Rolex Paris Masters, Bercy, France - ATP Masters 1000

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rafa Nadal becomes the 4th man in the ATP Open Era to record 1000 match wins.
Connor,Lendal and Federer in that club among male players in the Open Era.

 

[tented]

Nadal wins 1000th match and most weeks in the top 10 in a Row ever as well.

16 years in a row: 2005-2020 — an incredible achievement.

 

[Jelenafan]

Rafa was a bit scratchy in today’s match with Feli, however the one thing clicking was the serve. 16 aces which is huge for Rafa.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rafa was a bit scratchy in today’s match with Feli, however the one thing clicking was the serve. 16 aces which is huge for Rafa.

Rafa needs to improve his break points conversion,gee how many chances did he have in that 2nd set,which really should have not gone to a t/break,anyway he won,I thought it would be a tricky match,seeing he has not played on a HC since March.

 

[Kieran]

It’s a great start for Rafa!

 

[the AntiPusher]

Nadal wins 1000th match and most weeks in the top 10 in a Row ever as well.

Fele was serving very well today..When he is on like he was today it's very difficult for Rafa to get any type of rhythm against his fellow countryman. This happened during their last meeting strangely enough in Cincinnati 2015. I remember being in attendance for that match thinking I was going to have an opportunity to see the first Fedal (it wasn't a final) in Northern America but Rafa loss in 3 tight sets. Rafa is going to need to raise his levels substantially for the rest of this week if he is going to lift his first championship ever in Paris.(indoor).

 

[Kieran]

Fele was serving very well today..When he is on like he was today it's very difficult for Rafa to get any type of rhythm against his fellow countryman. This happened during their last meeting strangely enough in Cincinnati 2015. I remember being in attendance for that match thinking I was going to have an opportunity to see the first Fedal (it wasn't a final) in Northern America but Rafa loss in 3 tight sets. Rafa is going to need to raise his levels substantially for the rest of this week if he is going to lift his first championship ever in Paris.(indoor).

Yeah, Rafa worked his way into it, didn't he? It's like he was warming up on the surface, but I liked what I saw, I think he'll grow more comfortable as he gets more play...

 

[Carol]

Rafa was not playing well, many unforced errors and very unusual bad returns even of the Feli´s second serves but his serve was pretty good which is the main weapon in Indoor, I liked a lot and I hope he can keep it so well

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Sweet 16 @ Rolex Paris Masters,

Nadal vs Thompson
Carreno Busta vs Gombos
Zverev vs Mannarino
Wawrinka vs Rublev
Schartzman vs Davidovich Fokina
De Minaur vs Medvedev
Giron vs Raonic
Cilic vs Humbert.

 

[Moxie]

Yeah, Rafa worked his way into it, didn't he? It's like he was warming up on the surface, but I liked what I saw, I think he'll grow more comfortable as he gets more play...

On the surface, Lopez was a tough first ask. Feliciano is still playing great tennis. One break early was all he needed to take the first set. Rafa figured it out by the end.

 

[Nadalfan2013]

100 out of those 1000 wins came at Roland Garros. Too epic!

 

[Moxie]

100 out of those 1000 wins came at Roland Garros. Too epic!

Rafa has the best W/L percentage of the big 3. (And therefore of everyone on tour.)

 

[Jelenafan]

Rafa has the best W/L percentage of the big 3. (And therefore of everyone on tour.)

More like of everyone in the history of Open Era:

