Tennis stats that make your brain go "Wtf"

[clout]

Here are some stats I found:

The 2010s was the first decade in men's tennis history where no player born two decades prior (1990s) won a slam

WTA players born in the 2000s have more slams than ATP players born in the 1990s

David Ferrer has beaten Nadal more times at HC majors than Federer has (and both of Ferrer's came during Nadal's mid 20s while Fed's happened when Rafa was in his 30s)

The last four WTA slam winners (Swaitek, Osaka, Kenin & Bianca) were not alive when Venus Williams made her first slam final (Venus is in the draw with those four in Melbourne this week)

Gaston Gaudio lost more sets in his first two matches during his 04 RG title run than Rafa has the last 5 times he's played at RG (Rafa won the title 4 times during this period while being 30+)

Stan Wawrinka has beaten the big 3 more times at majors than Murray has

Martina Hingis won all five singles majors before either of the Williams sisters won their first (Hingis is younger than Venus and only one year older than Serena)

Boris Becker won all his Wimbledon titles by age 21 (if he was American, he wouldn't have been able to celebrate any of his titles with a night out afterwards)

Stefanos Tsistipas already has more wins at RG than Roddick did his whole career (Stefanos is only 22)

Kim Clijsters has 3x more majors as a mother than she did before having her first child (her stretch between 09 USO and 11 AO gets overlooked a bit)

Michael Chang spent nearly a decade as a top 5-6 player on tour but his lone slam win came when he was just 17 (he couldn't even vote yet at the time)

Nishikori and Raonic have never won a tournament above 500 level (even guys like Sock, Fognini and Khachenov have won a Masters title)

 

[USO]

Anna Kournikova has never won a title despite being in the Top 10 for a long time and having wins over the likes of Seles, Graf, Vicario, Capriati, Mauresmo, Clijsters, Davenport, Hingis...

 

[mike danny]

Here are some stats I found:

The 2010s was the first decade in men's tennis history where no player born two decades prior (1990s) won a slam

WTA players born in the 2000s have more slams than ATP players born in the 1990s

David Ferrer has beaten Nadal more times at HC majors than Federer has (and both of Ferrer's came during Nadal's mid 20s while Fed's happened when Rafa was in his 30s)

The last four WTA slam winners (Swaitek, Osaka, Kenin & Bianca) were not alive when Venus Williams made her first slam final (Venus is in the draw with those four in Melbourne this week)

Martina Hingis won all five singles majors before either of the Williams sisters won their first (Hingis is younger than Venus and only one year older than Serena)

Boris Becker won all his Wimbledon titles by age 21 (if he was American, he wouldn't have been able to celebrate any of his titles with a night out afterwards)

Stefanos Tsistipas already has more wins at RG than Roddick did his whole career (Stefanos is only 22)

Kim Clijsters has 3x more majors as a mother than she did before having her first child (her stretch between 09 USO and 11 AO gets overlooked a bit)

Michael Chang spent nearly a decade as a top 5-6 player on tour but his lone slam win came when he was just 17 (he couldn't even vote yet at the time)

Nishikori and Raonic have never won a tournament above 500 level (even guys like Sock, Fognini and Khachenov have won a Masters title)

If only Fed could face the versions of Nadal Ferrer did in HC slams.

As for Tsitsi vs Roddick at RG, anyone has more wins than Roddick at RG except Medvedev

 

[Phoenix1983]

Michael Chang spent nearly a decade as a top 5-6 player on tour but his lone slam win came when he was just 17 (he couldn't even vote yet at the time)

Related to this point, I always find it remarkable that Chang and Ivanisevic, who were two of the most consistent top players of the 90s, and very much associated with that decade, both won their only slam outside it (Chang at the FO in 1989, Goran at W in 2001). One right at the start of his career, another at the end when he'd been written off - both fairytale runs which came out of nowhere. But the bulk of their top defining play was in a different decade.

 

[Yugram]

Nadal has won 50 consecutive sets on clay from RG 2017 to Madrid 2018 while being 30+ y.o. and injured prior to 2018 clay season.

 

[clout]

Anna Kournikova has never won a title despite being in the Top 10 for a long time and having wins over the likes of Seles, Graf, Vicario, Capriati, Mauresmo, Clijsters, Davenport, Hingis...

Kournikova was actually a very good player. She just realized there were other ways she could make just as much money (possibly more) without working nearly as much.

A lot of people compare Bouchard to her but she was a much better player than Genie

 

[clout]

If only Fed could face the versions of Nadal Ferrer did in HC slams.

As for Tsitsi vs Roddick at RG, anyone has more wins than Roddick at RG except Medvedev

Well the Ferrer stat is simply just a stat, nothing more nothing less.

The Medvedev one is weird asf he really is only effective on hard courts...he's practically useless everywhere else (he's lucky HCs make up most of the tour's calendar)

 

[Red Rick]

Andy Roddick led the ATP in 2001 in clay win% in his first year on Tour.

 

[tudwell]

Stan Wawrinka has beaten the big 3 more times at majors than Murray has

Stan has more top-10 wins than Murray at every slam except Wimbledon.

 

[mike danny]

Pancho embarrassed the 10 year younger #1 Laver at 42 years old in a BO5. Imagine Feddy boy at 42. He'll just get WHIPPED again by Nadal/Nole like he has for his entire career.

Yeah, he sure has been whipped by Nadal at 35+.

 

[Jonesy]

No surprise, isolated stats should be taken with a grain of salt.

 

[Standaa]

From AO 2010 to RG 2014 there was either Nadal or Murray in every GS final, but they never met once.

 

[mike danny]

As usual, from 2008 AO until 2012 USO, Fed and Nole were on the same side of the draw 16/20 times.

