Masters top-10 seeds? A scene that repeats itself 18 years later!

As the Miami Masters draws to a close, what are your biggest impressions when looking back on the tournament? It is undoubtedly a big phenomenon that many high-ranking seeds have gone out early.

Not only the Miami Masters, but also the finale of last season, the Paris Masters, and the Indian Wells Masters at the beginning of this year, have also seen this happen, and the specific summary is that four of the top 10 seeds have made their debuts in three consecutive Masters.

How many times has this happened in history? It only happened once! That was 2007. At that time, it was from Montreal to Madrid, and it was a lot of upsets. Let's see:

Montreal 2007: [6] Gonzalez, [7] Robredo, [8] Gasquet, [10] Berdych.

Champion [3] Djokovic

FC 2007: [2] Nadal, [4] Djokovic, [6] Gonzalez, [7] Robredo, [8] Gasquet.

Champion [1] Federer

The first is the North American Fall Doubles. Robredo, Gasquet, and Gonzalez, the three top 10 seeds, had a messy performance and went out early in succession; Berdych, Menswick's predecessor who has reached a Grand Slam final, was not spared; The Montreal title went to Djokovic, the third seed who tasted the title for the first time at the Miami Masters that season.

However, Djokovic was not very stable at that time, and in the next Cincinnati Masters, he immediately went out in the first match. His form also seems to have affected his lifelong rival Nadal, with Federer, the only exception of the Big Three, having the last laugh.

Madrid 2007: [6] Blake, [7] Ferrer, [8] Robredo, [9] Berdych, [10] Gasquet.

Champion [unseeded] Nalbandian

When it came to the Madrid Masters, the tournament was not a clay-court tournament at the time, and the schedule was also scheduled for the second half of the season. Robredo, Berdych and Gasquet continued their bad luck, and this time they also added homegrown star Ferrell and American cannon Blake. In the end, the tournament became famous, and Argentine Nalbandian finally lifted the priceless championship trophy by beating the Big Three in a row.

Paris 2024: [4] Medvedev, [5] Fritz

, [6] Rublev, [7] Ruud.

Champion [3] Zverev

2025 Indian Wells: [1] Zverev, [4] Ruud, [6] Djokovic, [7] Rublev.

Champion [13] Draper

Miami 2025: [2] Alcaraz, [6] Draper, [7] Medvedev, [8] Rublev.

Champion?

In the three Masters that spanned two seasons, the only one with the "gold list" was Rublev, and the Russian had also won the runner-up in the Cincinnati and Shanghai Masters in the past, but he never broke through the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam, and he was also mired in the Masters. Mr. Mei was upset in two events, which makes people feel incredible, you must know that he was the champion of these two events in the past.

Others such as Alcaraz, Fritz, Zverev and Draper have all won the Masters on hard courts, but maintaining consistency is a difficult task, with Draper having just won the Indian Wells Masters and then going out in the first match at the Miami Masters. Even Djokovic has experienced years of poor results at the Indian Wells Masters.

Will the Miami Masters tour move to European clay after the Miami Masters, and at Monte Carlo?(Source: Tennis Home Author: Luo Cheng Qiye)