Mens' Career Win Loss Percentage

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BTURNER

Legend
I based my list on Bud Collins total tennis open register which has win loss figures for each of the open era years and averaged the data per JR high math lessons. Two other posters have added data on another thread which I have incorporated into this list. When there was a discrepancy betwen their number and mine. I went with theirs. Frankly I have found a lot of mistakes in that book and am not all that confident in some of the facts. but it was better than nothing. Thanks to Steffi-forever and Andres Guazzelli for their help in getting more recent stats which include 2002 forward. Remember those guys like Laver, Rosewall will have skewed numbers as their amateur years are not included.
BORG 0.826
CONNERS 0.818
LENDL 0.818
MCENROE 0.817
FEDERER 0.803
*LAVER 0.798
NADAL 0.793
SAMPRAS 0.774
BECKER 0.769
VILAS 0.765
RODDICK 0.763
AGASSI 0.761
NEWCOMB 0.759
*ASHE 0.758
HEWITT 0.752
EDBERG 0.749
*ROSEWALL 0.747
NASTASE 0.726
ORANTES 0.724
WILANDER 0.72
DJOKOVIC 0.715
SMITH, STAN 0.708
CLERC 0.716
GERULAITUS 0.699
MUSTER 0.697
NOAH 0.694
STICH 0.686
MECIR 0.682
COURIER 0.681
CHANG 0.679
GONZALES 0.676
TANNER 0.674
NALBANDIAN 0.673
RIOS 0.671
CORIA 0.668
KAFELNIKOV 0.666
GOMEZ 0.662
FERRERO 0.656
GIMENO 0.654
MOYA 0.653
RAFTER 0.652
KRAJICEK 0.652
KEURTON* 0.649
IVANESOVEC 0.643
SANTANA 0.639
EMERSON 0.637
KODES 0.633
KRIEK 0.629
BLAKE 0.627
SAFIN 0.627
MARTIN 0.649
NASTASE 0.639
CORRETJA 0.638
PHILIPPOUSSIS 0.627
BRUGERA 0.623
KORDA 0.623
PANATTA 0.62
CASH 0.618
RUSEDSKI 0.614
FERRER 0.592
PECCI 0.592
DAVYDENKO 0.589
TEACHER 0.587
GAUDI0 0.586
COSTA* 0.585
LECONTE 0.581
WASHINGTON 0.579
PILIC 0.556
PERNFORS 0.551
PIOLINE 0.55
EDMONDSON 0.513
 
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urban

Legend
There are slightly different percentages on the ATP and ITF webside. The stats appendix in the Collins book is not always true. Astounding imo are Connors and Lendl numbers, because of their high numbers of matches played. Connors played quasi double the amount of Borg, who retired at his peak. And Laver's number is imo astounding, because all results are from his 30th to 40th year of age.
 
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BTURNER

Legend
Yes using the stats for a partial career is only a guidepost along a freeway. I included them because they were offered up but assume the intelligence of the reader to gage their worth. I used Bud as a base but have been willing to accept any corrected data anyone chooses to post. They will continue to be incorporated as folks post them. My day job does not offer enough time to do the kind of research it would take to re-do these numbers. Steffi-forever's list was as often as not different form Buds. I used hers instead of mine when the numbers differed.I think there is benefit to comparing champions and near champions , not just as snap-shots of their great years or great efforts, but on their way up, on their way down and every time they took to court at any venue, against any opponent. The career win/ loss stat does that.
 
