Devin
Professional
Pulled these directly from ATP stats webpage. Whether they are accurate, I don't know:
2011 hold%: 86% overall (85% hard, 88% clay, 91% grass)
2011 return%: 39% overall (41% hard, 37% clay, 31% grass)
2015 hold%: 89% overall (88% hard, 91% clay, 95% grass)
2015 return%: 34% overall (37% hard, 33% clay, 24% grass)
Just goes to show how much of a beast Djokovic was on return in 2011. Of course, these stats can be skewed (he had no formidable Rafa to face on clay in 2015, for instance). His serving stats in 2011 may also be affected by the poor showing in the indoor season (although he was great for the first six months of the season). Would kinda be curious to see what his stats were for those first six months.
The 95% on grass is pretty insane, although Djokovic wasn't known for playing grass warmups IIRC where he might bleed service games by not being fully focused.
Now let's look at 2021 and 2023 Djokovic, supposedly near peak versions of Djokovic.
2021 hold%: 87% overall (88% hard, 83% clay, 94% grass)
2021 return%: 35% overall (32% hard, 40% clay, 29% grass)
2023 hold%: 88% overall (90% hard, 81% clay, 94% grass)
2023 return%: 29% overall (29% hard, 34% clay, 19% grass)
ROFLMAO even Roger who pattycakes the second serve return into the service box (also maybe like 2-5000 against the likes of Nole and RAFA) has had better return stats on grass and even hard. And he had better challenges than Nole in this career inflation era.
All our cruise control boy Novak has to help him is the inflated return stats on clay, where he had WEAK competition (minus a geriatric RAFA) and had to bail himself out against TsistiMUG. At least Federer actually had go to through Delpo to win his lone title.
This is not a peak Djokovic guys.
2011 hold%: 86% overall (85% hard, 88% clay, 91% grass)
2011 return%: 39% overall (41% hard, 37% clay, 31% grass)
2015 hold%: 89% overall (88% hard, 91% clay, 95% grass)
2015 return%: 34% overall (37% hard, 33% clay, 24% grass)
Just goes to show how much of a beast Djokovic was on return in 2011. Of course, these stats can be skewed (he had no formidable Rafa to face on clay in 2015, for instance). His serving stats in 2011 may also be affected by the poor showing in the indoor season (although he was great for the first six months of the season). Would kinda be curious to see what his stats were for those first six months.
The 95% on grass is pretty insane, although Djokovic wasn't known for playing grass warmups IIRC where he might bleed service games by not being fully focused.
Now let's look at 2021 and 2023 Djokovic, supposedly near peak versions of Djokovic.
2021 hold%: 87% overall (88% hard, 83% clay, 94% grass)
2021 return%: 35% overall (32% hard, 40% clay, 29% grass)
2023 hold%: 88% overall (90% hard, 81% clay, 94% grass)
2023 return%: 29% overall (29% hard, 34% clay, 19% grass)
ROFLMAO even Roger who pattycakes the second serve return into the service box (also maybe like 2-5000 against the likes of Nole and RAFA) has had better return stats on grass and even hard. And he had better challenges than Nole in this career inflation era.
All our cruise control boy Novak has to help him is the inflated return stats on clay, where he had WEAK competition (minus a geriatric RAFA) and had to bail himself out against TsistiMUG. At least Federer actually had go to through Delpo to win his lone title.
This is not a peak Djokovic guys.