By Chris Oddo | @Thefanchild | Wednesday 23 April 2025
35-year-old Kei nishikori He still loves his time on the tournament, and he is still winning a victory.
Former World No. 4 defeats Aleksandar Vukic on Thursday in Madrid, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, to become the eighth active player to reach 450 wins. Nishikori, a winner of the ATP title 12 times, is the first Asian man to achieve that number.
It comes from a place that had never had a top-40 player, is quite markers. How did the nishikori become so far?
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“I have no idea,” he said with a smile in court. “I just tried to play a match at a time.”
2014 Madrid Runner up Nishikori, who faces Denis Shapovalov in the second round, hopes he can get at least 50 more victories.
“That’s a lot,” he said for his current total. “Hope I can reach 500.”
Active ATP players with 450 or more wins:
Gjokovic, 1136
Gasquet, 609
Qualitative, 590
Monfils, 581
Wawrinka, 579
Beast, 482
Dimitrov, 471
Nishikori, 450
Shimane, a native of Japan, who underwent surgery on the hip in 2022, was nominated for the ATP Comeback Player of the year in 2024. He started the season reaching the final in Hong Kong, which was his first ATP final in six years.
