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Statisfaction: Nadal Notches 300th Clay-Court Victory in Monte-Carlo


Rafael Nadal's 6-1, 6-3 victory over Andreas Seppi at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday marks the Spaniard's 300th career clay-court win. Only ten players in the history of tennis have earned more wins on the surface than Nadal, but that could change by Saturday, as the 27-year-old is set to pass Jose-Luis Clerc to move into tenth all time if he reaches the final in the Principality.

When it comes to winning percentage on the surface, however, nobody can compare with the king of clay. Nadal's .935 winning percentage on the dirt blows the competition out of the water. Only two other players in history have amassed a winning percentage above .800 (Borg, .863 and Lendl, .814).

Among active players, Novak Djokovic (.774) and Roger Federer (.766) are the closest to Nadal.

Even scarier--and more impressive--is the fact that Nadal has only lost 11 matches on the surface since 2005. This, from ATP stats guru Greg Sharko:

"Since 2005, Nadal has compiled a 275-11 clay-court record (.961) on the ATP World Tour, never losing more than two matches in a season during that stretch."

Here's a look at the top twelve clay-court win leaders in tennis history:

Rank

Player

W-L

W PCT

Titles

1

Guillermo Vilas

644-163

.798

46

2

Manuel Orantes

489-147

.769

30

3

Thomas Muster

422-127

.769

40

4

Jose Higueras

376-164

.696

15

5

Eddie Dibbs

368-127

.743

14

6

Carlos Moya

337-143

.702

16

7

Ivan Lendl

329-75

.814

28

8

Ilie Nastase

327-96

.773

27

9

Andres Gomez

322-138

.700

16

10

Jose-Luis Clerc

301-88

.774

21

11

Rafael Nadal

300-21

.935

43

12

Emilio Sanchez

298-169

.638

13



Nadal will face either Grigor Dimitrov or David Ferrer in Friday's semifinal in Monte-Carlo.

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