Rank	Player	Wins	Losses	Played	Win %
1	Jimmy Connors[1]*​	1274	283	1557	81.9
2	Roger Federer[2]^​	1242	271	1513	82.1
3	Ivan Lendl[3]*​	1068	242	1310	81.5
4	Rafael Nadal[4]^​	1000	201	1201	83.3
5	Guillermo Vilas[5]*​	951	297	1248	76.3
6	Novak Djokovic[6]^​	932	190	1122	83.1
7	Ilie Năstase*​	905	333	1238	73.1
8	John McEnroe*​	883	198	1081	81.7
9	Andre Agassi*​	870	274	1144	76.0
10	Stefan Edberg*​	801	270	1071	74.8
11	Arthur Ashe*​	793	259	1052	75.4
12	Stan Smith*​	779	305	1084	71.9
13	Pete Sampras*​	762	222	984	77.4
14	David Ferrer​	734	377	1111	66.1
15	Manuel Orantes*​	722	292	1014	71.2
16	Boris Becker*​	713	214	927	76.9
17	Brian Gottfried​	702	330	1032	68.0
18	Andy Murray^​	676	200	876	77.2
19	Tom Okker​	664	273	937	70.9
20	Michael Chang*​	662	312	974	68.0
21	Björn Borg*​	654	140	794	82.4
22	Tomáš Berdych​	640	342	982	65.2
23	Thomas Muster​	625	273	898	69.6
24	Lleyton Hewitt​	616	262	878	70.2
25	Andy Roddick*​	612	213	825	74.2
26	Yevgeny Kafelnikov*​	609	306	915	66.6
27	Eddie Dibbs​	604	264	868	69.5
28	Goran Ivanišević*​	599	333	932	64.3
29	Roscoe Tanner​	592	297	889	66.6
30	Harold Solomon​	585	339	924	63.3
31	John Alexander​	584	432	1016	57.5
32	Rod Laver*​	576	146	722	79.8
33	Carlos Moyá​	575	319	894	64.3
34	Mats Wilander*​	571	222	793	72.0
35	Tommy Haas​	569	338	907	62.7
36	John Newcombe*​	568	227	795	71.4
37	Jaime Fillol​	553	391	944	58.6
38	Fernando Verdasco^​	552	423	975	56.6
39	Raúl Ramírez​	546	267	813	67.2
40	Ken Rosewall*​	545	192	737	73.9
41	Richard Gasquet^​	545	329	874	62.4
42	Wojtek Fibak​	536	314	849	63.1
43	Vitas Gerulaitis​	535	232	767	69.8
44	Tommy Robredo^​	533	357	890	59.9
45	Andrés Gómez​	531	273	804	66.0
46	Stan Wawrinka^​	529	305	834	63.4
47	Tomáš Šmíd​	522	334	856	61.0
48	Brad Gilbert​	519	288	807	64.3
49	Marin Čilić^​	516	281	797	64.7
50	Wayne Ferreira​	512	330	842	60.8
51	Marty Riessen​	508	311	819	62.0
52	Jim Courier*​	506	237	743	68.1
53	Jan Kodeš*​	502	284	786	63.9
54	Mikhail Youzhny​	499	416	915	54.5
55	Tim Henman​	496	274	770	64.4
56	Gaël Monfils^​	493	278	771	63.9
57	Feliciano López^​	492	455	947	52
58	Gilles Simon^​	491	368	859	57.2
59	Nikolay Davydenko​	482	329	811	59.4
60	Juan Carlos Ferrero​	479	262	741	64.6
61	Yannick Noah*​	478	209	687	69.6
62	Cliff Richey​	477	221	698	68.3
63	Philipp Kohlschreiber^​	470	375	845	55.6
64	Fabrice Santoro​	470	444	914	51.4
65	Robert Lutz​	465	298	763	60.9
66	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga^​	464	223	687	67.5
67	José Higueras​	455	244	699	65.1
68	Thomas Enqvist​	448	297	745	60.1
69	Sergi Bruguera​	447	271	718	62.3
70	Juan Martín del Potro^​	439	173	612	71.7
71	Àlex Corretja​	438	281	719	60.9
72	Greg Rusedski​	436	287	723	60.3
73	John Isner^​	434	273	707	61.4
74	Marc Rosset​	433	351	784	55.2
75	Jakob Hlasek​	432	329	761	56.8
76	Emilio Sánchez​	431	291	722	59.7
77	Ivan Ljubičić​	429	296	725	59.2
78	Marat Safin​	422	267	689	61.2
80	Tom Gorman​	414	291	705	58.7
81	Jonas Bjorkman​	414	362	776	53.4
82	Richard Krajicek​	411	219	630	65.2
83	Todd Martin​	411	234	645	63.7
84	Phil Dent​	411	347	758	53.4
85	Petr Korda​	410	248	658	62.3
86	Jarkko Nieminen​	408	348	756	54.0
87	Kei Nishikori^​	405	194	599	67.6
88	Mark Cox​	405	272	677	59.8
89	Cliff Drysdale​	404	249	653	62.3
90	Eliot Teltscher​	399	217	616	64.8
91	Vijay Amritraj​	399	308	707	56.4
92	Nicolás Almagro​	397	278	675	58.8
93	Željko Franulović​	397	301	698	56.9
94	Anders Järryd​	396	261	707	60.3
95	Aaron Krickstein​	395	256	651	60.7
96	Marcelo Ríos​	391	192	583	67.1
97	Balázs Taróczy​	391	232	623	62.8
98	Adriano Panatta​	391	244	635	61.6
99	Cédric Pioline​	389	318	707	55.0
100	Francisco Clavet​	388	340	728	53.3

