Rafael Nadal came back from an awful first set to defeat Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 and advance to the fourth round of the Miami Open on Sunday.
It was the 1,000th ATP match of the Spaniard’s stellar career and of the ten other players to have reached and gone beyond that landmark – Nadal has the highest winning percentage at 82.19%.
Here’s a breakdown of the players that have played the most singles matches in men’s tennis history, as well as their overall win-loss record and winning percentage.
Nadal, Roger Federer and David Ferrer are the only three players who are still active in the list.
Nadal creeps into the 1,000 club at No.11 – what do you make of of the stats?
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11 Rafael Nadal
Matches Played: 1,000
Win-Loss record: 822-178
Win percentage: 82.19%
10) Brian Gottfried
Matches Played: 1,004
Win-Loss record: 680–324
Win percentage: 67.73%
9) David Ferrer
Matches Played: 1,034
Win-Loss record: 696-338
Win percentage: 67.31%
8) Stefan Edberg
Matches Played: 1,071
Win-Loss record: 801-270
Win percentage: 74.79%
7) John McEnroe
Matches Played: 1,075
Win-Loss record: 877-198
Win percentage: 81.58%
6) Ilie Nastase
Matches Played: 1,085
Win-Loss record: 780-305
Win percentage: 71.89%
5) Andre Agassi
Matches Played: 1,144
Win-Loss record: 870-274
Win percentage: 76.05%
4) Guillermo Vilas
Matches Played: 1,215
Win-Loss record: 929-286
Win percentage: 76.46%
3) Ivan Lendl
Matches Played: 1,310
Win-Loss record: 1,068-242
Win percentage: 81.52%
2) Roger Federer
Matches Played: 1,340
Win-Loss record: 1,094-246
Win percentage: 81.79%
1) Jimmy Connors
Matches Played: 1,535
Win-Loss record: 1,256-279
Win percentage: 81.82%