Novak Djokovic breaks Rafael Nadal’s record for most career wins at Masters 1000 events

Novak Djokovic has broken just about every record there is to break in tennis, but he just added another one to his collection.

With a 6-1, 7-6 (1) defeat of Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the third round of Miami on Sunday, Djokovic recorded his 411th career win at a Masters 1000 event, surpassing Rafael Nadal’s previous all-time record of 410.

MOST CAREER MASTERS 1000 WINS:

• 411: Novak Djokovic [411-91]
• 410: Rafael Nadal [410-90]
• 381: Roger Federer [381-108]
• 230: Andy Murray [230-101]
• 209: Andre Agassi [209-73]

It’s the latest addition to Djokovic’s collection of all-time records at Masters 1000 events, a level of tournament that began in 1990.

DJOKOVIC'S ALL-TIME MASTERS 1000 RECORDS:

• most career titles: 40 [next: Nadal, 36]
• most career finals: 59 [next: Nadal, 53]
• most career semifinals: 78 [next: Nadal, 76]
• most career wins: 411 [next: Nadal, 410]

Nadal still has the most career quarterfinals at Masters 1000 events, for now, with 99—Djokovic is just a few behind him at 95.

It’s also worth noting that Djokovic is the only player ever to win all nine Masters 1000 events in his career, also known as a Career Golden Masters—and he’s actually won them all at least twice each, or a Double Career Golden Masters. And if he wins one more Monte Carlo title in his career, he’ll have a Triple Career Golden Masters.

Djokovic seemed to have no trouble against Ugo Carabelli early on, cruising in the first set and even going up a set and a break, 6-1, 2-1.

But then, Ugo Carabelli came alive.

"I started off the match really well, 6-1, and it was a very similar match to the first match I played a few days ago," Djokovic said, referring to his 6-0, 7-6 (1) victory over Australia's Rinky Hijikata in his last round. "Things got complicated in the second set—I broke his serve, he re-broke my serve, and then we were kind of going toe to toe."

After Ugo Carabelli got the break back, the two traded holds the rest of the set until they went to a tie-break, where Djokovic cruised, 7-1.

"I had some chances at 4-all, but I think it was fair to take the second set to a tie-break, and like a few days ago it was a perfect tie-break. Great serving when I needed to. Overall, I'm pleased to get through."

Djokovic was asked about his latest record in his on-court interview.

"Honestly, I wasn't thinking about it too much," he said. "But I'm honored to have another milestone, another record broken.

"There's always something on the line every time I play, and of course that motivates me to do well, as well, in the tournament."

Awaiting the No. 4-seeded Djokovic in the fourth round will be No. 15-seeded Lorenzo Musetti, who battled back from a set down to beat No. 18-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime earlier in the day, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Djokovic is 7-1 lifetime against Musetti, the one loss coming on the clay of Monte Carlo two years ago—but he's 3-0 against him away from clay (2-0 on hard and 1-0 on grass), and 7-0 in sets in those matches.