Stefanos Tsitsipas wins his third Monte-Carlo Masters, scripts these records
Stefanos Tsitsipas is the winner of the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters. The Greek sensation dispatched Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-4 to win his third title in four years. As per Opta, Tsitsipas is the third player in the last 50 years to win 3+ titles in a four-year span in Monte-Carlo after Bjorn Borg and Rafael Nadal. Here are the key stats.
Tsitsipas joins Nadal and Djokovic with these records
Tsitsipas became the third player in the Open Era to win his first three finals in Monte-Carlo (2021, 2022 and 2024) after Ilie Nastase and Nadal. He is also the first player without dropping a single set. Meanwhile, he is the first player to defeat three top-10 at the Monte-Carlo Masters since Novak Djokovic in 2015.
Key stats for Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas is now level at 2-2 against Ruud in the pair's head-to-head record on the ATP Tour. Notably Ruud had beaten Tsitsipas at the Los Cabos Open in February. Tsitsipas has now won 11 tour-level trophies, including three Masters 1000 titles. The Greek star is 15-5 in terms of win-loss record this season in the men's singles. He claimed his maiden trophy this year.
His journey in the tourney
Laslo Djere handed a walkover to Tsitsipas in the first round when the latter was leading 6-3, 6-2. Tsitsipas defeated Tomás Martín Etcheverry 6-1, 6-0 in R32. The Greek took down fifth seed Alexander Zverev 7-5, 7-6 in R16. The 12th seed downed Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-2 in the quarters. His biggest win came in the semis against Jannik Sinner in the semis.
Here are the match stats
Tsitsipas doled out three aces compared to Casper Ruud's two. Both players committed one double fault each. Tsitsipas had a 60% win on the first serve and a 70% win on the second. He converted 4/8 break points.