 

[Moxie]

More like of everyone in the history of Open Era:

Rank	Player	Wins	Losses	Played	Win %
1	Jimmy Connors[1]*​	1274	283	1557	81.9
2	Roger Federer[2]^​	1242	271	1513	82.1
3	Ivan Lendl[3]*​	1068	242	1310	81.5
4	Rafael Nadal[4]^​	1000	201	1201	83.3
5	Guillermo Vilas[5]*​	951	297	1248	76.3
6	Novak Djokovic[6]^​	932	190	1122	83.1
7	Ilie Năstase*​	905	333	1238	73.1
8	John McEnroe*​	883	198	1081	81.7
9	Andre Agassi*​	870	274	1144	76.0
10	Stefan Edberg*​	801	270	1071	74.8
11	Arthur Ashe*​	793	259	1052	75.4
12	Stan Smith*​	779	305	1084	71.9
13	Pete Sampras*​	762	222	984	77.4
14	David Ferrer​	734	377	1111	66.1
15	Manuel Orantes*​	722	292	1014	71.2
16	Boris Becker*​	713	214	927	76.9
17	Brian Gottfried​	702	330	1032	68.0
18	Andy Murray^​	676	200	876	77.2
19	Tom Okker​	664	273	937	70.9
20	Michael Chang*​	662	312	974	68.0
21	Björn Borg*​	654	140	794	82.4
22	Tomáš Berdych​	640	342	982	65.2
23	Thomas Muster​	625	273	898	69.6
24	Lleyton Hewitt​	616	262	878	70.2
25	Andy Roddick*​	612	213	825	74.2
26	Yevgeny Kafelnikov*​	609	306	915	66.6
27	Eddie Dibbs​	604	264	868	69.5
28	Goran Ivanišević*​	599	333	932	64.3
29	Roscoe Tanner​	592	297	889	66.6
30	Harold Solomon​	585	339	924	63.3
31	John Alexander​	584	432	1016	57.5
32	Rod Laver*​	576	146	722	79.8
33	Carlos Moyá​	575	319	894	64.3
34	Mats Wilander*​	571	222	793	72.0
35	Tommy Haas​	569	338	907	62.7
36	John Newcombe*​	568	227	795	71.4
37	Jaime Fillol​	553	391	944	58.6
38	Fernando Verdasco^​	552	423	975	56.6
39	Raúl Ramírez​	546	267	813	67.2
40	Ken Rosewall*​	545	192	737	73.9
41	Richard Gasquet^​	545	329	874	62.4
42	Wojtek Fibak​	536	314	849	63.1
43	Vitas Gerulaitis​	535	232	767	69.8
44	Tommy Robredo^​	533	357	890	59.9
45	Andrés Gómez​	531	273	804	66.0
46	Stan Wawrinka^​	529	305	834	63.4
47	Tomáš Šmíd​	522	334	856	61.0
48	Brad Gilbert​	519	288	807	64.3
49	Marin Čilić^​	516	281	797	64.7
50	Wayne Ferreira​	512	330	842	60.8
51	Marty Riessen​	508	311	819	62.0
52	Jim Courier*​	506	237	743	68.1
53	Jan Kodeš*​	502	284	786	63.9
54	Mikhail Youzhny​	499	416	915	54.5
55	Tim Henman​	496	274	770	64.4
56	Gaël Monfils^​	493	278	771	63.9
57	Feliciano López^​	492	455	947	52
58	Gilles Simon^​	491	368	859	57.2
59	Nikolay Davydenko​	482	329	811	59.4
60	Juan Carlos Ferrero​	479	262	741	64.6
61	Yannick Noah*​	478	209	687	69.6
62	Cliff Richey​	477	221	698	68.3
63	Philipp Kohlschreiber^​	470	375	845	55.6
64	Fabrice Santoro​	470	444	914	51.4
65	Robert Lutz​	465	298	763	60.9
66	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga^​	464	223	687	67.5
67	José Higueras​	455	244	699	65.1
68	Thomas Enqvist​	448	297	745	60.1
69	Sergi Bruguera​	447	271	718	62.3
70	Juan Martín del Potro^​	439	173	612	71.7
71	Àlex Corretja​	438	281	719	60.9
72	Greg Rusedski​	436	287	723	60.3
73	John Isner^​	434	273	707	61.4
74	Marc Rosset​	433	351	784	55.2
75	Jakob Hlasek​	432	329	761	56.8
76	Emilio Sánchez​	431	291	722	59.7
77	Ivan Ljubičić​	429	296	725	59.2
78	Marat Safin​	422	267	689	61.2
80	Tom Gorman​	414	291	705	58.7
81	Jonas Bjorkman​	414	362	776	53.4
82	Richard Krajicek​	411	219	630	65.2
83	Todd Martin​	411	234	645	63.7
84	Phil Dent​	411	347	758	53.4
85	Petr Korda​	410	248	658	62.3
86	Jarkko Nieminen​	408	348	756	54.0
87	Kei Nishikori^​	405	194	599	67.6
88	Mark Cox​	405	272	677	59.8
89	Cliff Drysdale​	404	249	653	62.3
90	Eliot Teltscher​	399	217	616	64.8
91	Vijay Amritraj​	399	308	707	56.4
92	Nicolás Almagro​	397	278	675	58.8
93	Željko Franulović​	397	301	698	56.9
94	Anders Järryd​	396	261	707	60.3
95	Aaron Krickstein​	395	256	651	60.7
96	Marcelo Ríos​	391	192	583	67.1
97	Balázs Taróczy​	391	232	623	62.8
98	Adriano Panatta​	391	244	635	61.6
99	Cédric Pioline​	389	318	707	55.0
100	Francisco Clavet​	388	340	728	53.3

