Opportunity is multiplied the more you are exposed to it. In the 2015 season, Alexander Zverev played just 5,166 points on tour. That more than doubled to 11,156 this season, creating opportunities from St. Petersburg, Russia, where he won his first ATP World Tour title, to Halle and Nice, where he reached the final. More than double the amount of points played naturally filtered down to more than double the amount of points won, rising from 2,507 in 2015 to 5,683. His season-ending position in the Emirates ATP Rankings skyrocketed from 85 in 2015 to 24 in 2016, with a season-high of 20 in October 2016. Double the points played. Double the points won, and more than double the match...
In 2015, Milos Raonic lost serve only 39 times in 49 matches. Not enough. In 2016, the 6’5” Canadian was broken 86 times in 69 matches. Now we are talking. Raonic ended 2015 ranked 14 in the world in the Emirates ATP Rankings, and just completed the 2016 season with his career best ranking of No. 3. On the surface, getting broken more than twice as much in 2016 than 2015 seems counter-intuitive to such dramatic improvement. It’s not. In fact, basically everything from a serving standpoint slightly declined in 2016 compared to 2015 for Raonic, but to focus only on his service games would be the same as not being able to see the forest for the trees. What’s...
Twenty years ago was the golden age of the big server. Players such as Goran Ivanisevic, Pete Sampras, Richard Krajicek and Boris Becker dominated during an unprecedented period of first-serve dominance, the mid- to late 1990s. Today, it’s superiority behind the second serve that has risen to prominence as players look to climb the Emirates ATP Rankings. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of first- and second-serve win percentages beginning in 1991, when such statistics were first kept in tennis, to the 2016 season, shows a clear and dramatic transition of where players are excelling to begin the point. Performance categories were created with the following criteria: First-serve points won at 80 per cent or higher; Second-serve points won...
The ATP and Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services, were awarded five marketing and innovation awards following the launch of a successful strategic technology partnership. By leveraging the capabilities of the Infosys Information Platform (IIP) to create content such as Beyond the Numbers, a unique analytics series that deep dives into player performance and the ATP Stats LEADERBOARDS, a new statistical way to measure the best performing ATP World Tour players released earlier in the year, the partnership received awards in the following categories: Strategic Technology Partnership’ presented by Aecus Innovation, an award-winning European consulting firm that recognizes businesses that use innovation to create value for their customers by doing things differently. Best...
Milos Raonic dons some Sony PlayStation VR goggles to take in an immersive fan experience at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.