Alcaraz played a round number of matches on hard courts: his position among the greats in history

Carlos Alcaraz He played his 200th match on hard courts at a professional level, in which he beat Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Masters 1000, and adds a shocking 158-42 in wins-losses, which represents a 79% success rate.

This mark is above Andre Agassi’s 78.9, Rafael Nadal’s 77.4 and Andy Murray’s 73.9 and not so far from Novak Djokovic’s 84.3 and Roger Federer’s 83.4.

Jannik Sinner, his great rival in the fight for world leadership, is ahead of him in that comparison. It has an 81.5% victory rate (238 wins and 54 losses) and is also victorious in titles since 21 of its 24 trophies came playing on cement compared to number 1’s 11 of 26.

Percentage-wise, the now pupil of Samuel López is among the best players in the history of tennis, although in global terms he still appears far from those who have won the most, something logical given that he is barely 22 years old.

The top number of matches won on hard courts in the history of the ATP, although not with the best average, It is for Federer, who won 783 of 938 matches played on that field (83.4%) and 71 of his 103 championships. He is followed by Djokovic with 741 wins in 879 (84.3%) and 72 out of 101, Agassi with 592 in 750 (78.9%) and 46 of his 60, Nadal with 518 in 669 (77.4%) and 25 out of 92 and Murray with 503 in 680 (73.9%) and 34 out of 46 titles. cement.

These five are the only male tennis players (all already retired except Nole) that exceed half a thousand victories on this type of surface and Alcaraz has seasons ahead of him to reach those figures.

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