Thousands Of Victories || Tennis Legend Rafael Nadal Crosses Another Milestone

Spain's Rafael Nadal has set a number of records in the game of tennis, but some of them seem unbeatable at the moment and he continues his record-breaking performance at the age of 34.

Rafael Nadal defeated compatriot Flasiano Lopez in the first round of the recent Paris Masters tennis tournament to clinch his 1000th victory in the ATP Tour, making him the fourth tennis star in the world to win 1,000 matches. The tournament was played 13 miles from the Roland Garros Stadium where Rafael Nadal had won the French Open a month earlier and was on par with Roger Federer with 20 grand slam titles.

Rafael Nadal was awarded a trophy for his 1,000th victory on the tennis court with 1,000 engravings in gold digits. Rafael Nadal started the professional test in 2001 and reached this destination after going through various stages over a long period of 20 years. During this time he also suffered from injuries and fitness issues which kept him away from the tennis court. American star tennis legend Jimmy Connors tops the list with 1,274 victories, while Switzerland's star Roger Federer is second with 1,242 victories and Czechoslovakia's Ivan Lendel is third with 1,068.

Argentina's Guillermo Vilas has won 951 ATP matches, Serbia's Novak Djokovic 932, Romania's Eleanor Nestisi 905, USA's John McEnroe 883 and Britain's Andy Murray 676. Rafael Nadal started professional tennis in 2001 at the age of 14. He achieved his first professional tennis victory in 2002 at the age of 15 when he defeated Paraguay's Roman Delgalado in the first round of the Mallorca Open tennis tournament.

In crossing this milestone, Rafael Nadal has defeated his traditional rival and world number one Novak Djokovic for the most number of times in 27 matches, while Djokovic has beaten Nadal in 29 matches. Thus, Djokovic has a two-match lead. Nadal defeated compatriot David Ferrer by 26, Roger Federer by 24, Birdch by 20, Stan Wawrinka by 19, Andy Murray by 17, Verdesco by 17 and Richard Gasquet by 16. Clay court is Rafael Nadal's favorite, winning 445 of 485 matches. He won 482 of 617 matches on the hard court, 71 on the grass court and two on the now defunct carpet court.

In the semi-finals of the Paris Masters Open, Rafael Nadal was defeated by Alexander Reveref of Germany after a tough contest, shattering his dream of winning the Paris Masters title for the first time as Djokovic's absence made Rafael Nadal the top seed. Was given The title is one of the few tennis titles in the world that did not adorn Rafael Nadal's drawing room. Nadal has competed in the Paris Masters eight times, each time reaching the quarter-finals. He only reached the Paris Masters final once in 2007 but was defeated by Argentina's David Nelbendian by 4 sets.

When he defeated Djokovic in the final of the French Open this year, he became the first player in the world to win 100 matches on the Roland Garros clay court. Rafael Nadal competed in the Australian Open before the outbreak of the corona virus in 2020, where he was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Dominic Theme in a tough 4-set contest. However, he later won his third title at Acapulco. After that, tennis activities were suspended for 5 months due to Corona. Nadal did not attend the US Open due to the dangers of the Cowboys 19. He competed in the Italian Open in preparation for the French Open, but his lead was blocked by Diego Schwartzman 6-2 7-5 in the quarterfinals.

Rafael Nadal also became the top player in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks, surpassing Jimmy Connors. Rafael Nadal was in the top 10 for the most consecutive 790 weeks from 2005 to 2020. He has been on the list for 15 consecutive years.

Nadal is followed by Jimmy Connors of the United States 789 weeks from 1973 to 1988, Swiss master Roger Federer 734 weeks from 2003 to 2016, Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia 619 weeks from 1980 to 1992 and Pete Sampras of the United States from 1990 to 2001. Has been in the top 10 for 565 consecutive weeks. Nadal joins the top 50 in the world rankings for 800 weeks. The list was preceded by John McEnroe of the United States, Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia and Roger Federer of Switzerland. Rafael Nadal first appeared in the top 50 list in August 2003.

He has won 86 ATP titles in his career. He won most of the awards on the outdoor courts and won only 2 titles on the indoor court. They don't like to play on the indoor court. He has not won an indoor court title in 15 years. Nadal last won the trophy on the indoor court in Madrid in 2005 when he defeated Ivan Lobach in the final. Since then, he has tried his hand at the Paris Masters, the ATP Finals, the indoor courts of Basel and Rotterdam, but the goddess of fortune has not been kind to him.

Nadal has also become part of a club of players who have won at least 60 ATP trophies on a single surface. With the victory at the French Open, he became the first player in the world to win 60 ATP titles on clay court. He won his first ATP title in 2004 when he was 18 years old. He also has the unique honor of winning at least one ATP trophy on the favorite clay court for 17 consecutive seasons. Nadal also joined the elite club of players who have won 60 or more ATP titles, along with Rod Lever, Jimmy Connors, Illinois, Bjorn Borg, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Roger Federer has won 71 ATP trophies on hard court, Novak Djokovic 60 on hard court and Rafael Nadal 60 on clay court.

Rafael Nadal also has the unique honor of winning 4 Grand Slam tournaments without dropping a set. He performed this feat four times at his favorite event, the French Open, when his rivals could not win a single seat. He performed at the French Open in 2008, 2010, 2017 and 2020, while another clay court expert, Bjورنrn Borg of Sweden, competed in a set at Wimbledon in 1976 and a rival in the 1978 and 1980 French Open tournaments. Could not subdue Swiss legend Roger Federer has not allowed a single opponent to win a single seat at the 2007 Australian Open and Wimbledon 2017 events. Romania's Eleanor Stacey lost to the French Open in 1973 and Australia's Ken Rosewell in the 1971 Australian Open without losing a single seat.

Nadal has been qualifying for the ATP Finals Men's Tennis Tournament for the last 16 years but has not been able to win the title. His best performance in this event is runners up. They lost in the finals in 2010 and 2013. Once again, in the ATP Finals 2020, they will face strong opponents, including five-time ATP champion Novak Djokovic, US Open champion Dominic Theme and defending champion Stefanos Cespas. He warned his rivals that they were fully prepared for the ATP finals despite losing to Alexander Zverev in Paris. The final event of the ATP Finals season is played on the indoor hard court and this time London is hosting it from 15 November to 22 November. This is the 51st edition of the tournament. The event is attended by 8 top players who are divided into 2 groups. Djokovic, the world number one Roger Federer, along with Nadal, Dominic Theme, Daniel Medvedev, Alexander Reveref, Andy Rublev and Diego Schwartzman, qualified, but Roger Federer withdrew from the tournament due to corona virus concerns and was replaced by another player. Will be done Greece's Cespas won the 2019 ATP Finals title. It remains to be seen whether Rafael Nadal will make his 15-year dream come true by winning the ATP Finals on the London Indoor Court.