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Roland Garros in its 2022 edition experience a few moments of history for tennis records, and in particular, for Rafa Nadal, who reached 300 wins in the four Grand Slams, and 107 in the clay of Paris. In MARCA USA We tell you the curiosities and data of the numbers of the Balearic Islands.
Almost 20 years after getting his first (a Ancic en Wimbledon 2003), Rafa is consolidated as the third man with the most wins in this type of tournament. But this is not the only data left by his milestone in Paris. Next, we review five curiosities about his third hundred victories in Grand Slams.
107 Roland-Garros victories.
300 in Grand Slams.Rafael Nadal always more in the legend. #RolandGarros
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Yes ok Rafael Nadal is the third man who manages to overcome the barrier of 300 victories of Grand Slam in singles, the Spaniard is the player who has needed the fewest matches to reach this figure, with 341. Roger Federer needed 359 matches to reach 300, and Novak Djokovic 345.
The Swiss, still the leader in this statistic with a record of 369-60, signed his victory No. 300 by defeating Grigor Dimitrov in the third round of Australian Open 2016when Rafael added 198 (7th best record in history at the time). And the Serbian, second in this statistic with a record of 325-46, reached his 300th victory in this type of tournament by beating Milos Raonic in the round of 16 of Australian Open 2021. At that moment, Nadal added 283 and already held the third best record.
Rafa finished 2016 with 203 Grand Slam wins. At that time, equaled with Pete Sampras in this area, it was surpassed by Novak Djokovic, Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors y Roger Federer. Since then, he has lived his best streak in Grand Slams, winning seven titles of this type of tournament (at least one year per year, with the exception of 2021). In Roland Garros 2018on his way to being champion, beat Connors 233 and became the third player with the most games won at this level.
Most Grand Slam Singles wins of all-time (male):
369 – Federer
325 – Djokovic
300 – Nadal
233 – Connors
224 – Agassi@RafaelNadal#RolandGarrospic.twitter.com/zeDQ04DSj4? Tennis TV (@TennisTV) May 25, 2022
Rafa took seven years to get the first 100; and six to add the second hundred major wins in his career. And he has only needed the last five years to reach 300. This comparison with past versions of him highlights his effectiveness since 2017 in these types of tournaments.
Those 300 victories that he now has in this type of tournament, Nadal has achieved them without losing sets on 222 occasions (including this Wednesday). In that sense, the Spaniard has been the most effective of the Big-3. 74% of his Grand Slam wins have been achieved without losing sets, surpassing Federer’s 72% and Djokovic’s 65%.
The players he has beaten the most are: Novak Djokovic y Roger Federer. 10 times in Grand Slams he has overcome each one, maintaining the positive record: 10-7 with the Serbian and 10-4 with the Swiss. The other players he has beaten the most times in majors are: Andy Murray (9) and Diego Schwartzman (6).
- Australian Open 76
- Roland Garros 107
- Wimbledon 53
- US Open 64
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