Apr 25, 2024, 2:00 p.m. ET
Rafael Nadal returned to victory in the Madrid Open after his elimination in the Conde de Godó tournament in Barcelona. This time, he easily got rid of the 16-year-old teenager. Darwin Blanch 6-1 and 6-0 and obtained his 475th triumph on his favorite surface: brick dust.
How many wins is Rafael Nadal away from Guillermo Vilas for the Getty clay court absolute record?
This amount of successes on clay (with only 46 defeats in his entire career) They make him the third with the most games won on that surface46 ahead of Ilie Nastase, who occupies fourth position in this ranking.
In this context, Rafael Nadal He is less than a hundred victories away from second place, which is occupied by his compatriot Manuel Orantes. The tennis player who was active between 1968 and 1984 has a record of 571-171, leaving the Manacorí at exactly 96 wins.
Editorial Selections
1 Related
Finally, as far as this list is concerned, the first place is occupied by the Argentine Guillermo Vilas. The best Latin American tennis player of all time and one of the best in the history of this sport reaped a total of 681 successes with 173 defeats. In this way, Nadal still has to win 206 matches on clay to match what the man from Mar del Plata has done.
If we talk about percentage of effectiveness between wins and losses on clay, Rafael Nadal is No. 1 with 91% success rates. Behind him are Bjorn Borg (86%), Ivan Lend and Carlos Alcarz (both with 81%). Two South Americans like the aforementioned also appear in this ranking. Vilas (6th with 80%, tied with Novak Djokovic) and José Luis Clerc (10th with 77%).