Stat of the Day

Matteo Berrettini battles to milestone 200th win of career with victory over Giron in Madrid

By John Berkok Apr 26, 2025
Stat of the Day

Carlos Alcaraz improves to 5-0 in Grand Slam finals, joins Roger Federer on exclusive list

By John Berkok Jun 08, 2025
Stat of the Day

Jannik Sinner becomes first player to beat Novak Djokovic four times in a row in 15 years

By John Berkok Jun 06, 2025
Stat of the Day

Novak Djokovic records historic 100th career win at Roland Garros, reaches quarterfinals

By John Berkok Jun 02, 2025
Stat of the Day

Frances Tiafoe joins Tommy Paul in reaching quarterfinals of Roland Garros for first time

By John Berkok Jun 01, 2025
Stat of the Day

Carlos Alcaraz battles past Ben Shelton at Roland Garros for 100th clay-court win of career

By John Berkok Jun 01, 2025
Stat of the Day

Eight Americans are into the second week at Roland Garros for the first time in 40 years

By John Berkok May 31, 2025
Stat of the Day

Iga Swiatek is still the only tennis player to reach the third round at every Grand Slam this decade

By John Berkok May 28, 2025
Stat of the Day

Novak Djokovic becomes first man in Open Era to win a title in 20 seasons, breaks Rafa's record

By John Berkok May 24, 2025
Stat of the Day

Andrey Rublev scores 350th win of career with victory over Auger-Aliassime in Hamburg

By John Berkok May 23, 2025
Stat of the Day

Matteo Berrettini battles to milestone 200th win of career with victory over Giron in Madrid

He’s just the second Italian man born in 1990 or later to hit that number, after the current world No. 1, Jannik Sinner.

ByJohn Berkok

Published Apr 26, 2025

MATCH POINT: Matteo Berrettini stuns Alexander Zverev in Monte Carlo second round

Advertising

It’s been a strong start to the season for Matteo Berrettini, already reaching three quarterfinals—at back-to-back ATP 500s in Doha and Dubai and at the Masters 1000 event in Miami.

He’s already had two Top 10 wins, too, beating Novak Djokovic for the first time in Doha then Alexander Zverev in Monte Carlo, which happened to be his first career win over a Top 2 player.

And in Madrid on Saturday, the hits kept coming.

Berrettini battled to the milestone 200th win of his career with a 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 6-1 victory over American Marcos Giron in his opening match at the Masters 1000 clay-court event.

He’s just the eighth Italian man in the Open Era to reach 200 career wins, and of that group he has the second-best winning percentage, at .654 (200-106). Only Jannik Sinner has a better winning percentage among them, at .771 (270-80).

Berrettini and Sinner are also the only two Italian men born in 1990 or later to reach 200 career wins—they were born in 1996 and 2001.

ITALIAN MEN WITH 200+ WINS IN OPEN ERA (tour-level):

  • 426: Fabio Fognini [426-392]
  • 395: Adriano Panatta [395-247]
  • 386: Andreas Seppi [386-422]
  • 320: Corrado Barazzutti [320-231]
  • 270: Jannik Sinner [270-80]
  • 223: Renzo Furlan [223-239]
  • 219: Andrea Gaudenzi [219-231]
  • 200: Matteo Berrettini [200-106]
Berrettini has only played Madrid once before, in 2021, and he made the final, falling to Zverev.

Berrettini has only played Madrid once before, in 2021, and he made the final, falling to Zverev.

© 2025 Getty Images

Advertising

Berrettini's milestone win almost didn't happen, though.

Giron had won the pair's only two previous meetings, at Paris in 2020 and Halle in 2024, and he was on the verge of making it three in a row Saturday, as he was two points away from winning three separate times in the second set—twice with Berrettini serving 5-6, at 30-all and deuce, and then again at 6-all in the tie-break.

But the Italian snuck out the second set then rolled through the decider, opening up a 5-0 lead and serving it out two games later.

He finished the match with 47 winners—including 28 off the forehand, as well as 14 aces—to just 27 unforced errors.

Awaiting the No. 30 seed in the third round will be No. 5 seed Jack Draper, a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Tallon Griekspoor.

Draper has beaten Berrettini in both of their previous meetings, coming back from a set down both times, in the final of Stuttgart last year on grass (3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4) and in the quarterfinals of Doha earlier this year on hard courts (4-6, 6-4, 6-3).