Alexander Zverev records 550th win of career with night-time victory at Roland Garros

Alexander Zverev continued to cruise at Roland Garros on Wednesday, beating former Top 20 player Tomas Machac in straight sets in the second round of the clay-court major, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

With that victory, the German unlocked a new milestone—it was the incredible 550th tour-level win of his career. And he's the first man born since 1990, or even since 1989, to hit that number.

MOST CAREER WINS, MEN BORN IN 1989 OR LATER (tour-level):

• 550: Alexander Zverev [born in 1997]
• 479: Grigor Dimitrov [born in 1991]
• 451: Kei Nishikori [born in 1989]
• 444: Daniil Medvedev [born in 1996]
• 389: Andrey Rublev [born in 1997]
• 383: Milos Raonic [born in 1990]
• 383: Stefanos Tsitsipas [born in 1998]
• 358: Jannik Sinner [born in 2001]
• 357: David Goffin [born in 1990]
• 349: Taylor Fritz [born in 1997]

Zverev had already impressed at Roland Garros earlier in the week, breezing past Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi in his first-round match on Sunday, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, and he made even quicker work of Machac under the lights of Court Philippe Chatrier on Wednesday night.

The German asserted himself early, breaking serve in the very first game of the match, and that was all he needed as the two traded holds for the next nine games until he served the first set out at love.

The floodgates opened from there as he broke four more times—twice in the second set and twice in the third set—en route to a comprehensive victory after an hour and 48 minutes on court.

The world No. 3 finished with an incredible 45 winners to just 17 unforced errors, with more than half of that surplus coming from his serve, which produced 19 aces to just 2 double faults.

He was never broken, either, saving the lone break point he faced, and converting 5 of his own 11 break point opportunities.

It was Zverev’s 30th win of the year, just the second man to hit that number after Jannik Sinner, who’s had 37 wins this season.

Up next for the No. 2 seed will be Frenchman Quentin Halys, who took out No. 32 seed and countryman Ugo Humbert, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8).

Zverev won the pair's only previous meeting in the fourth round of the Masters 1000 event in Miami earlier this year, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1).