While it may pale in comparison to winning a Career Grand Slam, Novak Djokovic could be on the verge of accomplishing something which has never been done before in the game of tennis. This week’s stop on the Men’s and Women’s Tour is in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Western and Southern Open…which just happens to be the only ATP Masters 1000 event which has eluded the twenty-seven year old to this point in his already illustrious career.

As of this moment, there are nine Masters 1000 events on tour and the seven-time Grand Slam winner has managed to take home titles from eight of them. Should he find a way to hoist the winner’s trophy over his head on Sunday afternoon, Djokovic will become the first member of the Career Golden Master club.

The talented Serbian has already won the Sony Open in Miami four times, managed to walk off with the winner’s cheque at the Rogers Cup/Canadian Open (3), Indian Wells (3), Rome(3), Paris(2) and Shanghai (2) on multiple occasions, as well as taking home individual titles in both Madrid and Monte-Carlo. While his total of 19 titles at the 1000 level still trails both Roger Federer (21) and Rafa Nadal, who has collected a jaw-dropping 27 titles to this point in his career, Novak is the only one to have won eight of the nine events.

After picking up his one and only Rolex Masters crown in Monte-Carlo during the 2013 season, Djokovic had the opportunity to complete the Career Golden Master in Cincinnati last August but was unceremoniously bounced from the tournament in the quarterfinals by John Isner. Prior to stumbling against the hard-serving American at last year’s event, the 2010 Davis Cup winner had reached the finals on four previous occasions but wound up on the losing end in all four (2008 and 2011 to Andy Murray, as well as 2009 and 2012 to Federer).

While he is currently ranked No.1 in the world and coming off a championship performance at Wimbledon in early July, Djokovic was eliminated in straight sets from last week’s Rogers Cup in Toronto by eventual winner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. His appearance in Canada was not only his first since slipping past Federer in five memorable sets at the All England Club but also his initial foray back onto the court since marrying his long-time girlfriend and childhood sweetheart Jelena Ristic.

The rust in his game was obvious against Tsonga and while capturing one of the two titles he has been unable to find a way to reel in would be a fantastic accomplishment, the other of course being the French Open, his primary focus remains on preparing for New York. As nice as becoming the first player to win all nine ATP Masters 1000 events would be, improving on his 1-4 mark in US Open Finals is likely of far greater importance to Novak Djokovic.