Between 2005 and 2013 inclusive, Rafael Nadal won 46 consecutive matches at the Monte Carlo Masters, which is a record for most consecutive wins at one tournament by any tennis player, male or female. The streak started in the first round of the 2005 edition with a victory over Gaël Monfils, and ended in the final of the 2013 edition with a straight sets loss to Novak Djokovic.
During this streak Nadal defeated fifteen top ten opponents, nine top five opponents, and four top-ranked players (Roger Federer in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 finals, and Novak Djokovic in the 2012 final). He also won thirty-one consecutive sets starting with the final two sets of the 2006 final, and ending with the loss of the second set of the 2009 final; this included all ten sets in 2007 and 2008. He then won the next eighteen sets in succession, including winning all ten sets in 2010. During the 2010 event, Nadal lost only fourteen games in five matches, and in three of those matches, he lost just one game, including in the final against twelfth seed Fernando Verdasco.