Dr. Ivo is back! Nestor’s record

Ivo Karlovic, known as the tallest player, ace-machine and the most frequent tie-break player, comes back after 8-month injury in characteristic style in Doha, winning two matches in which were played 5 tie-breaks (no breaks of serve):

1 Lukas Rosol 7-6, 7-6 – 23 aces
2 Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 – 28 aces

# Karlovic’s all tie-break (the best of three) matches:

Cincinnati 2004: I.Karlovic d. W.Moodie 6-7(2) 7-6(7) 7-6(9)
St. Petersburg 2004: I.Karlovic d. A.Corretja 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 7-6(8)
Madrid 2005: I.Karlovic d. G.Rusedski 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 7-6(3)
Barcelona 2006: I.Karlovic d. E.Korolev 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 7-6(5)
Tokyo 2007: I.Karlovic d. H.T.Lee 7-6(6) 6-7(8) 7-6(8)
Basel 2007: I.Karlovic d. T.Berdych 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 7-6(13)
Doha 2011: I.Karlovic d. P.Kohlschreiber 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 7-6(2)

38-year-old Daniel Nestor establishes a new record in most doubles matches won in the Open era. The Canadian along with Max Mirnyi beat today the German duo, Benjamin Becker and Michael Kohlmann 6-1, 6-2 in Brisbane (quarterfinal). It’s Nestor’s 783rd doubles win in his career, surpasses the previous record of Todd Woodbridge. Here’s a list of 5 players who won the most doubles matches  in the Open era (5.01.2011):

783 – Daniel Nestor
782 – Todd Woodbridge
723 – Sherwood Stewart
719 – Mark Knowles
709 – Jonas Bjorkman