hard court

Sinner has won an absurd 93.3% on hard courts since the start of 2024 and Alcaraz has won 83.1% on hard in the same time frame, but in that time, Alcaraz is 3-1 against Sinner on hard, 4-1 if you count the retirement at Cincinnati. Is Alcaraz just a poor matchup for Sinner similar to how Nadal...

I was reading this tennis article about players with surface-specific advantages and it got me thinking: who are the players who are elite on one surface and borderline terrible on others? Darderi feels like the most obvious recent example since he’s an absolute beast on clay but is a non...

Defending champion: Jannik Sinner Past USO champions, who will participating in the 2025 edition: Novak Djokovic (2011, 2015, 2018, 2023), Daniil Medvedev (2021), Carlos Alcaraz (2022) Draw: Official website: https://www.usopen.org/index.html Edition: 145th (58th in the Open era) Date...

What are some good shoes for clay and hard court? Ideally a shoe that can play on both

1. Federer - 40 2005 USO R1 to 2008 AO semis 2. Djokovic - 27 2011 AO to 2012 USO final 3. Lendl - 26 1985 USO to 1988 USO final 3. Djokovic - 26 2015 AO to 2016 USO final 5. McEnroe - 25 1979 USO to 1982 USO semis 6. Agassi - 20 1994 USO to 1995 USO final 7. Connors - 19 1982 USO to 1984...

H2H is 2-1 Alcaraz HC H2H is 2-0 Alcaraz This'll be their first slam match. Draper did shock the tennis world by taking out the Queens+Wimbledon defending champion Alcaraz at the 2024 Queens open in R16. Who wins? How many sets?

Jannik Sinner begins his campaign for Australian Open defense vs Jarry. Very tough player for R1. But Sinner is heavy favorite to win vs him. There is another streak ongoing for Sinner during end of his great last season. Unbeaten set streak. Sinner went undefeated even vs best players at ATP...

Years Federer 2004 Federer 2005 Federer 2006 Federer 2007 Djokovic 2011 Nadal 2013 Djokovic 2012 Djokovic 2013 Djokovic 2015 Djokovic 2016 Murray 2016 Federer 2017 Djokovic 2023 Sinner 2024 Slams 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 Slam Finals 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 ATP finals Yes No Yes Yes...

Between 2025 and 2029, how many of the 10 hardcourt slam trophies will Jannik Sinner earn? (I'm not usually big on predictions and polls, but...)

2004 Andre Agassi on hard court: 37 wins to 10 losses: 78.7% win percentage 5-3 vs top 10 players: 62.5% win percentage Top 10 wins: #10 Grosjean, #4 Coria, #4 Moya, #2 Roddick, #10 Hewitt Top 10 losses: #1 Federer, #1 Federer, #9 Safin Non-top 10 losses: #86 Safin, #21 Fish, #21 Calleri, #91...

Defending champion: Carlos Alcaraz Past US Open champions, who will participating in the 2023 edition: Novak Djokovic (2011, 2015, 2018), Andy Murray (2012), Stan Wawrinka (2016), Dominic Thiem (2020), Daniil Medvedev (2021) Official website: https://www.usopen.org/index.html Link to draw...

So I'm not a pro or coach or expert or even an amateur talk tennis pundit...I'm just a guy that plays tennis some days a week So my question is, is there too much sliding going on? I play on clay most of the time and don't slide. (Mostly because I don't know how) but it doesn't seem to impact...

Now that he's made the AO final, has Timmy's HC achievements surpassed those on clay? Here's the tale of tape. HC: 1 slem F (outcome TBD) and 1 QF 1 Tour Finals F 1 MS1000 W 5 titles (1 250, 3 500's, and the aforementioned MS1000) CC: 2 slem F and 2 SF 2 MS1000 F 10 titles on (8 250's...

Boris Becker beat John McEnroe 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(8) in the Stratton Mountain semi-final, 1986 on hard court Becker had recently won his second Wimbledon title and would go onto lose the final to Ivan Lendl. McEnroe, the defending champion, was playing his first tournament of the season after a...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-3 in the Canadian Open semi-final, 1985 on hard court in Montreal McEnroe was the defending champion and would go onto beat Ivan Lendl in the final. Connors was ranked 4th at the time McEnroe won 62 points, Connors 39 McEnroe serve-volleyed off all but 1...

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the Dubai final, 2006 on hard court Nadal would go on to hold the world number 2 ranking for the entire year, while the result ended Federer's record 56 consecutive hard court matches won and was 1 of 5 matches he would lose all year (4 of the...

What is up with Kokkinakis is he even a pro anymore? I never see him play...

In 1990, Andre Agassi beat Boris Becker 6-7(10), 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinal of the US Open on hard court Becker had been the defending champion, while Agassi would go on to lose the final to Pete Sampras Agassi won 139 points, Becker 113 This was a baseline match, with Becker rarely...

Love playing tennis, but I'm in late 40s and it has taken a toll on my body. I have athritis on both knees but it's manageable. During summer I've played mostly on clay, sometimes several hours a week without a problem. Now I've played on a hard court for the first time, and my knees are still...