Andrey Rublev has always been a top performer at ATP 500-level tournaments, even being nicknamed the ‘King of ATP 500s’ in the past—and on Monday, he reached a big milestone at that level.
The world No. 8 stormed to the 100th ATP 500 win of his career on Monday evening with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Dutch qualifier Jesper de Jong in the first round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell.
Since the ATP 500 series was introduced in 2009, Rublev is the seventh player to record 100 career wins at that level, and just the second player born in 1990 or later to do it, after Alexander Zverev.
Zverev recorded his 103rd career win at an ATP 500-level event on Monday, with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over France’s Alexandre Muller in the first round of the BMW Open by Bitpanda over in Munich.
Both Zverev and Rublev were born in 1997, in April and October.
ATP 500 WIN LEADERS (since 2009):
- 121: Rafael Nadal [121-19]
- 116: David Ferrer [116-39]
- 111: Roger Federer [111-11]
- 103: Kei Nishikori [103-41]
- 103: Alexander Zverev [103-45]
- 102: Novak Djokovic [102-14]
- 100: Andrey Rublev [100-40]
