2011 summary (after first quarter)

Here is a statistical summary of the first quarter of the season. I will make three similar posts: before Wimbledon ’11, at the end of August, and at the end of the season in December. The first quarter of the year 2011, will be remembered as the best tennis period in life of Novak Djokovic, no question about that. Is the Serb able to maintain his extraordinary form during the clay court season? As always, only time will tell…
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# In the picture Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at the ceremony after the final in Miami.
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April 4, 2011 (after Miami)

20 tournaments have been played so far (including one major and two ‘Masters 1000’) and the first round of Davis Cup.

Number of tournaments by surfaces/conditions:

Outdoor hard: 11
Indoors: 5
Clay: 4

Ranking (Top 20, singles):

* Prepared by Judio on MTF.

Singles titles: 

4 – Novak Djokovic
3 – Robin Soderling
2 – Nicolas Almagro, David Ferrer
1 – Kevin Anderson, Juan Martin del Potro, Ivan Dodig, Roger Federer, Milos Raonic, Tommy Robredo, Andy Roddick, Gilles Simon, Stanislas Wawrinka

Doubles titles:

2 – Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes, Lukas Dlouhy, Paul Hanley, Marcelo Melo, Rajeev Ram, Bruno Soares, Scott Lipsky, Horia Teacu
1 – Rafael Nadal, Marc Lopez, Tommy Robredo, Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan, Dick Norman, Jamie Cerretani, Adil Shamasdin, Jurgen Melzer, Philipp Petzschner, Olivier Marach, Leonardo Mayer, Max Mirnyi, Daniel Nestor, Robin Haase, Ken Skupski, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Mikhail Youzhny, Victor Hanescu, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Xavier Malisse

# italic – maiden titlists

Most matches won (singles):

1. Novak Djokovic              24-0
2. Roger Federer                 22-4
3. Robin Soderling             20-3
4. Nicolas Almagro            20-5
5. Juan Martin del Potro  20-6
6. Rafael Nadal                   19-4
7. Tomas Berdych              19-7
8. David Ferrer                   17-4
9. Stanislas Wawrinka     17-5
10. 16 wins: Andy Roddick, Victor Troicki, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Tommy Robredo, Milos Raonic

Longest match:
Australian Open, 1R: David Nalbandian d. Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(1), 9-7 – 4 hours 48 minutes

Longest final:
Miami: Novak Djokovic d. Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) – 3 hours 21 minutes

Most match points saved:
Singles: Miami, 1R:
Frederico Gil d. Paul Capdeville 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(6) – 4 m.p.
Doubles: Indian Wells, 2R:
Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka d. Julien Benneteau/Richard Gasquet 6-3, 4-6, [12-10] – 3 m.p.

Tie-breaks

Singles

Longest tie-break:
Delray Beach, 1R: Janko Tipsarevic d. Ivo Karlovic 7-6(14), 7-6(1)
Longest tie-break in the decisive set:
Delray Beach, 1R: Teimuraz Gabashvili d John Isner 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(13)

Doubles

Longest tie-break:
Auckland, 1R:
Santiago Gonzalez/Jamie Murray d. Scott Lipsky/Igor Zelenay 7-6(10), 3-6, [10-3]
Longest super tie-break:
Memphis, 1R:
Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares d. Scott Lipsky/David Martin 6-3, 3-6, [15-13]

Most tie-breaks won (singles):

1) Milos Raonic 12-5
2) Philipp Kohlschreiber 9-6
3) Ivo Karlovic 9-10
4) Stanislas Wawrinka 8-2
5) Nicolas Almagro 8-4

Aces

Most aces:

1) Milos Raonic – 352
2) Ivo Karlovic – 290
3) Kevin Anderson – 260
4) Andy Roddick – 259
5) Alexandr Dolgopolov – 218

Aces / match average (at least 10.0):

1) Ivo Karlovic – 19.3
2) Milos Raonic – 18.5
3) John Isner – 16.6
4) Andy Roddick – 14.4
5) Feliciano Lopez – 13.3
6) Kevin Anderson – 12.4
7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – 12.1

Most aces served in a match:

The best of five: 48 – Ivo Karlovic (Australian Open, 1R) 5 sets, lost to Ivan Dodig
The best of three: 38 – Milos Raonic (Memphis, 2R) 3 sets, defeated Radek Stepanek