Stefan Edberg was a masterful server. He was an even better returner. The 1991 season is a distant 26 years ago, but the numbers the cool, calm and calculated Swede put up that year on the returning side of the game still greatly impress to this day. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of Edberg’s 1991 season highlights a player who conquered the year-end No. 1 ranking primarily on the return side of the equation. The 1991 season was the first year complete statistics were recorded in tennis, providing an interesting snapshot of what was going on in our game more than 25 years ago. It is subsequently the initial year recorded in the year-end No. 1s ATP Stats...
Daniel Evans is a slow burn that has spectacularly caught fire. The British No. 2 boasts a career-high Emirates ATP Ranking of No. 45 this week, thanks to an impressive run Down Under in January. Evans earned his first career Emirates ATP Rankings points more than 10 years ago, back in November 2006, and was outside the Top 250 just 14 months ago. View Emirates ATP Rankings The 26 year old from Birmingham, England, is 7-2 in 2017. He reached his first career final at the Apia International Sydney and the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time at the Australian Open. Along the way, Evans defeated five Top 50 players, including No. 7 Marin Cilic, No....
Would you rather be down 0/30 or 30/40 when serving? Would you rather be two points away from losing serve while trailing your opponent by two points, or just a single point away from being broken but also just one point away from getting back to even? The feel and position of these two challenging point scores for the server seem different on the surface, but statistically, they are basically one in the same. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of the Top 10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings during the 2016 season uncovers the hidden parallels of 0/30 and 30/40 at the elite level of our sport. Top 10 2016 Season – Percentage Chance of Holding Serve 0/30...
Fifteen-all is a leaking ship. The boat is still afloat, still steaming along in the right direction, but it is definitely taking on a little water that the server probably does not know about. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of the Top 10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings shows a modest decline in the win percentage for the server from the start of the game at love-all to two points later at 15/15. Top 10 Average Win Percentage 0/0 = 85% 15/15 = 82% The Top 10 average a three percentage-point drop from 0/0 to 15/15, as the finish line for the game moves from four points away, to just three points away. Top 10 Hold Percentage At...
Fifteen-all is a leaking ship. The boat is still afloat, still steaming along in the right direction, but it is definitely taking on a little water that the server probably does not know about. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of the Top 10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings shows a modest decline in the win percentage for the server from the start of the game at love-all to two points later at 15/15. Top 10 Average Win Percentage 0/0 = 85% 15/15 = 82% The Top 10 average a three percentage-point drop from 0/0 to 15/15, as the finish line for the game moves from four points away, to just three points away. Top 10 Hold Percentage At...