Stat of the Day: Rafael Nadal has now won his last 9 finals in a row, and 14 of his last 15

Rafael Nadal’s 7-6 (6), 6-3 victory over American Maxime Cressy in the final of the Melbourne Summer Set today brought him his 89th career ATP title, and extended his streak of winning at least one ATP title a year to 19 years in a row.

But it also continued another impressive trend: Nadal has now won his last 9 finals in a row, as well as 14 of his last 15, and 20 of his last 22.

The only two finals he’s lost since April 2017 have come to the other two members of the Big 3, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

NADAL IN FINALS SINCE APRIL 2017: 20-2
2017 Monte Carlo F: d. Ramos-Vinolas, 6-1, 6-3
2017 Barcelona F: d. Thiem, 6-4, 6-1
2017 Madrid F: d. Thiem, 7-6 (8), 6-4
2017 Roland Garros F: d. Wawrinka, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
2017 US Open F: d. Anderson, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
2017 Beijing F: d. Kyrgios, 6-2, 6-1
2017 Shanghai F: l. to Federer, 6-4, 6-3
2018 Monte Carlo F: d. Nishikori, 6-3, 6-2
2018 Barcelona F: d. Tsitsipas, 6-2, 6-1
2018 Rome F: d. Zverev, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
2018 Roland Garros F: d. Thiem, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
2018 Canada F: d. Tsitsipas, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
2019 Australian Open F: l. to Djokovic, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
2019 Rome F: d. Djokovic, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
2019 Roland Garros F: d. Thiem, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
2019 Canada F: d. Medvedev, 6-3, 6-0
2019 US Open F: d. Medvedev, 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4
2020 Acapulco F: d. Fritz, 6-3, 6-2
2020 Roland Garros F: d. Djokovic, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
2021 Barcelona F: d. Tsitsipas, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-5
2021 Rome F: d. Djokovic, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
2022 Melbourne F: d. Cressy, 7-6 (6), 6-3

Nadal is now 89-37 in his career in ATP finals, a .706 winning percentage. Before this 20-2 run he was 69-35, a .663 winning percentage.

In addition to stretching his finals winning streak, Nadal also hit a pretty cool titles milestone after his victory in Melbourne—he now has a combined total of 100 career ATP titles, with 89 in singles and 11 in doubles. Among those 100 combined ATP titles are 20 Grand Slams (all singles), 39 Masters 1000s (36 singles and 3 doubles) and 2 Olympic gold medals (one singles and one doubles).

Nadal is just the second active player to achieve the feat after Roger Federer, who has a combined total of 111 career ATP titles (103 in singles and 8 in doubles).