In Final Tournament, Feliciano Lopez Moves To Fourth On All-Time Aces List | ATP Tour

Tuesday noticed Feliciano Lopez play his first match at his final ever match, the Mallorca Championships. Not solely did he delay his goodbye to the ATP Tour with a convincing win, he additionally sealed one other file to cap off his lengthy profession.

The Spaniard, who beat Max Purcell 6-3, 7-5 in spherical one, served up 11 aces. In accordance with Infosys ATP Stats, his new haul of 10,244 untouched serves places him fourth on the all-time record of profession aces.

The 41-year-old Toledo native leapfrogged serving nice Goran Ivanisevic on the record. The Croatian was considered one of his childhood heroes.

“It’s an excellent stat, as a result of Ivanisevic was considered one of my favorite gamers,” Feliciano informed ATPTour.com. “Once I was little, I at all times dreamed of having the ability to serve like him in the future and now I’ve overtaken him on the record.

“I knew that I used to be among the many prime seven or eight, however I didn’t know precisely the place. Surpassing Ivanisevic is a good achievement, I can’t say anything. Thanks for letting me know,” he concluded with a smile.

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To search out the subsequent Spaniard on the record it’s a must to go right down to Nicolas Almagro, who had a complete of 5,493, whereas Fernando Verdasco completes the honourary podium with 5,422.

On Wednesday, Lopez shall be again on court docket within the second spherical of the Mallorca Championships in opposition to Jordan Thompson. As soon as once more, he shall be battling to verify it isn’t the final match of his profession.

Editor’s Observe: ATP started conserving ace statistics in 1991. Ivanisevic turned professional in 1988.