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  • Roger Federer way behind Jonas Björkman

    3/18/08 10:45 AM | Mattias Yrgård
    - Jonas Björkman reached a milestone yesterday when he won his 1 090 victory on the ATP Tour and passed Stefan Edberg as the most victorious Swede. Next man ahead of Björkman is Guillermo Vilas while Roger Federer has a number of matches to win before he can reach Björkman.

    When Jonas Björkman and Kevin Ullyett won their doubles over Cermak/Kerr yesterday, the 36-year old Swede reached a milestone. He passed Stefan Edberg as the most victorious Swede on the ATP Tour. Björkman has been on the ATP Tour since 1991 and is also the active player who has won the most matches on the ATP Tour. Roger Federer has currently won 662 matches since he turned pro in 1998.

    Top 10 list over victories in singles and doubles during the open era.

    1. Jimmy Connors, USA 1398 wins (1225-272 singles, 173-78 doubles)
    2. John McEnroe, USA 1391 wins (864-194 singles, 527-100 doubles)
    3. Brian Gottfried, USA 1279 wins (677-321 singles, 602-245 doubles)
    4. Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia/USA 1258 wins (1071-239 singles, 187-140 doubles)
    5. Ilie Nastase, Romania1210 wins (730-275 singles, 480-208 doubles)
    6. Stan Smith, USA 1196 wins (638-262 singles, 558-201 doubles)
    7. Tomas Smid, Czechoslovakia 1175 wins (516-333 singles, 659-318 doubles)
    8. Guillermo Vilas, Argentina 1139 wins (923-284 singles, 216-149 doubles)
    9. Jonas Björkman, Sweden 1090 wins (411-352 singles, 679-289 doubles)
    10. Stefan Edberg, Sweden 1089 wins (806-270 singles, 283-153 doubles)

    The research and the list has been put together by the guru of Swedish tennis, Johan Porsborn.

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