Alexander Zverev achieved his 500th ATP match win at the Toronto Masters on Thursday, overcoming Matteo Arnaldi 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-2 in a challenging three-set victory to advance to the fourth round of the US Open tuneup event.The top-seeded German player struggled in the opening set, which lasted 82 minutes, before finding his rhythm to defeat Arnaldi for the second time this year.“It’s a great achievement. Not a lot of player reach this milestone. But I still want 500 more — maybe even more. You always want to win as many matches as possible. I’m all about this,” Zverev said about reaching the career milestone.“I started playing better from the baseline and found my rhythm a bit. My backhand felt off but I was comfortable and happy with my level,” Zverev added regarding his performance improvement during the match.Jimmy Connors leads the list for most matches won by male tennis players in history. The American won 1274 matches during his career. Also in the list of most match wins are Roger Federer (1251 wins), Novak Djokovic (1150 wins) and Rafael Nadal (1080 wins).
Most matches by men’s tennis players (as on July 31, 2025)
- 1274 – Jimmy Connors
- 1251 – Roger Federer
- 1150 – Novak Djokovic
- 1080 – Rafael Nadal
- 1068 – Ivan Lendl
- 951 – Guillermo Vilas
- 908 – Ilie Năstase
- 883 – John McEnroe
- 870 – Andre Agassi
- 801 – Stefan Edberg
- 799 – Arthur Ashe
- 779 – Stan Smith
- 762 – Pete Sampras
- 739 – Andy Murray
- 734 – David Ferrer
- 724 – Manuel Orantes
- 713 – Boris Becker
- 702 – Brian Gottfried
Zverev will face Francisco Cerundolo in the next round, who defeated fellow Argentine Tomas Echeverry 6-3, 6-4.American Alex Michelsen secured his first Masters 1000 fourth-round appearance by upsetting third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4.“It feels really good. I’ve put in a lot of hard work and it’s paying off a little bit. I was wondering when it would happen and I guess it is starting to happen right now. I returned really well today. I played offensive tennis and executed really well,” Michelsen said after converting his seventh match point.Michelsen will face compatriot Learner Tien, who defeated Reilly Opelka 7-6 (7/3), 6-3.Fifth-seeded Holger Rune advanced by defeating Alexandre Muller of France 6-2, 6-4.Eighth-seeded Casper Ruud recovered from a 4-1 deficit in the first set to defeat Portugal’s Nuno Borges 7-5, 6-4.“I just crawled into the first set. I was able to get back into it. One break and things can happen. I raised my return game and got more balls back into play. In the second set I got the break and served my way through,” said Ruud, who hit nine aces.The Norwegian, playing only his fourth match since Roland Garros due to an injury that caused him to miss Wimbledon, expressed satisfaction in avenging his French Open loss to Borges.“It was nice to get my revenge,” said Ruud, who will next face Karen Khachanov.Khachanov, seeded 11th, secured his spot in the round of 16 by defeating American qualifier Emilio Nava 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-1.
