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After a difficult last 12 months that has seen him drop from inside the Top 20 to outside the Top 100, former world No. 8 Diego Schwartzman has been showing big signs of a return to form.

After going 16 months without beating a Top 30 player, he’s taken out three of them in the last two weeks, defeating No. 30 Jiri Lehecka and No. 8 Taylor Fritz en route to the fourth round in Shanghai last week, and—today—defeating No. 22 Francisco Cerundolo in straight sets his opening match in Tokyo.

Schwartzman’s 6-4, 6-1 victory over Cerundolo on Tuesday also took him to a big milestone: it was the 250th win of his career.

He’s the 10th Argentinian man in the Open Era to hit that number.

MOST WINS BY AN ARGENTINIAN MAN IN OPEN ERA (tour-level):
951: Guillermo Vilas
439: Juan Martin del Potro
383: David Nalbandian
378: Jose-Luis Clerc
342: Juan Monaco
326: Juan Ignacio Chela
301: Martin Jaite
270: Gaston Gaudio
252: Guillermo Canas
250: Diego Schwartzman

Schwartzman is also the 10th man born in 1990 or later to reach 250 career wins.

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The 31-year-old Schwartzman is also the 10th man born in 1990 or later to record 250 tour-level wins in his career.

MOST WINS FOR A MAN BORN IN 1990 OR LATER (tour-level):
407: Grigor Dimitrov [born in 1991]
388: Alexander Zverev [born in 1997]
376: Milos Raonic [born in 1990]
343: Dominic Thiem [born in 1993]
329: David Goffin [born in 1990]
327: Daniil Medvedev [born in 1996]
292: Stefanos Tsitsipas [born in 1998]
286: Andrey Rublev [born in 1997]
268: Pablo Carreno Busta [born in 1991]
250: Diego Schwartzman [born in 1992]

Schwartzman is now a win away from his first ATP quarterfinal in more than a year, his last time reaching a final eight coming in Bastad in July 2022. He’ll face No. 13-ranked Alex de Minaur next.

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