Rafa Nadal achieved a historic milestone this Wednesday after beating Feliciano López in his second round match of the 1,000th Paris Masters and thus adding his 1,000th victory on the ATP circuit at 34 and after almost 18 as a professional.
Nadal thus joins the select club of tennis players who have achieved 1,000 victories throughout his career on the ATP circuit in the Open Era, which includes figures such as Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer and Ivan Lendl. and, from this Wednesday, Rafael Nadal.
Thus Nadal is 68 wins behind Ivan Lendl's all-time third-place finish, while Roger Federer is just 32 wins away from equaling Jimmy Connors' all-time record. And in a few months this club could be joined by the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who accumulates 932 victories and he is 68 wins away from joining the '1,000 Club'.