Stats: The Adrian Mannarino Club

[James P]

I decided to crunch the numbers after all. Here is a likely conclusive list of players that have spent 200 weeks in the top 50 without ever cracking the top 20, aka the newly created Adrian Mannarino Club (you may not like it, but this is what peak journeyman looks like):

Players who are active are in bold
Players who are currently in the top 50 are in italic/bold

Rank	Name	Nationality	DOB	Titles	Peak Rank	Weeks in top 50
#1	Chardy, Jeremy	FRA	02/12/87	1	25	354
#2	Benneteau, Julien	FRA	12/20/81	0	25	326
#3	Sanchez, Javier	ESP	02/01/68	4	23	323
#4	Ruffels, Ray	AUS	03/23/46	5	21	317
#5	Arazi, Hicham	MAR	10/19/73	1	22	299
#6	Gunthardt, Heinz	SUI	02/08/59	5	22	292
#6	Tiriac, Ion	ROU	05/09/39	5	23	292
#8	El Shafei, Ismail	EGY	11/15/47	1	28	282
#9	Mannarino, Adrian	FRA	06/29/88	2	22	279
#10	Agenor, Ronald	USA	11/13/64	3	22	267
#10	Stone, Allan	AUS	10/14/45	0	30	267
#12	Arrese, Jordi	ESP	08/29/64	6	23	263
#12	McNamee, Paul	AUS	11/12/54	2	24	263
#14	Pattison, Andrew	USA	01/30/49	4	21	255
#14	Ulihrach, Bohdan	CZE	02/23/75	3	22	255
#16	Gisbert, Juan	ESP	04/05/42	2	29	247
#17	Bellucci, Thomaz	BRA	12/30/87	4	21	238
#18	Krishnan, Ramesh	IND	06/05/61	8	23	229
#19	Battrick, Gerald	GBR	05/27/47	4	28	228
#20	Gunnarsson, Jan	SWE	05/30/62	1	25	219
#21	Klizan, Martin	SVK	07/11/89	6	24	217
#22	Dibley, Colin	AUS	09/19/44	5	27	216
#22	Garcia Lopez, Guillermo	ESP	06/04/83	5	23	216
#22	Johnson, Steve	USA	12/24/89	4	21	216
#25	Purcell, Mel	USA	07/18/59	3	21	214
#26	Sousa, Joao	POR	03/30/89	4	28	211
#27	Fitzgerald, John	AUS	12/28/60	6	25	207
#27	Wilkison, Tim	USA	11/23/59	6	23	207
#29	Carmichael, Bob	AUS	07/04/40	1	23	202
#30	Volandri, Filippo	ITA	09/05/81	2	25	201

Top 10 list of active players only:

Rank	Name	Nationality	DOB	Peak Rank	Weeks in top 50
#1	Chardy, Jeremy	FRA	02/12/87​	25​	354​
#2	Mannarino, Adrian	FRA	06/29/88​	22​	279​
#3	Johnson, Steve	USA	12/24/89​	21​	216​
#4	Sousa, Joao	POR	03/30/89​	28​	211​
#5	Andujar, Pablo	ESP	01/23/86​	32​	188​
#6	Haase, Robin	NED	04/06/87​	33​	184​
#7	Evans, Daniel	GBR	05/23/90​	22​	190​
#8	Lajovic, Dusan	SRB	06/30/90​	23​	166​
#9	Istomin, Denis	UZB	09/07/86​	33​	145​
#10	Bublik, Alexander	KAZ	06/17/97​	30​	138​

(Sonego 136, Delbonis 123, Mahut 123, Rosol 116, Pospisil 115, Kecmanovic 126, Fucsovics, 111, Humbert 107, Davidovich Fokina 112)

 

[Jacko20]

Cool to observe, thanks!

