top-50 peak ELO rating by year

[Deleted member 757377]

http://www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com/peakEloRatings

Highest peak ELO rating by year

1968 - Rosewall, Gimeno
1969 - Laver, Roche
1970
1971
1972
1973 - Smith
1974 - Okker
1975 - Newcombe, Orantes
1976 - Nastase, Ashe, Ramirez
1977 - Vilas, Gottfried
1978 - Connors, Dibbs
1979 - Gerulaitis, Tanner
1980 - Borg, Solomon
1981 - Mayer, Clerc
1982
1983 - Noah
1984
1985 - McEnroe
1986 - Lendl, Nystrom
1987 - Mecir
1988 - Wilander
1989 - Becker
1990 - Edberg
1991
1992 - Courier, Ivanisevic
1993 - Stich
1994 - Sampras, Bruguera
1995 - Agassi, Muster
1996 - Chang
1997
1998 - Rafter, Rios
1999
2000
2001 - Kuerten
2002 - Hewitt
2003 - Roddick
2004
2005
2006
2007 - Federer
2008
2009 - Del Potro
2010 - Davyedenko
2011 - Soderling
2012 - Tsonga
2013 - Nadal, Ferrer
2014 - Wawrinka, Cilic
2015 - Berdych
2016 - Djokovic, Murray, Nishikori, Raonic
2017 - Zverev
2018

 

[Red Rick]

Isn't it pretty much the nature of ELO that on average it always creeps up?

 

[Deleted member 757377]

7 players from 1992 to 1995 (1.75 a year)

6 players from 1996 to 2003 (1.33)

1 player from 2004 to 2008 (0.2)

4 players from 2009 to 2012 (1 )

9 players from 2013 to 2016 (2.25)

 

[Deleted member 757377]

The title is wrong, the best 57 elo rating are listed.

 

[Towny]

I honestly don't see what this is supposed to prove. There are plenty of other stats which show how good Djokovic is (presumably what you're trying to do) without having to resort to the peak ELO of Berdych, Raonic at al

 

[Deleted member 757377]

By decade

70s: 13 players
80s: 11
90s: 11
00s: 5
10s: 13

In the top-20

70s: 4
80s: 5
90s: 4
00s: 1
10s: 4

 

[el sergento]

Interesting. One way to incorporate ELO elements into the ranking system is to bring back bonus points for beating top ranked oponents like they had in the 90's. I mean, beating a Djokovic is not the same as beating a Tomic.

The bonus system would make tennis more interesting again. Today the system over-rewards consistency over peak performance. As a result we get the RBA's and PCB's of the world getting stommped on by the top dogs deep in tournaments becuase the more dangerous, but less consistent players, might not even get seeded.

 

[Jonas78]

So peak Fed isnt 2015 after all?

 

[Tornes]

Isn't it pretty much the nature of ELO that on average it always creeps up?

Kinda. When players play longer then it is going up (for reference see 2010->2018), if they end they career early, it is going down (no players to quickly get the points on).

 

[nolefam_2024]

http://www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com/peakEloRatings

Highest peak ELO rating by year

1968 - Rosewall, Gimeno
1969 - Laver, Roche
1970
1971
1972
1973 - Smith
1974 - Okker
1975 - Newcombe, Orantes
1976 - Nastase, Ashe, Ramirez
1977 - Vilas, Gottfried
1978 - Connors, Dibbs
1979 - Gerulaitis, Tanner
1980 - Borg, Solomon
1981 - Mayer, Clerc
1982
1983 - Noah
1984
1985 - McEnroe
1986 - Lendl, Nystrom
1987 - Mecir
1988 - Wilander
1989 - Becker
1990 - Edberg
1991
1992 - Courier, Ivanisevic
1993 - Stich
1994 - Sampras, Bruguera
1995 - Agassi, Muster
1996 - Chang
1997
1998 - Rafter, Rios
1999
2000
2001 - Kuerten
2002 - Hewitt
2003 - Roddick
2004
2005
2006
2007 - Federer
2008
2009 - Del Potro
2010 - Davyedenko
2011 - Soderling
2012 - Tsonga
2013 - Nadal, Ferrer
2014 - Wawrinka, Cilic
2015 - Berdych
2016 - Djokovic, Murray, Nishikori, Raonic
2017 - Zverev
2018

2019 -
2020 - Thiem
2021 - Tsitsipas/Rublev/Zverev/Berrettini/Medvedev
2022 - Ruud / Kyrgios
2023 - Alcaraz
2024 - Sinner

 

[nolefam_2024]

2021 was best year for the next gen till now.