The Decade in Review

[Cody]

The ATP website have provided there thoughts on the past decade and here are the categories.

Players of the Decade

1. Roger Federer
2. Rafael Nadal
3. Lleyton Hewitt
4. Andre Agassi
5. Andy Roddick

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/12/Decade-In-Review-Players.aspx

Top 10 Records and achievements

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/12/Decade-In-Review-Records.aspx

Near Misses

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/12/Decade-In-Review-Near-Misses.aspx

Stats of the Decade

Most Aces In A Match
78*, Ivo Karlovic (L), 2009 Davis Cup SF vs. Radek Stepanek
55, Ivo Karlovic (L), 2009 Roland Garros 1st Rd. vs. Lleyton Hewitt
51, Joachim Johansson (L), 2005 Australian Open 4th Rd. vs. A. Agassi
51, Ivo Karlovic (L), 2005 Wimbledon 1st Rd. vs. Daniele Bracciali
50, Roger Federer (W), 2009 Wimbledon Final vs. Andy Roddick

Most Match Wins In A Season
92, Roger Federer, 2006
82, Rafael Nadal, 2008
81, Roger Federer, 2005
80, Lleyton Hewitt, 2001
79, Rafael Nadal, 2005

Most Titles In A Season
12, Roger Federer, 2006
11, Roger Federer, 2005
11, Rafael Nadal, 2005
11, Roger Federer, 2004
8, Rafael Nadal, 2008

Most Match Points Saved In A Match
10, Rainer Schuettler d. A. Seppi, 36 76(13) 60, 2004 Kitzbuehel 2nd Rd.
9, Igor Andreev d. R. Soderling 36 76(14) 64, 2006 Indian Wells 3rd Rd.
9, Vincent Spadea d. F. Serra 75 16 46 76(7) 97, 2004 R. Garros 1st Rd.
9, Jiri Vanek d. Bohdan Ulihrach 26 62 76(5), 2004 Sopot 1st Rd.
9, Hicham Arazi d. Tommy Haas 26 76(8) 75, 2001 Hamburg 2nd Rd.
9, Felix Mantilla d. Albert Portas 26 76(4) 63, 2001 Palermo SF

Fewest Matches Lost In A Season (Top 10 player)
4, Roger Federer, 2005
5, Roger Federer, 2006
6, Roger Federer, 2004
9, Roger Federer, 2007
9, Lleyton Hewitt, 2005

Most Times Qualified Into Main Draw In Decade
23, Cyril Saulnier
22, Christophe Rochus
21, Jan Hernych
20, Andreas Seppi
19, Albert Portas
19, Julien Benneteau
19, Teimuraz Gabashvili

Other Notable Stats Of The Decade

Longest Match Time (Best-of-five sets)
6:33* (over two days), Fabrice Santoro d. Arnaud Clement 64 63 67(5) 36 16-14, 2004 Roland Garros 1st Rd.

Longest Match Time (Best-of-three sets)
4:03*, Rafael Nadal d. Novak Djokovic 36 76(5) 76(9), 2009 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid SF

Longest Clay Court Match Winning Streak
81*, Rafael Nadal, April 2005-May 2007

Longest Grass Court Match Winning Streak
65*, Roger Federer, June 2002-July 2008

Longest Hard Court Match Winning Streak
56*, Roger Federer, February 2005-March 2006

Most Aces In A Season
1,318, Ivo Karlovic, 2007

Most Weeks at No. 1
263 (as of Dec. 28, '09), Roger Federer, 2004-09

Most Consecutive Weeks at No. 1
237*, Roger Federer, Feb. 2, 2004-Aug. 17, 2008

Most Clay Court Match Wins In A Season
50, Rafael Nadal, 2005

Most Hard Court Match Wins In A Season
59*, Roger Federer, 2006

Most Grass Court Match Wins In A Season
16, Lleyton Hewitt, 2001

Most Clay Court Titles (Decade)
25, Rafael Nadal (2004-09)

Most Hard Court Titles (Decade)
39, Roger Federer (2002-09)

Most Grass Court Titles (Decade)
11*, Roger Federer (2003-07, '09)

* Open Era record (since 1968)

Rivalries of the Decade

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/12/Decade-In-Review-Rivalries.aspx

I might post the rest but i'm too lazy

Discuss

 

[OddJack]

Interesting info

SHows how Fed ruined Rod and Hewit careers

Thx

 

[tacou]

interesting lleyton has most grasscourt wins in a season

 

[kOaMaster]

interesting lleyton has most grasscourt wins in a season

how could federer possibly have more? 12 wins including 5 @ halle and 7 @ wimbledon are the maximum.

 

[Andres]

how could federer possibly have more? 12 wins including 5 @ halle and 7 @ wimbledon are the maximum.

Hewitt played DC, Queen's, 's-Hertogenbosch and then Wimbledon.

W Queen's (5 matches)
W Hertogenbosch (5 matches)
R16 Wimbledon (4 matches)

DC 1st Round:

AUS v ECU WG Rd 1, Perth, Australia; 09.02.2001; Outdoor: Grass

Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) W 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) W 6-2, 6-1, 6-1



There are 6 grass tournaments. You can only play four of them, tops.

Queen's / Halle, then
Hertogenbosch / Eastbourne, then
Wimbledon, then
Newport.

Since Federer is never EVER going to play Newport, he could play and win 17 matches, tops.

Well, to be honest, he wouldn't play Netherlands or Eastbourne either