2023 (1993)

My Comeback
January: Week 1Week 2Week 3/4 (AUSSIE OPEN)
February: Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8
March: Week 9Week 10/11 (Indian Wells) – Week 12/13 (Miami)
April: Week 14Week 15 (Monte Carlo) – Week 16
May: Week 17/18 (Madrid) – Week 19/20 (Rome) – Week 21
June: Week 22/23 (FRENCH OPEN) – Week 24Week 25Week 26
July: Week 27/28 (WIMBLEDON) – Week 29Week 30
August: Week 31Week 32 (Toronto) – Week 33 (Cincinnati) – Week 34
September: Week 35/36 (US OPEN) – Week 37Week 38Week 39
October: Week 40/41 (Shanghai) – Week 42Week 43
November: Week 44 (Paris) – Week 45Week 46 (“Masters”) – Week 47 (Davis Cup)
December: Week 48 (“Young Masters”) – Summary
Season 2023 on Wikipedia
Season 1993 on Wikipedia
Statistical summary of 1993 and 2023
Number of tournaments:
sixty-eight in 2023 (11 held in USA; 7 – France; 4 – China; 3 – Australia, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Britain; 31 –
twenty-one other countries)
ninety in 1993 (19 held in USA; 7 – France, Italy, Germany; 4 – Australia; 3 – Netherlands, Spain, Japan,
Britain; 34 – twenty-eight other countries)
Most titles (number of matches won by Top 3 players):
2023
7 – Djokovic (56)
6 – Alcaraz (65)
5 – D.Medvedev (66)
4 – Sinner
3 – Baez
2 – Rublev, Mannarino, Hurkacz, Bublik, A.Zverev, Fritz, Griekspoor, Jarry, Tiafoe
1 – twenty-five players
1993
8 – Sampras (85)
7 – Muster
6 – Stich (76)
5 – Bruguera, Chang, Courier (58)
3 – Ivanisevic, A.Medvedev, Rosset
2 – Agassi, Becker, Boetsch, C.Costa, Lendl, Novacek, Yzaga
1 – twenty-nine players
Oldest champions:
1993: Ivan Lendl (33 years 2 months)
2023: Novak Djokovic (36 years 6 months)
Youngest champions:
1993: Andrei Medvedev (18 years 8 months)
2023: Arthur Fils (18 years 11 months)
Longest matches in each Slam:
1993
Australian Open: B.Steven d. R.Fromberg 7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 6-1, 8-6… 4 hours 36 minutes (4R)
Roland Garros: B.Karbacher d. T.Guardiola 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3… 4 hours 46 minutes (1R)
Wimbledon: D.Wheaton d. M.Chang 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4… 4 hours 22 minutes (3R)
US Open: R.Krajicek d. T.Martin 6-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4… 5 hours 11 minutes (1R)
2023
Australian Open: A.Murray d. T.Kokkinakis 4-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 7-5… 5 hours 45 minutes (2R)
Roland Garros: D.Altmeier d. J.Sinner 6-7, 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 7-5… 5 hours 26 minutes (2R)
Wimbledon: C.Alcaraz d. N.Djokovic 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4… 4 hours 42 minutes (F)
US Open: A.Zverev d. J.Sinner 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3… 4 hours 41 minutes (4R)
Longest tie-breaks:
1993 US Open (1R): G.Ivanisevic d. D.Nestor 6-4, 7-6, 7-6(18)
2023 Madrid (1R): A.Bublik d. D.E.Galan 7-6(15), 6-7, 6-4
Longest deciding tie-breaks:
1993 Bastad (2R): R.Agenor d. L.Jonsson 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(12)
2023: Dallas (F): Y.Wu d. J.Isner 6-7, 7-6, 7-6(12)
Longest 3-set matches:
1993 Tel Aviv (QF): A.Cherkasov d. A.Gaudenzi 6-7, 7-6, 7-5… 3 hours 54 minutes
2023 Cincinnati (F): N.Djokovic d. C.Alcaraz 5-7, 7-6, 7-6… 3 hours 49 minutes
Longest 2-set matches:
1993 Buenos Aires (1R): D.Perez d. H.De la Pena 7-6, 6-4… 2 hours 33 minutes
2023 Miami (2R): F.Auger-Aliassime d. T.Monteiro 7-6, 7-6… 2 hours 41 minutes
Biggest comebacks:
1993 US Open (4R): W.Masur d. J.Morgan 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5… Morgan led 5:0* in 5th set (MP at 5:1)
2023 Kitzbuhel (1R): A.Molcan d. S.Ofner 4-6, 7-5, 7-6… Ofner led 5:0* in 2nd set (blew 2 MPs in that game)
Most tie-breaks played:
1993: Michael Stich – 59 (38:21)
2023: Hubert Hurkacz – 60 (32:28)
Ace leaders (average at minimum 40 matches played):
1993
1. Goran Ivanisevic 10.6
2. Richard Krajicek 10.5
3. Pete Sampras 10.0
4. Mark-Kevin Goellner 9.9
5. Boris Becker 9.3
2023
1. Hubert Hurkacz 14.9
2. Christopher Eubanks 12.1
3. Alexander Bublik 11.3
4. Alexei Popyrin 10.5
5. Ben Shelton 10.1
Highest % of first serves in:
2023
1. Sebastian Baez 72%
2. Alexander Zverev 70%
3. Lorenzo Sonego 66%
4. Francisco Cerundolo 65%
5. Carlos Alcaraz 65%
1993
1. Alberto Berasategui 72%
2. Magnus Gustafsson 70%
3. Tomas Carbonell 68%
4. Patrick McEnroe 67%
5. Javier Sanchez 66%
Top 20 players
2023
1 – Djokovic, 2 – Alcaraz, 3 – D.Medvedev, 4 – Sinner, 5 – Rublev, 6 – Tsitsipas, 7 – A.Zverev, 8 – Rune, 9 – Hurkacz, 10 – Fritz
11 – Ruud, 12 – Paul, 13 – De Minaur, 14 – Dimitrov, 15 – Khachanov, 16 – Tiafoe, 17 – Shelton, 18 – Norrie, 19 – Jarry, 20 – Humbert
1993
1 – Sampras, 2 – Stich, 3 – Courier, 4 – Bruguera, 5 – Edberg, 6 – A.Medvedev, 7 – Ivanisevic, 8 – Chang, 9 – Muster, 10 – Pioline
11 – Becker, 12 – Korda, 13 – Martin, 14 – Gustafsson, 15 – Krajicek, 16 – Rosset, 17 – Novacek, 18 – Volkov, 19 – Lendl, 20 – Boetsch