2011: statistical summary

This is the second part of the recap of the season (the first part). The third part will include all the most important events of the year 2011 by dates, after the Davis Cup final I’ll add these three parts (with required corrections) to the “11-season” page. By shifting to that page you can compare statistical summaries on each of the first three quarters of the year.

SINGLES

64 tournaments (22 – clay; 21 – outdoor hard; 15 – indoors; 6 – grass) were played in the regular season of 2011. Below list of titelist:

10 – Novak Djokovic
5 – Andy Murray
4 – Robin Soderling
3 – Nicolas Almagro,   Roger Federer,  Rafael Nadal
2 – Juan Martin del Potro, David Ferrer, Marcel Granollers, John Isner, Gilles Simon, Janko Tipsarevic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
1 – Kevin Anderson, Pablo Andujar, Tomas Berdych, Marin Cilic, Nikolay Davydenko, Ivan Dodig, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Mardy Fish, Ernests Gulbis, Robin Haase, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Florian Mayer, Gael Monfils, Tommy Robredo, Milos Raonic, Andy Roddick, Andreas Seppi, Radek Stepanek, Ryan Sweeting, Dmitry Tursunov, Stanislas Wawrinka

Most matches won:
69 – Novak Djokovic
66 – Rafael Nadal
59 – Roger Federer
56 – Andy Murray, David Ferrer
53 – Janko Tipsarevic

Leaders by surface:
hard: Novak Djokovic – 42
clay: Nicolas Almagro – 32
grass: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – 10

Longest winning streaks:
43 – Novak Djokovic
17 –  Andy Murray
16 –  Novak Djokovic
13 – Nicolas Almagro, Rafael Nadal
12 – Roger Federer (still counting)

First time winners: (10)
8 – Milos Raonic (San Jose)
13 – Ivan Dodig (Zagreb)
32 – Ryan Sweeting (Houston)
38 – Kevin Anderson (Johannesburg)
38 – Pablo Andujar (Casablanca)
45 – Alexandr Dolgopolov (Umag)
55 – Robin Haase (Kitzbuhel)
140 – Florian Mayer (Bucharest)
148 – Janko Tipsarevic (Kuala Lumpur)
174 – Andreas Seppi (Eastbourne)

Singles & doubles winners: Andy Murray (Tokyo)

Wild Cards winners:
Stanislas Wawrinka (Chennai), Ryan Sweeting (Houston), John Isner (Newport)

Special exempt winners:
Juan Martin del Potro (Delray Beach)

Qualifying winners: none (finalist – Julien Benneteau in Winston-Salem)

Lucky loser winners: none (quarterfinals – Robin Haase in Nice, Mikhail Kukushkin in Basel)

Oldest winner: Radek Stepanek – 32 years, 8 months (Washington)
Youngest winner: Milos Raonic – 20 years, 1 month (San Jose)
Lowest ranked winner: Juan Martin del Potro – No. 166 (Delray Beach)

Oldest winner of a match: Rainer Schuettler – 35 years, 1 month (Wimbledon)
Youngest winner of a match: Dominic Thiem – 18 years, 1 month (Vienna)
Lowest ranked winner of a match: Dominic Thiem – No. 1,890 (Vienna)

Longest final:
4 hours, 10 minutes: Novak Djokovic d. Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 (US Open)

Shortest final:
47 minutes: Andy Murray d. Donald Young 6-2, 6-0 (Bangkok)

Longest matches (best of 5):
5 hrs, 0 min. Mikhail Youzhny d. Thomaz Bellucci 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 14-12 (Davis Cup)
4 hrs, 56 min. Vasek Pospisil d. Dudi Sela 7-6, 6-7, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3 (Davis Cup)
4 hrs, 48 min. David Nalbandian d. Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 9-7 (Australian Open)

Longest matches (best of 3):
3 hrs. 38 min. Viktor Troicki d. Alex Bogomolov Jr. 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 (Moscow)
3 hrs. 38 min. Rafael Nadal d. Fernando Verdasco 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 (Cinacinnati)
3 hrs. 32 min. Juan Monaco d. Carlos Berlocq 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 (Bastad)

Longest tie-breaks:
Delray Beach: Janko Tipsarevic d. Ivo Karlovic 7-6(14), 7-6
Queens Club: James Ward d. Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-7(14), 6-4
US Open: Novak Djokovic d. Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6(14), 6-4, 6-2

Longest tie-break in the deciding set:
Delray Beach: Teimuraz Gabashvili d. John Isner 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(13)

Most match points saved:
5 m.p. – Fabio Fognini d. Albert Montanes 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 11-9 (Roland Garros)

Most set points saved:
8 s.p. – Rafael Nadal d. Pablo Andujar 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (Roland Garros, 3rd set)  

Biggest comeback in the 3rd set (best of five):
Gael Monfils d. Thiemo de Bakker 6-7, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 (Australian Open), Monfils was *2:5 down in the 3rd set 

