Stat of the Day: Rafael Nadal records 399th Masters 1000 win of career

Rafael Nadal improved his career-best start to the year to 16-0 on Saturday, battling back from a 5-2, double-break deficit in the third set to survive Sebastian Korda, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (3), after two hours and 29 minutes in his opening match at Indian Wells.

And his Houdini-esque victory over the huge-hitting American put him within one win of a major milestone: it was the 399th Masters 1000 win of his career.

Nadal already holds the record for most career wins at Masters 1000 events, since this level of tournament began in 1990.

MOST CAREER WINS AT MASTERS 1000 EVENTS:
399: Rafael Nadal (including 2nd Rd win here vs. Korda)
381: Roger Federer
374: Novak Djokovic
219: Andy Murray (including 1st Rd win here vs. Daniel)
209: Andre Agassi
191: Tomas Berdych
190: Pete Sampras
189: David Ferrer
157: Andy Roddick
155: Stan Wawrinka

With his triumph over Korda, Nadal also improved to 55-10 in his career at Indian Wells, which makes this the third Masters 1000 event he has 55 or more wins at.

NADAL’S MOST WINS BY MASTERS 1000 EVENT:
73: Monte Carlo (73-6)
68: Rome (68-7)
55: Indian Wells (55-10)
54: Madrid (54-13)
40: Miami (40-12)
38: Canada (38-8)
22: Paris (22-6)
22: Cincinnati (22-11)
16: Shanghai (16-8)

He was also 11-2 in Hamburg before it got changed to an ATP 500 in 2009.