Random stat tidbit: list of YE Top 10 players winning over 80% of TBs in a single season

[AnOctorokForDinner]

1973 Nastase 17-4 (3-2 in losses); dropped TBs to Bravo (win), Meiler (loss), Ramirez (loss), Fitzgibbon (win)

Nastase was also 8-4 in extended sets though (many tournaments were yet to adopt tiebreaks), so including them yields 25-8, at 'only' 76%.

1982 Lendl 20-3 (1-2 in losses + 1-0 in extended sets); dropped TBs to Gerulaitis (win), Vilas (loss) and Wilander (loss)

1984 McEnroe 13-2 (1-0 in losses, but 0-1 in extended sets); dropped TBs to Gerulaitis (win) and McNamee (win), also dropped an extended set to Sundström (loss)

The TB dropped to McNamee in Wimbledon 1R was the only set JMac lost there.

1995 Agassi 14-3 (0-3 in losses); dropped TBs to Enqvist (loss) and Becker x2 (loss)

The former loss stopped a potential streak of 7 finals (made 6/7 finals from AO to Atlanta); the latter loss in Wimbledon SF, a well-known choke from 6-1 *4-1 up, looks even more ridiculous given the TB success outside of it (with both TBs being breadsticks, ohlol).

2004 Federer 21-5 (0-2 in losses) - dropped TBs to Henman (loss), Hewitt (win), Karlovic (win), Hrbaty (loss), Baghdatis (win)

The Hewitt TB was the only one Fed won less than 4 points in (1-7).

Telling that all five were in contention for YE #1, though only JMac and Fedr got it in their respective seasons.

Fun fact: Eric Fromm, who went 10-0 in TBs in 1983, is the only player to play 5+ tour level TBs in a single season without losing any. GOAT, no?

 

[BeatlesFan]

No mention of Sampras? He was an absolute beast in TB's, as were Becker and (to a slightly lesser extent), Roddick.

 

[ForehandRF]

No mention of Sampras? He was an absolute beast in TB's, as were Becker and (to a slightly lesser extent), Roddick.

Roddick still has nightmares with that second set tiebreak in the 2009 WB F

 

[daggerman]

What's Novak's tiebreak record this year? It feels like he hasn't lost one since before clay season

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

No mention of Sampras? He was an absolute beast in TB's, as were Becker and (to a slightly lesser extent), Roddick.

Tiebreaker sets and roger have been a painful sight in last couple of seasons

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

What's Novak's tiebreak record this year? It feels like he hasn't lost one since before clay season

Won his last seven tiebreaks (four since WImbledon final). hasn't been playing many TBs. To his credit though, won 3/4 matches that hanged on TBs this year, with an insignificant loss to RBA in Doha and good wins over Thiem in Madrid, Delpo in Rome and of course Fred at Wimbledon.

 

[ForehandRF]

Tiebreaker sets and roger have been a painful sight in last couple of seasons

True, from the greatest tiebreak player to a player who lost all breakers vs Djokovic in their recent matches.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

True, from the greatest tiebreak player to a player who lost all breakers vs Djokovic in their recent matches.

It's not only about djokovic.
Just look at the tiebreak patterns from USO2017 itself.
Against delpo, milman, tsitsipas, thiem, zverev, coric.. so many

 

[Phoenix1983]

@AnOctorokForDinner why do you keep asking for my posts to be deleted?

Will this one be deleted too?

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

@AnOctorokForDinner why do you keep asking for my posts to be deleted?

Will this one be deleted too?

I resent you following my threads with negative comments. This is stalking since you've been targeting me for a while. I will continue to request deletion of your posts should they contain any sort of personal attack towards me. This one doesn't so it should stay.

 

[Phoenix1983]

I resent you following my threads with negative comments. This is stalking since you've been targeting me for a while. I will continue to request deletion of your posts should they contain any sort of personal attack towards me. This one doesn't so it should stay.

You are aware that it was your silly comment about "please don't talk to me again" which started this?

At the time you wrote that comment, I hadn't targeted you at all. Therefore my supposition that your skin was wafer thin (i.e. either you took offence to comments which were, in the grand scheme of things, innocuous - like Gonzales not being GOAT or particularly greater than Sampras; or you were, bizarrely, taking offence on other peoples' behalf)

Anyhoo that's all I have to say on the matter. I don't understand you at all, but as you once said to me, "you do you".

 

[NoleFam]

True, from the greatest tiebreak player to a player who lost all breakers vs Djokovic in their recent matches.

Both are top 3 in tiebreak win percentage in the Open Era so it's not surprising, and until recently they were tied in tiebreaks won head to head. Federer is still the greatest overall tiebreak player in the Open Era.

 

[ForehandRF]

Both are top 3 in tiebreak win percentage in the Open Era so it's not surprising, and until recently they were tied in tiebreaks won head to head. Federer is still the greatest overall tiebreak player in the Open Era.

You may consider it's not surprising but still, seeing Fed incapable of winning a single breaker and that even on grass, it is unusual.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

You may consider it's not surprising but still, seeing Fed incapable of winning a single breaker and that even on grass, it is unusual.

Fred's TB success rate fell greatly in slams specifically, probably too much pressure for old bones. Mostly winning NID TBs when he's clearly the better player and just needs to raise his game a little, e.g. AO 2R vs Evans this year. Barely 50/50 in close matches though, actually let me count: 2018 AO vs Berdych - won, vs Cilic - lost; Wimb vs Anderson - won (but lost the match); USO vs Millman - lost x2; 2019 AO vs Tsits - lost 1-2; RG vs Stan - won x2; Wimb vs Nadal - won; vs Djokovic - lost x3. Only 4-4 (6-8 in TBs) in 'losable' matches.

 

[JasonZ]

No mention of Sampras? He was an absolute beast in TB's, as were Becker and (to a slightly lesser extent), Roddick.

Roddick was great in tiebreaks against weaker players. Against Federer he is 0-4 in wimby finals