 

[ojo rojo]

ABZ>>AMC

 

[Benf15harp3000]

I think you need a new definition of journeyman
22 peak and 5 years in the top 50 is no journeyman. A journeyman would be Dustin Brown

 

[MeatTornado]

Of the active players, Dan Evans is the most surprising to me.

 

[James P]

I think you need a new definition of journeyman
22 peak and 5 years in the top 50 is no journeyman. A journeyman would be Dustin Brown

It's kind of a joke tbh.

 

[heavyD]

There's something to be said for maintaining a high level of play for a long time. It's a lot of dedication for players that aren't winning many if any tournaments or even matches yet keep practicing, working hard, and grinding away.

 

[PleaseBeNicer]

As if I needed another reason to love Adrian Mannarino and Dan Evans.

 

[Fintft]

As if I needed another reason to love Adrian Mannarino and Dan Evans.

And Tiriac

 

[tennis3]

It's kind of a joke tbh.

Can you add a column for “titles won”? Benneteau famously never won a title. How about the other guys?

 

[Fintft]

Can you add a column for “titles won”? Benneteau famously never won a title. How about the other guys?

Benneteau was hilarious in his approach to tennis.

 

[PleaseBeNicer]

Fun fact, Mannarino is number 6 in the world for winning points on second serve.

 

[James P]

Can you add a column for “titles won”? Benneteau famously never won a title. How about the other guys?

Done

 

[reaper]

I think you need a new definition of journeyman
22 peak and 5 years in the top 50 is no journeyman. A journeyman would be Dustin Brown

Mannarino may not be a journeyman, but he flawlessly impersonates one.

 

[mike danny]

I decided to crunch the numbers after all. Here is a likely conclusive list of players that have spent 200 weeks in the top 50 without ever cracking the top 20, aka the newly created Adrian Mannarino Club (you may not like it, but this is what peak journeyman looks like):

Players who are active are in bold
Players who are currently in the top 50 are in italic/bold

Rank	Name	Nationality	DOB	Titles	Peak Rank	Weeks in top 50
#1	Chardy, Jeremy	FRA	02/12/87	1	25	354
#2	Benneteau, Julien	FRA	12/20/81	0	25	326
#3	Sanchez, Javier	ESP	02/01/68	4	23	323
#4	Ruffels, Ray	AUS	03/23/46	5	21	317
#5	Arazi, Hicham	MAR	10/19/73	1	22	299
#6	Gunthardt, Heinz	SUI	02/08/59	5	22	292
#6	Tiriac, Ion	ROU	05/09/39	5	23	292
#8	El Shafei, Ismail	EGY	11/15/47	1	28	282
#9	Mannarino, Adrian	FRA	06/29/88	2	22	268
#10	Agenor, Ronald	USA	11/13/64	3	22	267
#10	Stone, Allan	AUS	10/14/45	0	30	267
#12	Arrese, Jordi	ESP	08/29/64	6	23	263
#12	McNamee, Paul	AUS	11/12/54	2	24	263
#14	Pattison, Andrew	USA	01/30/49	4	21	255
#14	Ulihrach, Bohdan	CZE	02/23/75	3	22	255
#16	Gisbert, Juan	ESP	04/05/42	2	29	247
#17	Bellucci, Thomaz	BRA	12/30/87	4	21	238
#18	Krishnan, Ramesh	IND	06/05/61	8	23	229
#19	Battrick, Gerald	GBR	05/27/47	4	28	228
#20	Gunnarsson, Jan	SWE	05/30/62	1	25	219
#21	Klizan, Martin	SVK	07/11/89	6	24	217
#22	Dibley, Colin	AUS	09/19/44	5	27	216
#22	Garcia Lopez, Guillermo	ESP	06/04/83	5	23	216
#22	Johnson, Steve	USA	12/24/89	4	21	216
#25	Purcell, Mel	USA	07/18/59	3	21	214
#26	Sousa, Joao	POR	03/30/89	4	28	211
#27	Fitzgerald, John	AUS	12/28/60	6	25	207
#27	Wilkison, Tim	USA	11/23/59	6	23	207
#29	Carmichael, Bob	AUS	07/04/40	1	23	202
#30	Volandri, Filippo	ITA	09/05/81	2	25	201

