Rafael Nadal: The numbers behind his record-breaking career after Monte-Carlo win

Rafael Nadal: The numbers behind his record-breaking career after Monte-Carlo win

Few players can claim to have made as profound an impact on tennis as Rafael Nadal and on clay, no one has even come close.

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The Spaniard set numerous new records during his latest triumph at the Monte-Carlo Masters – his 10th win at the event – and there aren’t enough superlatives that can be applied to the world No. 5’s terrific career.

So in light of his latest achievement, after Nadal cruised past Albert Ramos Vinolas 6-1 6-3 in the final, we thought we’d let the numbers do the talking…

10 – Only man to win 10 titles at the same event

Most Open Era titles at one event 10 – Nadal (Monte Carlo)

9 – Nadal (French Open & Barcelona Open)

8 – Vilas (Buenos Aires)

8 – Federer (Halle)

7 – Nadal (Rome)

7 – Sampras (Wimbledon)

7 – Federer (Wimbledon, Dubai, Cincinnati, Basel)

50 – First man to win 50 clay court titles and only third to win 50 titles on a single surface

Most titles by surface 63 – Federer (hard)

51 – Djokovic (hard)

50 – Nadal (hard)

49 – Connors (hard)

49 – Vilas (hard)

48 – Agassi (hard)

70 – His number of Tour-level crowns, placing him fifth on the all-time list

Most ATP titles 109 – Connors

94 – Lendl

91 – Federer

77 – McEnroe

70 – Nadal

370 – Number of matches he’s won on clay, he’s lost just 34…

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91.58 – Percentage of matches won on clay – highest win % of any player on a single surface

Highest win percentages on single surface (minimum 200 wins) 91.58% – Nadal (clay)

86.86% – Federer (grass)

85.96% – Borg (clay)

85.71% – Murray (grass)

84.72% – Borg (grass)

84.02% – Djokovic (hard)

9 – Number of French Open titles – Won more titles than anyone else at single Grand Slam

Players to win five or more titles at a single Grand Slam 9 – Nadal (French Open)

7 – Federer (Wimbledon)

7 – Sampras (Wimbledon)

6 – Borg ( French Open)

6 – Djokovic (Australian Open)

5 – Federer (US Open & Australian Open)

5 – Sampras (US Open)

5 – Connors (US Open)

5 – Borg (Wimbledon)

24 – Age he completed the career Grand Slam – the youngest man to do so

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81 – Number of consecutive matches won on clay – most of any player on a single surface

Most consecutive matches won on single surface 81 – Nadal (clay)

66 – Lendl (carpet)

65 – Federer (grass)

65 – McEnroe (carpet

56 – Federer (hard)

53– Vilas (clay)

46 – Borg (clay)

41 – Borg (grass)

36 – Federer (hard)

35 – Djokovic (hard)

14 – Number of consecutive years he’s won an ATP World Tour title

19 – Number of countries he’s won an ATP World Tour title in – only Federer has matched that

49 – Number of times he’s played Novak Djokovic – the most played match in the Open Era

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18 – Age of Nadal’s first ATP World Tour title, he was 19 when he won his first Grand Slam

3 – Only man to win three Slams on three different surfaces in a calendar year (2010 – French Open, Wimbledon, US Open)

2 – One of only two men, with Andre Agassi, to win the Career Golden Slam (an Olympic singles gold medal and all four majors)

29 – Number of Masters 1000 titles – second only to Djokovic

Most Masters 1000 titles 30 – Djokovic

29 – Nadal

26 – Federer

22 – Lendl

19 – McEnroe

1009 – Matches played (won 830 of them)

Most matches played 1535 – Connors

1345 – Federer

1310 – Lendl

1215 – Vilas

1144 – Agassi

1077 – Nastase

1075 – McEnroe

1071 – Edberg

1034 – Ferrer

82.26 – Percentage of matches won – third highest

Highest percentage of matches won on ATP Tour 82.79% – Djokovic

82.74% – Borg

82.26% – Nadal

81.82% – Connors

81.81% – Federer

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