George Turner
Hall of Fame
If you're ranking these players by how good they are the order is pretty clear, Raonic>Isner>Karlovic>Muller. Lets compare their accomplishments against Each other.
Raonic;
-Reached a Major final, only one of the SB4 have got past a quarter final
-Only SB4 to beat Andy Murray, who has the best game on tour for countering serve bots.
-140-106 W-L record against top 20 players. 26 wins over top 10 players
-Only SB4 to win a 500 tier tournament
-Has gotten to number 3 in the world
-Has the best return stats of the SB4. Not saying much, considering Isner and Ivo rank among the bottom 5 of all time.
-Only SB4 member to beat Federer in a major.
Struggles most against; Grinders. Has a laughably abysmal record vs Nole (0-9, winning one set) and is also 0-4 against Ferrer, a poor mans Nole. His 2-5 record against Nishikori is another example. Would have struggled against similar players from the past like Hewitt and Chang.
Isner;
-Reached 3 masters finals, an equal feat with Raonic
-Two wins over Djokovic, both when Nole was ranked 1. One win over Fed
-21 wins over top 10 players
-More titles than Raonic, with 12 to Raonics 8
-Winning record over Raonic, 3-1
-8-3 record over the similar ranked Anderson and 3-0 over Simon
-Pushed Nadal to five sets at RG!
-Has ranked 11-20 for the past 8 years, consistently above Ivo but below Raonic pre injury.
-Biggest forehand of the SB4. Whether he can get it in or even get to the ball in time is another matter.
Struggles most against; no style in particular. However he is generally prone to upsets from random lower ranked players particularly in majors. He is more suited to the Bo3 format, having won the most titles of the SB4. Only has one major quarter final and has performed poorest at Wimbledon. Despite his big serve he is hampered here by his need to have alot of time to hit ground strokes.
Karlovic;
- has a 2-1 record against Djokovic.
- Has beaten 3 no.1 ranked players; Federer, Hewitt, Djokovic
- more wins than Muller over top ten players, with 21. Muller has 12.
- more titles than Muller, with 8 to Mullers 2
- winning records over Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake, Fernando Gonzales and Tomas Berdych. Generally the most capable of producing shock results
- 3-2 H2H vs Isner
- Best serving stats
- Competent volleyer. By todays tour standards he's an elite volleyer. Probably better than Raonic
- Moderately Better record than Muller at Masters events, Muller has never reached a masters QF
- Highest peak ranking, no. 14 to Mullers 21.
- Oldest winner of an ATP title in recent times.
Struggles most against; offensive/neutral baseliners with excellent backhands. Notable examples are being 1-7 vs Davydenko, 1-5 vs Gasquet, 1-4 vs Youzhny and 0-3 vs Almagro, all of whoms backhands are at least as good as their forehand. Also was beaten very easily by Goffin at last years Australian open.
Muller;
- Has two wins over Nadal at Wimbledon, only member of the SB4 to beat Rafa in majors.
- Made two major quarter finals to Karlovic's one
- Slightly better return stats than Ivo/Isner, offset by having the weakest serve of the SB4
- Awkward to play against, helped by being a lefty
- Better volleys than Isner or Raonic
- Won Luxembourgs sportsman of the year 4 times in a row!
Struggles most against; hard to tell because of his general inconsistency. Capable of beating top 10 players then losing to the world number 150. Has never quite fulfilled his potential, the rest of the SB4 probably maxed out their talent.
That is the most detailed article on servebots you're likely to find here. Which servebot is your favourite?
Raonic;
-Reached a Major final, only one of the SB4 have got past a quarter final
-Only SB4 to beat Andy Murray, who has the best game on tour for countering serve bots.
-140-106 W-L record against top 20 players. 26 wins over top 10 players
-Only SB4 to win a 500 tier tournament
-Has gotten to number 3 in the world
-Has the best return stats of the SB4. Not saying much, considering Isner and Ivo rank among the bottom 5 of all time.
-Only SB4 member to beat Federer in a major.
Struggles most against; Grinders. Has a laughably abysmal record vs Nole (0-9, winning one set) and is also 0-4 against Ferrer, a poor mans Nole. His 2-5 record against Nishikori is another example. Would have struggled against similar players from the past like Hewitt and Chang.
Isner;
-Reached 3 masters finals, an equal feat with Raonic
-Two wins over Djokovic, both when Nole was ranked 1. One win over Fed
-21 wins over top 10 players
-More titles than Raonic, with 12 to Raonics 8
-Winning record over Raonic, 3-1
-8-3 record over the similar ranked Anderson and 3-0 over Simon
-Pushed Nadal to five sets at RG!
-Has ranked 11-20 for the past 8 years, consistently above Ivo but below Raonic pre injury.
-Biggest forehand of the SB4. Whether he can get it in or even get to the ball in time is another matter.
Struggles most against; no style in particular. However he is generally prone to upsets from random lower ranked players particularly in majors. He is more suited to the Bo3 format, having won the most titles of the SB4. Only has one major quarter final and has performed poorest at Wimbledon. Despite his big serve he is hampered here by his need to have alot of time to hit ground strokes.
Karlovic;
- has a 2-1 record against Djokovic.
- Has beaten 3 no.1 ranked players; Federer, Hewitt, Djokovic
- more wins than Muller over top ten players, with 21. Muller has 12.
- more titles than Muller, with 8 to Mullers 2
- winning records over Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake, Fernando Gonzales and Tomas Berdych. Generally the most capable of producing shock results
- 3-2 H2H vs Isner
- Best serving stats
- Competent volleyer. By todays tour standards he's an elite volleyer. Probably better than Raonic
- Moderately Better record than Muller at Masters events, Muller has never reached a masters QF
- Highest peak ranking, no. 14 to Mullers 21.
- Oldest winner of an ATP title in recent times.
Struggles most against; offensive/neutral baseliners with excellent backhands. Notable examples are being 1-7 vs Davydenko, 1-5 vs Gasquet, 1-4 vs Youzhny and 0-3 vs Almagro, all of whoms backhands are at least as good as their forehand. Also was beaten very easily by Goffin at last years Australian open.
Muller;
- Has two wins over Nadal at Wimbledon, only member of the SB4 to beat Rafa in majors.
- Made two major quarter finals to Karlovic's one
- Slightly better return stats than Ivo/Isner, offset by having the weakest serve of the SB4
- Awkward to play against, helped by being a lefty
- Better volleys than Isner or Raonic
- Won Luxembourgs sportsman of the year 4 times in a row!
Struggles most against; hard to tell because of his general inconsistency. Capable of beating top 10 players then losing to the world number 150. Has never quite fulfilled his potential, the rest of the SB4 probably maxed out their talent.
That is the most detailed article on servebots you're likely to find here. Which servebot is your favourite?
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