Top 10 list of active players only:

Rank	Name	Nationality	DOB	Peak Rank	Weeks in top 50
#1	Chardy, Jeremy	FRA	02/12/87​	25​	354​
#2	Mannarino, Adrian	FRA	06/29/88​	22​	268​
#3	Johnson, Steve	USA	12/24/89​	21​	216​
#4	Sousa, Joao	POR	03/30/89​	28​	211​
#5	Andujar, Pablo	ESP	01/23/86​	32​	188​
#6	Haase, Robin	NED	04/06/87​	33​	184​
#7	Evans, Daniel	GBR	05/23/90​	22​	178​
#8	Lajovic, Dusan	SRB	06/30/90​	23​	161​
#9	Istomin, Denis	UZB	09/07/86​	33​	145​
#10	Bublik, Alexander	KAZ	06/17/97​	30​	133​

(Struff 125, Sonego 124, Delbonis 123, Mahut 123, Rosol 116, Pospisil 115, Kecmanovic 114, Fucsovics, 111, Humbert 107, Davidovich Fokina 100)

Peak journeyman has to be Benneteau who never won an ATP title.

 

[James P]

What do I call the club if Adrian Mannarino breaks into the top 20?

 

[aldeayeah]

The Bublik Bubble? The Fokina Zone? The Chardy Chaps?

 

[atatu]

I have a feeling Brooksby is destined to become a member of this club. Now that I think about it, his game resembles Mannarino's to a certain extent.

 

[80s New Wave]

Before my time but given his name recognition surprising tiriac is on there.

 

[80s New Wave]

Fun fact, Mannarino is number 6 in the world for winning points on second serve.

The benefits of not needing a backswing.

 

[Fabresque]

Evans and Lajovic are surprising, both are extremely talented, shocked neither cracked the top 20 ever.

 

[vokazu]

All hail the Aussie head case club who have reached top 20 but never make it to top 10: Kyrgios and Tomic.

 

[junior74]

Jeremy tops my GF's "handsome ATP players" list, too.

 

[James P]

I haven't updated this in a while, but I guess we can't call this The Adrian Mannarino Club anymore with his recent promotion within the top-20. Congrats to AM, but RIP to TAMC.

 

[heftylefty]

I haven't updated this in a while, but I guess we can't call this The Adrian Mannarino Club anymore with his recent promotion within the top-20. Congrats to AM, but RIP to TAMC.

I think it's still fair to call it TAMC, in honor of Mannarino.

 

[Wander]

I think it's still fair to call it TAMC, in honor of Mannarino.

I think it would probably be better to call it the Jeremy Chardy club since he's at the top of the list.

Adrian Mannarino is reaching heights that could lead to a different type of club being named after him. Like players who reached their peak ranking after turning 35.

 

[Moose Malloy]

Crazy to see a player reach his career high at the age of 35(what will he be ranked after the tournament?)

I remember El Aynaoui reaching a career high at age 31 in 2003 and being shocked by that jump(for context there were no 35 year olds in the draws of any majors in 2003 - looks like there were 7 in the draw this year - 6 in Djokovic's section)

So a 35 year old will play a 36 year old in the 4th round of a major. That probably hasn't happened since early 70s.

 

[tennis24x7]

But this 36 year old looks/ plays like a 26 year old. IF you see he has aged the best compared to the big 4.

 

[Moose Malloy]

Mannarino just lost in the first round of qualifying at the Phoenix challenger. Currently ranked 126, one year after reaching his career high of 17.

 

[Shaolin]

Mannarino just lost in the first round of qualifying at the Phoenix challenger. Currently ranked 126, one year after reaching his career high of 17.

Needs to start stringing lower.

Down to 8lbs should do it.