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I was reviewing my old papers today, and I found pictures I had drawn around 1997. Actually it is barely connected to the content of my website, but I’ve decided to scan those pictures and put them here. So if … Continue reading

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The most titles

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Because Novak Djokovic won his 30th singles title last Sunday, Leander Paes his 50th doubles title last Saturday, I guess it is a good time to make an entry considering the most titles won by particular players in the Open … Continue reading

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Racquets by brands

Usually players stick to one or two brands during the entire career. There were players who used three brands though (e.g. Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi), but I found only two players to change the mark four times: Henri Leconte and … Continue reading

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Ranking by countries: Top 10 in years 1976-2013 (doubles)

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Three weeks ago I posted an entry considering all Top 20 singles players in the Open era in regard of their countries. Today the second part of this theme – doubles specialists, but restricted to the Top 10. Just like … Continue reading

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Match points (Lapentti leads)

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Below you see a copy of my article (with necessary corrections), I wrote before the US Open 2011, and placed it on my blog as a page. This year I added two new pages (’12-season & Olympics), in regard of … Continue reading

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Deciding 3rd set tie-breaks

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I have counted all ATP tournaments, the World Team Cup matches and dead rubbers in the Davis Cup. Obviously this stats would look a bit otherwise if I included tie-breaks in the 5th set and 3rd set tie-breaks on lower … Continue reading

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Ranking by countries: Top 20 in years 1973-2016

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Because of last week’s USA’s stunning victory in the Davis Cup first round (over Switzerland), I thought that I’d prepare a stats considering the best players in the Open era by countries reminding the American force in the historical context. … Continue reading

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Djokovic vs. Nadal – 30 matches

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Their epic Australian Open final broke two records: the longest match in Melbourne and the longest Grand Slam final. What a perfect timing to create such a battle during 30th meeting of these two modern gladiators. Although Djokovic has won … Continue reading

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Blog-acknowledgment

I will not keeping the blog in a way I did it throughout the year 2011. Perhaps I will post some statistical/analytical stuff from time to time next year in a style I proposed in the last month. I have … Continue reading

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Retirements

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Which criteria have I adapted for this stats? All retired players whose I have included to the ‘Biographies’ page due to their singles achievements.  Beside names there’s the highest ranking (singles),  in parenthesis – age  at the retirement and the … Continue reading

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Two points away, set points…

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Two points away I don’t know exactly when I thought that would be interesting to prepare such a stats, perhaps three or four years ago. Obviously there’s important info considering matches in which a player won an encounter despite a … Continue reading

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Number of tournaments by players

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I would say that a notable player participates in at least 200 tournaments on the main level throughout his career. It is a simple calculation because an average career on the main level lasts around twelve years, during that time … Continue reading

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Top 20 in 2011 (stats)

Here is a statistical comparison of 20 best players of this year, two days before Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. I guess an interesting thing which you won’t probably find anywhere else is stats considering sets won/loss despite set … Continue reading

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Longest matches (best of 3): XXI century

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Because the regular season is finished, I would like to post – I hope – interesting stats until the end of the year with my descriptive analyzes. I’m starting today with the longest ‘best of 3’ matches… There is a … Continue reading

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2011: descriptive summary

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Only 11 days left to the end of the regular season, thus I thought it’s a time to begin a recap of the year 2011 🙂 I want to do this in three parts, today “descriptive summary”, after Paris I … Continue reading

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