Carlos Alcaraz advances steadily in the ATP 500 in Beijing. His second rival was Dutch Greek track and the match only lasted 56 minutes. The Spaniard achieved a victory without discussion 6-1 and 6-2. He won all the points he played with first serve (23/23) and punished his rival’s second serve (he won 78 percent of the points played with him). The match can be repeated in less than two months in the Davis Cup quarterfinals between Spain and the Netherlands, since both are number one in their countries.
Alcaraz will play the quarterfinals against the Russian Khachanovwhere he will seek the 201st victory of his still short career, since against Grikspoor he reached the round figure of 200 (coincidentally, he also reached 100 against the Dutchman). Like almost what the Murcian is achieving, he is doing it by beating or being very close to all precocity records. In 2022 he became the youngest world number one in history. In Beijing he has become the second player of the 29 number ones since the start of the “Open Era” who has needed the fewest matches to reach that number of duels won. According to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, Carlos reaches 200 wins with 52 losses. Ahead of him is only John McEnroe, who lost only 45. And immediately behind him is Rafa Nadalcon 55.
This is the complete list:
- John McEnroe (United States), 200 wins, 45 losses
- Carlos Alcaraz (Spain), 200 wins, 52 losses
- Rafa Nadal (Spain), 200 wins, 55 losses
- Mats Wilander (Sweden), 200 wins, 56 losses
- Jimmy Connors (United States), 200 wins, 58 losses
- Boris Becker (Germany), 200 wins, 60 losses
- Ilie Nastase (Romania), 200 wins, 64 losses
- Ivan Lendl (Czech Republic), 200 wins, 67 losses
- Andy Roddick (United States), 200 wins, 67 losses
- Lleyton Hewitt (Australia), 200 wins, 68 losses
- Andy Murray (Great Britain), 200 wins, 71 losses
- Bjorn Borg (Sweden), 200 wins, 72 losses
- André Agassi (United States), 200 wins, 73 losses
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia), 200 wins, 74 losses
- Jannik Sinner (Italy), 200 wins, 74 losses
- Stefan Edberg (Sweden), 200 wins, 74 losses
- Pete Sampras (United States), 200 wins, 82 losses
- John Newcombe (Australia), 200 wins, 84 losses
- Jim Courier (United States), 200 wins, 86 losses
- Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain), 200 wins, 86 losses
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia), 200 victorias, 88 derrotas
- Marcelo Ríos (Chile), 200 wins, 88 losses
- Daniil Medvedev (Russia), 200 wins, 96 losses
- Roger Federer (Switzerland), 200 wins, 102 losses
- Thomas Muster (Austria), 200 wins, 102 losses
- Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil), 200 wins, 107 losses
- Marat Safin (Russia), 200 wins, 114 losses
- Carlos Moya (Spain), 200 wins, 120 losses
- Patrick Rafter (Australia), 200 wins, 130 losses
