tiebreak

Just phenomenal stuff. What a watch, good on AO on delivering the entire thing too:

* stats below (not sure what that autocorrect was lol) Before 2019, Nadal had won 52% of his TBs vs top 10 players on hard court. This placed him 20th for the period from 2003-2019 (Fed was 16th with 57%). He has won 7% of his tiebreaks since then. 1 in 14… Out of 83 players I could find TB...

Lads and ladies, what we have just witnessed in the Dallas Open semifinals today was apparently the longest-ever tiebreak by points in the ATP Tour. Reilly Opelka triumphed over John Isner in a thrilling battle 7-6 (7) 7-6 (22). Along the way, he saved 10 set points and hammered down a...

With all the Old 3 discussion going on, I haven't noticed anyone mention that, so perhaps it's genuinely overlooked even by the esteemed connoisseurs of the FPP matters... Ken Rosewall boasts an excellent 21-5 tiebreak record in the majors/GS tournaments. Considering that tiebreaks were...

With the 2017 US Open right around the corner, I thought the time was right to introduce a statistical thread about best-of-five set matches. Part of the reason is to have a thread that can be bumped every time the topic comes up . . . and it does come up. If we don’t bring it up here on the...