I hope some folks will keep this in mind when the bit about "dominance" comes up.

 

[the AntiPusher]

More like of everyone in the history of Open Era:

Rank	Player	Wins	Losses	Played	Win %
1	Jimmy Connors[1]*​	1274	283	1557	81.9
2	Roger Federer[2]^​	1242	271	1513	82.1
3	Ivan Lendl[3]*​	1068	242	1310	81.5
4	Rafael Nadal[4]^​	1000	201	1201	83.3
5	Guillermo Vilas[5]*​	951	297	1248	76.3
6	Novak Djokovic[6]^​	932	190	1122	83.1
7	Ilie Năstase*​	905	333	1238	73.1
8	John McEnroe*​	883	198	1081	81.7
9	Andre Agassi*​	870	274	1144	76.0
10	Stefan Edberg*​	801	270	1071	74.8
11	Arthur Ashe*​	793	259	1052	75.4
12	Stan Smith*​	779	305	1084	71.9
13	Pete Sampras*​	762	222	984	77.4
14	David Ferrer​	734	377	1111	66.1
15	Manuel Orantes*​	722	292	1014	71.2
16	Boris Becker*​	713	214	927	76.9
17	Brian Gottfried​	702	330	1032	68.0
18	Andy Murray^​	676	200	876	77.2
19	Tom Okker​	664	273	937	70.9
20	Michael Chang*​	662	312	974	68.0
21	Björn Borg*​	654	140	794	82.4
22	Tomáš Berdych​	640	342	982	65.2
23	Thomas Muster​	625	273	898	69.6
24	Lleyton Hewitt​	616	262	878	70.2
25	Andy Roddick*​	612	213	825	74.2
26	Yevgeny Kafelnikov*​	609	306	915	66.6
27	Eddie Dibbs​	604	264	868	69.5
28	Goran Ivanišević*​	599	333	932	64.3
29	Roscoe Tanner​	592	297	889	66.6
30	Harold Solomon​	585	339	924	63.3
31	John Alexander​	584	432	1016	57.5
32	Rod Laver*​	576	146	722	79.8
33	Carlos Moyá​	575	319	894	64.3
34	Mats Wilander*​	571	222	793	72.0
35	Tommy Haas​	569	338	907	62.7
36	John Newcombe*​	568	227	795	71.4
37	Jaime Fillol​	553	391	944	58.6
38	Fernando Verdasco^​	552	423	975	56.6
39	Raúl Ramírez​	546	267	813	67.2
40	Ken Rosewall*​	545	192	737	73.9
41	Richard Gasquet^​	545	329	874	62.4
42	Wojtek Fibak​	536	314	849	63.1
43	Vitas Gerulaitis​	535	232	767	69.8
44	Tommy Robredo^​	533	357	890	59.9
45	Andrés Gómez​	531	273	804	66.0
46	Stan Wawrinka^​	529	305	834	63.4
47	Tomáš Šmíd​	522	334	856	61.0
48	Brad Gilbert​	519	288	807	64.3
49	Marin Čilić^​	516	281	797	64.7
50	Wayne Ferreira​	512	330	842	60.8
51	Marty Riessen​	508	311	819	62.0
52	Jim Courier*​	506	237	743	68.1
53	Jan Kodeš*​	502	284	786	63.9
54	Mikhail Youzhny​	499	416	915	54.5
55	Tim Henman​	496	274	770	64.4
56	Gaël Monfils^​	493	278	771	63.9
57	Feliciano López^​	492	455	947	52
58	Gilles Simon^​	491	368	859	57.2
59	Nikolay Davydenko​	482	329	811	59.4
60	Juan Carlos Ferrero​	479	262	741	64.6
61	Yannick Noah*​	478	209	687	69.6
62	Cliff Richey​	477	221	698	68.3
63	Philipp Kohlschreiber^​	470	375	845	55.6
64	Fabrice Santoro​	470	444	914	51.4
