With victory over Martin Klizan in Wimbledon 1st round, Rafael Nadal enters '700 wins' club

Rafael Nadal celebrating his 1st round Wimbledon 2014 win
Rafael Nadal celebrating his 1st round Wimbledon 2014 win, which was his 700th career victory

Rafael Nadal’s list of accomplishments continues to mount, as he has become the latest entrant to join the elusive 700 wins club. The Spaniard reached the milestone when he defeated Martin Klizan of Slovakia 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in the Wimbledon first round yesterday. He is the 11th player in the history of tennis to reach this number.

Nadal, who last won his 9th French Open title earlier this month, has won total of 14 Grand Slams and stands joint second in the all-time list along with American Pete Sampras. He has also won total of 64 ATP titles in his career, sharing the sixth position with Sampras and Swede legend Bjorn Borg.

Jimmy Connors, winner of 8 Grand Slams, currently heads the list for most career match wins and career titles, followed by Czech legend Ivan Lendl.

Players with most number of career wins

Player Total number of matches won
Jimmy Connors 1,253
Ivan Lendl 1,071
Roger Federer 958
Guillermo Vilas 929
John McEnroe 875
Andre Agassi 870
Stefan Edberg 801
Ilie Nastase 779
Pete Sampras 762
Boris Becker 713
Rafael Nadal 700
Most number of titles won in Open Era
Player Number of titles won
Jimmy Connors 109
Ivan Lendl 94
Roger Federer 78
John Mc Enroe 77
Bjorn Borg 64
Rafael Nadal 64
Pete Sampras 64

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