Today Roger Federer played his 930th ATP match and with his win over Marcel Granollers (63 64) he tied Ilie Nastase at #8 on the ATP match win list with 755. A win tomorrow in the Qf's over Sergiy Stakhovsky (they've never played) will give him #8 all to himself and place him 6 matches behind Pete Sampras who has 762 match wins.
Let's take a look at the top 8:
1. Jimmy Connors with 1,241
2. Ivan Lendl with 1,071
3. Guillermo Vilas with 923
4. John McEnroe with 875
5. Andre Agassi with 870
6. Stefan Edberg with 806
7. Pete Sampras with 762
8. Nastase & Federer with 755
Roger's average number of match wins the last 4 years is 65. Even if he drops a little this year (which remains to be seen) he could easily overtake the next two players and finish the year at #6 in ATP match wins.
To get this record though may just be unattainable. To catch Jimmy Connors staggering 1,241 match wins Roger would need to average 60 wins for 8 years. Now I know he says he plans to play for, hmmm, ever - Jimmy shouldn't lose too much sleep over this one.
Congrats Rog. Your longevity is much appreciated.
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