zakopinjo
Professional
We often hear that 2005 and 2006 was the golden years of tennis and that there was strong competition in tennis then. I decided to convert the points of the players who were 3th at the end of the 2005/06 season and to compare it with the years 2009-2023, when the new scoring system is valid. I counted 19 tournaments, 12 mandatory (slams and 8 masters) and 7 others with the best result, and the 20th tournament for Davydenko (ATP Finals , which Roddick did not play in 2005).
Roddick
2006 3085points
2009-2014 5150 points
2015-2023 5400 points
Davydenko
2006 2825 points
2009-2014 4565 points
2015-2023 4565 points
Let's see where Roddick and Davydenko would be ranked at the end of the year in the seasons 2009-2023 (I did not count covid 2020, but I did include 2021 and 2022 even though there was no Chinese tour and no points from Wimbledon 2022)
Roddick
2009: 6th place
2010: 6th place
2011: 5th place
2012: 6th place
2013: 6th place
2014: 5th place
2015: 5th place
2016: 4th place
2017: 3th place
2018: 5th place
2019: 6th place
2021: 5th place
2022: 7th place
2023: 5th place
Roddick from 2005 would finish 6 times as the 5th tennis player in the world, 5 times as the 6th tennis player in the world. The worst ranking would be in 2022, 7th place, and the best in 2017, 3rd place, where he would also repeat his result from 2005.
Davydenko
2009: 7th place
2010: 6th place
2011: 6th place
2012: 7th place
2013: 6th place
2014: 8th place
2015: 7th place
2016: 6th place
2017: 5th place
2018: 7th place
2019: 7th place
2021: 7th place
2022: 6th place
2023: 6th place
Davydenko would finish in 6th and 7th place 6 times. His worst ranking would be 2014, 8th place, and his best 2017, 5th place.
Conclusion: there is no strong competition, but there is a hole and a lack of 2-3 players filled by Davydenko and Roddick (and other players). The 2005 and 2006 seasons remain as unique years when it was easiest to reach 3 places at the end of the year.
It is also interesting to compare two identical seasons, 2006 and 2015 seasons, when Federer (16,125) and Novak (16,685) scored the two highest points. Davydenko would have been in 7th place in 2015, while in 2006 he was 3rd.
Roddick
2006 3085points
2009-2014 5150 points
2015-2023 5400 points
Davydenko
2006 2825 points
2009-2014 4565 points
2015-2023 4565 points
Let's see where Roddick and Davydenko would be ranked at the end of the year in the seasons 2009-2023 (I did not count covid 2020, but I did include 2021 and 2022 even though there was no Chinese tour and no points from Wimbledon 2022)
Roddick
2009: 6th place
2010: 6th place
2011: 5th place
2012: 6th place
2013: 6th place
2014: 5th place
2015: 5th place
2016: 4th place
2017: 3th place
2018: 5th place
2019: 6th place
2021: 5th place
2022: 7th place
2023: 5th place
Roddick from 2005 would finish 6 times as the 5th tennis player in the world, 5 times as the 6th tennis player in the world. The worst ranking would be in 2022, 7th place, and the best in 2017, 3rd place, where he would also repeat his result from 2005.
Davydenko
2009: 7th place
2010: 6th place
2011: 6th place
2012: 7th place
2013: 6th place
2014: 8th place
2015: 7th place
2016: 6th place
2017: 5th place
2018: 7th place
2019: 7th place
2021: 7th place
2022: 6th place
2023: 6th place
Davydenko would finish in 6th and 7th place 6 times. His worst ranking would be 2014, 8th place, and his best 2017, 5th place.
Conclusion: there is no strong competition, but there is a hole and a lack of 2-3 players filled by Davydenko and Roddick (and other players). The 2005 and 2006 seasons remain as unique years when it was easiest to reach 3 places at the end of the year.
It is also interesting to compare two identical seasons, 2006 and 2015 seasons, when Federer (16,125) and Novak (16,685) scored the two highest points. Davydenko would have been in 7th place in 2015, while in 2006 he was 3rd.
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