the next Masters 1000 stop in Miami before losing to eventual winner Roger Federer in the third round.

The young Russian made his first Masters 1000 semifinal (lost to Dusan Lajovic) on the clay of Monte Carlo after beating top seed Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. Fresh off a first career final on clay in Barcelona (lost to Dominic Thiem), Medvedev endured opening round losses at the Madrid Masters (lost to Guido Pella) and at the Rome Masters (lost to Nick Kyrgios).

Medvedev finally made his move at the 6th Masters 1000 event of the season in Montreal, where he reached his first title match at the tournament category (lost to Rafael Nadal). A week later Medevedev became the third first-time Masters 1000 winner of the season and 69th overall, when he beat Belgian David Goffin in straight sets in the Cincinnati final.

Continuing his sizzling hardcourt form which saw the young Russian reach five consecutive title matches in as many tournaments (Washington DC, Montreal, Cincinnati, US Open, St. Petersburg), Medvedev made it six in a row when he reached a third-straight Masters 1000 final in Shanghai. There, he beat Sascha Zverev for the second Masters 1000 title of his career.

At the season's last Masters 1000 stop in Paris, Medvedev fell in the opening round to Frenchman Jeremy Chardy, to end the season with a 22-7 win-loss record (76%) in Masters 1000 tournaments for the season. That is significantly better than his career success rate of 59% in the tournament category.