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Benhur

Hall of Fame
urban said:
There are slightly different percentages on the ATP and ITF webside. The stats appendix in the Collins book is not always true. Astounding imo are Connors and Lendl numbers, because of their high numbers of matches played. Connors played quasi double the amount of Borg, who retired at his peak. And Laver's number is imo astounding, because all results are from his 30th to 40th year of age.
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Yes, Connors' winning percentage is particularly astonishing, considering he was about 41 when he retired !!!
Regarding Lendl, one remarkable thing about his winning percentage is that it was above 90% for 3straight years (equalled only by Federer in 2006) and remains the only player to be above 90% on 4 different years (82, 85, 86, 87) according to the wikipedia article.
 
daddy

daddy

Legend
Benhur said:
Yes, Connors' winning percentage is particularly astonishing, considering he was about 41 when he retired !!!
Regarding Lendl, one remarkable thing about his winning percentage is that it was above 90% for 3straight years (equalled only by Federer in 2006) and remains the only player to be above 90% on 4 different years (82, 85, 86, 87) according to the wikipedia article.
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McEnroe was 82 - 3 in 1984 which is pretty good imo. I think it is the best single year from anyone on the tour and you seem to have missed it somehow. ;)
 
superman1

superman1

Legend
Amazing that the 4 guys who top the list all played each other in the 80's, and the rest of the list is spread out all over the place. The 80's was a very special decade for tennis.
 
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Benhur

Hall of Fame
daddy said:
McEnroe was 82 - 3 in 1984 which is pretty good imo. I think it is the best single year from anyone on the tour and you seem to have missed it somehow. ;)
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Yes, that's indeed the best single year winning percentage (96%) followed by Federer's 95% in 2005.
 
Q&M son

Q&M son

Professional
BTURNER said:
I based my list on Bud Collins total tennis open register which has win loss figures for each of the open era years and averaged the data per JR high math lessons. Two other posters have added data on another thread which I have incorporated into this list. When there was a discrepancy betwen their number and mine. I went with theirs. Frankly I have found a lot of mistakes in that book and am not all that confident in some of the facts. but it was better than nothing. Thanks to Steffi-forever and Andres Guazzelli for their help in getting more recent stats which include 2002 forward. Remember those guys like Laver, Rosewall will have skewed numbers as their amateur years are not included.

BORG 0.826
CONNERS 0.818
LENDL 0.818
MCENROE 0.817
FEDERER 0.803
*LAVER 0.798
NADAL 0.793
SAMPRAS 0.774
BECKER 0.769
VILAS 0.765
RODDICK 0.763
AGASSI 0.761
NEWCOMB 0.759
*ASHE 0.758
HEWITT 0.752
EDBERG 0.749
*ROSEWALL 0.747
NASTASE 0.726
ORANTES 0.724
WILANDER 0.72
DJOKOVIC 0.715
SMITH, STAN 0.708
CLERC 0.716
GERULAITUS 0.699
MUSTER 0.697
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Can you add games won/ total? Thanks.
Lucio.
 
xnarek

xnarek

Rookie
superman1 said:
Amazing that the 4 guys who top the list all played each other in the 80's, and the rest of the list is spread out all over the place. The 80's was a very special decade for tennis.
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It was special, but if i was there back then, i wouldnt touch a racquet its was so weird and girly lol
 
Leelord337

Leelord337

Hall of Fame
what about that wheelchair tennis player lady who hasn't lost a match in 4 years? i can't think of her name but she's like 200something-0 the last 4 years
 
Leelord337

Leelord337

Hall of Fame
tennisdad65 said:
She has gotta go 200-0 against folks on legs to be considered good by TW forum standards :)
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whatever man. she currently has a 315 match winning streak and has won gold in the past 2 olympics in singles and doubles. her name is Esther Vergeer...and she's hot for a wheelchair
tennis player too. :)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Vergeer
 
superstition

superstition

Hall of Fame
Tilden holds the record for a single year, I think, and is also very competitive for winning percentage over a period of 10 years or something. He may have the record in that one, too. That is pre open era, of course.
 
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crabgrass

Rookie
this pretty much backs up what i was saying in another thread,
lendl & connors have to be the 2 most awesomely consistent players that ever lived...both joint 2nd on this list just behind borg but lendl and jimbo both won well over 1,000 matches....borg is hundreds of wins behind on that count.
 
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