1,000 Wins! The Stats Behind Rafael Nadal's Milestone
Rafael Nadal earned his 1,000th tour-level match win on Wednesday, defeating Feliciano Lopez to reach the third round of the Rolex Paris Masters. The Spaniard is the fourth player to reach the milestone in the Open Era, joining Jimmy Connors (1,274-283), Roger Federer (1,242-271) and Ivan Lendl (1,068-242).
Nadal leads all players in the Open Era with an 83.3 winning percentage (1,000-201). To celebrate the 34-year-old’s achievement, ATPTour.com looks at the stats behind Nadal’s journey to 1,000 victories.
1 – Career-High FedEx ATP Ranking
2 – Wimbledon titles
3 – Tour-level victories before cracking the Top 100 for the first time. The next 997 wins of his career have come from inside the Top 100
4 – US Open titles
5 – Year-end No. 1 finishes
6 – Victories against one of his coaches, former World No. 1 Carlos Moya
13 – Roland Garros titles
15 – Age when Nadal won his first ATP Tour match
16 – Consecutive qualifications for the Nitto ATP Finals from 2005-2020
18 – Age when the Spaniard won his first ATP Tour crown
20 – Grand Slam championships
21 – Victories against the player ranked World No. 1 at the time of their match
22 – Hard-court trophies
24 – Age when Nadal became the youngest player to complete the Career Grand Slam
31 – Number of matches Nadal won at Roland Garros before his first loss at the major in 2009
34 – Top 20 wins as a teenager
35 – ATP Masters 1000 titles
50 – Consecutive sets won on clay during an Open Era record streak that ended at the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open
51 – Combined wins against Roger Federer (24) and Novak Djokovic (27)
55 – Percentage of total points won
56 – Most consecutive weeks at World No. 1
60 – Clay-court titles
69 – Winning percentage in deciding sets (164-73)
70 – Winning percentage in finals (86-37)
71 – Grass-court wins
81 – Consecutive matches won on clay between April 2005 and May 2007. That is a single-surface Open Era record
82 – Most wins in a season (2008)
86 – Tour-level titles
88 – Winning percentage against lefties, the best rate on record (105-15)
90 – Indoor wins
95 – Winning percentage after winning the first set
99 – Wins against players who have reached World No. 1 (99-63)
100 – Wins at Roland Garros
116 – Wins after losing the first set
123 – Tour-level finals
172 – Wins against Top 10 opponents
197 – Wins as World No. 1
209 – Weeks at No. 1
246 – Tie-breaks won (246-157)
282 – Grand Slam victories
310 – Most aces in a season (2010)
324 – Wins against players who have reached the world’s Top 5 (324-126)
387 – ATP Masters 1000 triumphs
445 – Clay-court triumphs
482 – Hard-court victories
909 – Lowest-ranked player Nadal has beaten in a tour-level match. He defeated Denmark’s Mikael Torpegaard 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in 2015 Davis Cup action
910 – Outdoor wins
1,000 – Wins
– Statistical assistance provided by Joshua Rey