Biggest comeback in the 2nd set (best of three):
Kei Nishikori d. Robin Haase 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (Shanghai), Nishikori was 0-6, 1:4* (15-30) down, saved a match point at 4:5* 

Biggest comeback in the deciding set (best of five):
Alexandr Dolgopolov d. Flavio Cipolla 6-0, 7-5, 2-6, 5-7, 6-4 (US Open), Dolgopolov was *1:4 (deuce) down in the 5th set (also in the 2nd set)

Biggest comeback in the deciding set (best of three):
Steve Darcis d. Nikolay Davydenko 2-6, 6-0, 7-6 (Vienna), coming back from a *0:4 deficit in the 3rd set with Denko’s two service games to clinch the match [10th and 12th game]

Most aces served (best of 5):
48 – Ivo Karlovic l. Ivan Dodig 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6 (Australian Open)
39 – Andreas Haider-Maurer d. Florent Serra 7-6, 6-3, 6-3 (Wimbledon)
38 – John Isner l. Paul Capdeville 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 4-6 (Davis Cup)

Most aces served (best of 3):
38 – Miloas Raonic d. Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 (Memphis)
35 – Feliciano Lopez l. Andy Roddick 6-7, 7-6, 4-6 (Queens Club)
32 – Ivo Karlovic l. Daniel Brands 5-7, 7-6, 6-7 (Zagreb)

Match point(s) saved winners:
– Robin Soderling, saved 1 m.p. in 2R (against P.Kohlschreiber) in Rotterdam
– Mardy Fish, saved 2 m.p.’s in Final (against J.Isner) in Atlanta
– Novak Djokovic, saved 2 m.p.’s in SF (against R.Federer) at US Open
– Marin Cilic, saved 1 m.p. in QF (against A.Seppi) in St. Petersburg

Most tie-breaks won:
1. John Isner 34-24 (.586)
2. Feliciano Lopez 29-20 (.591)
3. Nicolas Almagro 26-14 (.650)
4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 24-17 (.583)
5. Milos Raonic 22-12 (.647)

Best tie-breakers by percentage (at least 10 played):
1. Juan Carlos Ferrero 8-2 (.800)
2. Andy Murray 14-5 (.736)
3. Roger Federer 20-8 (.714)
4. Tomas Berdych 15-6 (.714)
4. Florian Mayer 15-6 (.714)

Most aces served throughout the year:
1. John Isner – 811
2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – 783
3. Feliciano Lopez – 734
4. Kevin Anderson – 719
5. Milos Raonic – 637

Aces by percentage:
1. Ivo Karlovic – 17.0
2. Gilles Muller – 13.3
3. John Isner – 13.1
4. Milos Raonic – 12.7
5. Feliciano Lopez – 11.8

Qualifying leader: 8 – Flavio Cipolla

Biggest H2H’s: Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal (6-0),  Roger Federer vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (4-2),  Janko Tipsarevic vs. Kei Nishikori (5-0), Rafael Nadal vs. Andy Murray (4-1)

Bagels: No double bagels in the last two years but Andy Murray made a triple bagel beating Lauren Bram at the Davis Cup.

DOUBLES

Tournament winners:

8 – Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan
4 – Nenad Zimonjic, Michael Llodra, Horia Tecau, Frantisek Cermak,   Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi,
3 – Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes, Jean-Julien Rojer, Jurgen Melzer, Philipp Petzschner, Scott Lipsky,  Eric Butorac, Olivier Marach, Filip Polasek,  Max Mirnyi, Daniel Nestor, Rohan Bopanna,
2 – Lukas Dlouhy, Paul Hanley, Marcelo Melo, Bruno Soares, Rajeev Ram, Robert Lindstedt, Simone Bolelli, Matthew Ebden, Jonathan Erlich, Andy Ram, Daniele Bracciali,  Jamie Murray
1 – Fabio Fognini, Marcel Granollers, Tommy Robredo, Dick Norman, Jamie Cerretani, Adil Shamasdin, Rafael Nadal, Marc Lopez, Leonardo Mayer, Robin Haase, Ken Skupski, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Mikhail Youzhny, Victor Hanescu, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Santiago Gonzalez, Horacio Zeballos, John Isner, Sam Querrey, Daniele Bracciali, Alexander Peya, Ryan Harrison, Alex Bogomolov, Mark Knowles, Potito Starace, Andy Murray, Andre Sa, Colin Fleming, Ross Hutchins

Most match points saved:
5 m.p. – Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah d. Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 2-6, 6-2, 21-19, Wimbledon

Double bagel:
Oliver Marach/Leonardo Mayer d. Rui Machado/Albert Ramos 6-0, 6-0, Buenos Aires

Longest tie-break:
Max Mirnyi/Daniel Nestor d. Frantisek Cermak/Filip Polasek 6-1, 7-6(15), Paris

Longest super tie-break:
Mardy Fish/Andy Roddick d. Tomas Berdych/Lukas Dlouhy 6-3, 2-6, [19-17], Rome

Match tie-break leaders (by percentage):
Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes 10-3 (.769)