 

[accidental]

Basically all of Nadals RG/clay court records are mind blowing to me

 

[Shaolin]

Nadal WTF titles in (18?) years on tour = 0

 

[ChrisRF]

Kournikova was actually a very good player. She just realized there were other ways she could make just as much money (possibly more) without working nearly as much.

A lot of people compare Bouchard to her but she was a much better player than Genie

Apart from that one year when Bouchard was really good with one Slam final and I think 2 SFs. That was better than Kournikova ever did.

 

[tudwell]

Basically all of Nadals RG/clay court records are mind blowing to me

Yeah, Nadal on clay will literally never be surpassed, on any surface. Utter domination at virtually every stage of his career. Just two weak years on the surface, and even then he won a Masters and made it deep at basically every tournament he played. Madness.

 

[Graf1stClass]

Anna Kournikova has never won a title despite being in the Top 10 for a long time and having wins over the likes of Seles, Graf, Vicario, Capriati, Mauresmo, Clijsters, Davenport, Hingis...

I saw the match where Miss Kournikova took her fall... live

I immediately knew things were going to get much harder, from then on.

 

[pj80]

Anna Kournikova has never won a title despite being in the Top 10 for a long time and having wins over the likes of Seles, Graf, Vicario, Capriati, Mauresmo, Clijsters, Davenport, Hingis...

she was injured a lot and retired at age 22...

 

[TimHenmanATG]

I like this, OP. This is some artistic trolling.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Boris Becker winning all his Wimbledon titles by 21 is real wowzer. Can still remember Becker vs Stich. Dad being so confident/arrogant/full of bleep, before the match. ''Stich has no chance, kid.'' That wasn't the exact quote because it was so long ago but it was bretty close to it.

 

[Lew II]

David Ferrer has beaten Nadal more times at HC majors than Federer has

 

[Gazelle]

Sampras and Agassi won their last slam after Hewitt did, despite being a decade older.

 

[Red Rick]

Red Rick has a better H2H vs Roger Federer than David Ferrer.

 

[xFedal]

Stan has more top-10 wins than Murray at every slam except Wimbledon.

Wimbledon/court is the pinnacle of the majors. Murray kicked serious butt there! Fed 12 and Nole 12/13.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Here are some stats I found:

The 2010s was the first decade in men's tennis history where no player born two decades prior (1990s) won a slam

WTA players born in the 2000s have more slams than ATP players born in the 1990s

David Ferrer has beaten Nadal more times at HC majors than Federer has (and both of Ferrer's came during Nadal's mid 20s while Fed's happened when Rafa was in his 30s)

The last four WTA slam winners (Swaitek, Osaka, Kenin & Bianca) were not alive when Venus Williams made her first slam final (Venus is in the draw with those four in Melbourne this week)

Gaston Gaudio lost more sets in his first two matches during his 04 RG title run than Rafa has the last 5 times he's played at RG (Rafa won the title 4 times during this period while being 30+)

Stan Wawrinka has beaten the big 3 more times at majors than Murray has

Martina Hingis won all five singles majors before either of the Williams sisters won their first (Hingis is younger than Venus and only one year older than Serena)

Boris Becker won all his Wimbledon titles by age 21 (if he was American, he wouldn't have been able to celebrate any of his titles with a night out afterwards)

Stefanos Tsistipas already has more wins at RG than Roddick did his whole career (Stefanos is only 22)

Kim Clijsters has 3x more majors as a mother than she did before having her first child (her stretch between 09 USO and 11 AO gets overlooked a bit)

Michael Chang spent nearly a decade as a top 5-6 player on tour but his lone slam win came when he was just 17 (he couldn't even vote yet at the time)

Nishikori and Raonic have never won a tournament above 500 level (even guys like Sock, Fognini and Khachenov have won a Masters title)

Epic af

 

[NoleIsBoat]

Djokovic in 2015 set record for ATP points, top 5/10 wins, highest ELO ever, most big titles held at once

 

[Deleted member 775898]

Caroline Wozniacki ending as no.1 in 2 consecutive years without reaching a single Slam final in either of them.

 

[zipplock]

Here are some stats I found:

The 2010s was the first decade in men's tennis history where no player born two decades prior (1990s) won a slam

WTA players born in the 2000s have more slams than ATP players born in the 1990s

David Ferrer has beaten Nadal more times at HC majors than Federer has (and both of Ferrer's came during Nadal's mid 20s while Fed's happened when Rafa was in his 30s)

The last four WTA slam winners (Swaitek, Osaka, Kenin & Bianca) were not alive when Venus Williams made her first slam final (Venus is in the draw with those four in Melbourne this week)

Gaston Gaudio lost more sets in his first two matches during his 04 RG title run than Rafa has the last 5 times he's played at RG (Rafa won the title 4 times during this period while being 30+)

Stan Wawrinka has beaten the big 3 more times at majors than Murray has

Martina Hingis won all five singles majors before either of the Williams sisters won their first (Hingis is younger than Venus and only one year older than Serena)

Boris Becker won all his Wimbledon titles by age 21 (if he was American, he wouldn't have been able to celebrate any of his titles with a night out afterwards)

Stefanos Tsistipas already has more wins at RG than Roddick did his whole career (Stefanos is only 22)

Kim Clijsters has 3x more majors as a mother than she did before having her first child (her stretch between 09 USO and 11 AO gets overlooked a bit)

Michael Chang spent nearly a decade as a top 5-6 player on tour but his lone slam win came when he was just 17 (he couldn't even vote yet at the time)

Nishikori and Raonic have never won a tournament above 500 level (even guys like Sock, Fognini and Khachenov have won a Masters title)

That last one is brutal.