65	Robert Lutz​	465	298	763	60.9
66	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga^​	464	223	687	67.5
67	José Higueras​	455	244	699	65.1
68	Thomas Enqvist​	448	297	745	60.1
69	Sergi Bruguera​	447	271	718	62.3
70	Juan Martín del Potro^​	439	173	612	71.7
71	Àlex Corretja​	438	281	719	60.9
72	Greg Rusedski​	436	287	723	60.3
73	John Isner^​	434	273	707	61.4
74	Marc Rosset​	433	351	784	55.2
75	Jakob Hlasek​	432	329	761	56.8
76	Emilio Sánchez​	431	291	722	59.7
77	Ivan Ljubičić​	429	296	725	59.2
78	Marat Safin​	422	267	689	61.2
80	Tom Gorman​	414	291	705	58.7
81	Jonas Bjorkman​	414	362	776	53.4
82	Richard Krajicek​	411	219	630	65.2
83	Todd Martin​	411	234	645	63.7
84	Phil Dent​	411	347	758	53.4
85	Petr Korda​	410	248	658	62.3
86	Jarkko Nieminen​	408	348	756	54.0
87	Kei Nishikori^​	405	194	599	67.6
88	Mark Cox​	405	272	677	59.8
89	Cliff Drysdale​	404	249	653	62.3
90	Eliot Teltscher​	399	217	616	64.8
91	Vijay Amritraj​	399	308	707	56.4
92	Nicolás Almagro​	397	278	675	58.8
93	Željko Franulović​	397	301	698	56.9
94	Anders Järryd​	396	261	707	60.3
95	Aaron Krickstein​	395	256	651	60.7
96	Marcelo Ríos​	391	192	583	67.1
97	Balázs Taróczy​	391	232	623	62.8
98	Adriano Panatta​	391	244	635	61.6
99	Cédric Pioline​	389	318	707	55.0
100	Francisco Clavet​	388	340	728	53.3

Riddle me this Batman, We have been bombarded with Nalbanian folklore over the past 10 years. So whereas Senor David Nalbanian's statistics ? Is this an oversight or was his game made of "Iron Pyrite "?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

"That's one very negative thing about getting to 1,000.You are very old". Nadal joked in a post-match interview.
"But I'm super happy.Of course to arrive to the number means that I did a lot of things well,and during a long time,so I'm very happy".

 

[Kieran]

Rafa has the best W/L percentage of the big 3. (And therefore of everyone on tour.)

That’s fairly incredible, isn’t it? And the best percentage of slam wins in the modern game...

 

[Kieran]

I didn’t see this match with Rafa but he needed to be on his game, serving at 5-6. I like his attitude from what I am seeing.

 

[Moxie]

Wawrinka turned things around and took out Rublev in 3. I'm a bit shocked. So were the tennis balls, I reckon. They took a beating.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Q/finals,

Schwartzman vs Medvedev (popcorn match)
Raonic vs Humbert
Nadal vs Carreno Busta
Zverev vs Wawrinka...(..it would have been my main popcorn match if Rublev had won