Hops
Rookie
verbatim from rst
http://www.tennis28.com/slams/sets_winpct_tournament.html
Gets to the heart of the dominance issue. Better than Game W% (see followup post), esp when comparing across surfaces, as on grass it's harder to break.
- Only five perfect set records at OE slam, and Borg has three of them:
Bjorn Borg 1976 Wimbledon 21-0 100.0%
Bjorn Borg 1978 Roland Garros 21-0 100.0%
Bjorn Borg 1980 Roland Garros 21-0 100.0%
Ilie Nastase 1973 Roland Garros 19-0 100.0%
Ken Rosewall 1971 Australian 15-0 100.0%
- note McEnroe at 1983-84 Wimbledon (two lost sets); Lendl at 1985-87 US
Open (three lost sets); Federer at 2003-04 Wimbledon (three lost sets)
- For dominance in one calendar year, appropriate that 1984 McEnroe heads
the list. Federer last year was the best over all four slams; edging out
Vilas 1977. Sampras 1993-94 reinforces my view that those years were his
overall peak, as opposed to later when his game was fine-tuned only for
Wimb/US. Conspicuous by its absence in the top ten is Laver 1969; it only
ranks 18th and belies the notion that he easily rolled over weak fields.
Wilander 1988 and Connors 1974 are also well down the list. I am not saying that Noah 1983 had a better year than Laver 1969; only providing a little more detail than the usual simplistic view of counting up the slam wins.
() is # of slams entered.
1) 1984 John McEnroe (3) 62-7 89.9%
2) 1976 Jimmy Connors (2) 30-4 88.2%
3) 1978 Bjorn Borg (3) 57-8 87.7%
4) 2004 Roger Federer (4) 66-10 86.8%
5) 1986 Ivan Lendl (3) 60-10 85.7%
6) 1983 Yannick Noah (2) 35-6 85.4%
7) 1977 Guillermo Vilas (4) 59-11 84.3%
8) 1970 Ken Rosewall (2) 41-8 83.7%
9) 1994 Pete Sampras (4) 66-13 83.5%
10) 1993 Pete Sampras (4) 70-14 83.3%
11) 1981 Bjorn Borg (3) 59-12 83.1%
12) 1982 Jimmy Connors (3) 54-11 83.1%
13) 1973 Ilie Nastase (3) 34-7 82.9%
14) 1991 Stefan Edberg (4) 67-14 82.7%
15) 1983 Jimmy Connors (3) 43-9 82.7%
16) 1980 Bjorn Borg (3) 62-13 82.7%
16) 1992 Jim Courier (4) 62-13 82.7%
18) 1969 Rod Laver (4) 78-17 82.1%
19) 1975 Jimmy Connors (3) 50-11 82.0%
20) 1995 Andre Agassi (4) 67.5-15 81.8%
http://www.tennis28.com/slams/sets_winpct_tournament.html
Gets to the heart of the dominance issue. Better than Game W% (see followup post), esp when comparing across surfaces, as on grass it's harder to break.
- Only five perfect set records at OE slam, and Borg has three of them:
Bjorn Borg 1976 Wimbledon 21-0 100.0%
Bjorn Borg 1978 Roland Garros 21-0 100.0%
Bjorn Borg 1980 Roland Garros 21-0 100.0%
Ilie Nastase 1973 Roland Garros 19-0 100.0%
Ken Rosewall 1971 Australian 15-0 100.0%
- note McEnroe at 1983-84 Wimbledon (two lost sets); Lendl at 1985-87 US
Open (three lost sets); Federer at 2003-04 Wimbledon (three lost sets)
- For dominance in one calendar year, appropriate that 1984 McEnroe heads
the list. Federer last year was the best over all four slams; edging out
Vilas 1977. Sampras 1993-94 reinforces my view that those years were his
overall peak, as opposed to later when his game was fine-tuned only for
Wimb/US. Conspicuous by its absence in the top ten is Laver 1969; it only
ranks 18th and belies the notion that he easily rolled over weak fields.
Wilander 1988 and Connors 1974 are also well down the list. I am not saying that Noah 1983 had a better year than Laver 1969; only providing a little more detail than the usual simplistic view of counting up the slam wins.
() is # of slams entered.
1) 1984 John McEnroe (3) 62-7 89.9%
2) 1976 Jimmy Connors (2) 30-4 88.2%
3) 1978 Bjorn Borg (3) 57-8 87.7%
4) 2004 Roger Federer (4) 66-10 86.8%
5) 1986 Ivan Lendl (3) 60-10 85.7%
6) 1983 Yannick Noah (2) 35-6 85.4%
7) 1977 Guillermo Vilas (4) 59-11 84.3%
8) 1970 Ken Rosewall (2) 41-8 83.7%
9) 1994 Pete Sampras (4) 66-13 83.5%
10) 1993 Pete Sampras (4) 70-14 83.3%
11) 1981 Bjorn Borg (3) 59-12 83.1%
12) 1982 Jimmy Connors (3) 54-11 83.1%
13) 1973 Ilie Nastase (3) 34-7 82.9%
14) 1991 Stefan Edberg (4) 67-14 82.7%
15) 1983 Jimmy Connors (3) 43-9 82.7%
16) 1980 Bjorn Borg (3) 62-13 82.7%
16) 1992 Jim Courier (4) 62-13 82.7%
18) 1969 Rod Laver (4) 78-17 82.1%
19) 1975 Jimmy Connors (3) 50-11 82.0%
20) 1995 Andre Agassi (4) 67.5-15 81.8%
