The first quarter of the season, which symbolically ended on April 4, was dominated by Novak Djokovic. The Serb maintained his extraordinary form in the second quarter, however, it was the quarter of Rafael Nadal too; Djokovic won two big 
tournaments (Madrid, Rome), Nadal did the same (Monte Carlo, Roland Garros) and with a help of Roger Federer managed to retain his leadership in men’s tennis. Generally speaking it’s been the year of ‘Djodal’ thus far, and it’s almost impossible to imagine at the moment that they might not occupy the first two positions in the end of the year.
Federer and Murray confirmed their status of strong players Nos. 3 & 4. Behind them, there’s a group of players (I’d say 16 guys) with similar qualities and filled up of another four positions in the year ending tournament in London, seems wide open. I’m very curious whether one of the spots may take Juan Martin del Potro, who improved his ranking magnificently in the first half of the season, jumping from 258 to 22!!
Below, a statistical summary of the first half of the ’11 season.
Compare with the summary of the 1st quarter
June 13, 2011 (after Queens Club & Halle)
33 tournaments have been played so far (including two majors and five ‘Masters 1000′) and the first round of Davis Cup.
Number of tournaments by surfaces/conditions:
Clay: 15
Outdoor hard: 11
Indoors: 5
Grass: 2
Ranking (Top 20, singles):
# Prepared by Judio (MTF).
Singles titles:
7 – Novak Djokovic
3 – Nicolas Almagro, Rafael Nadal, Robin Soderling
2 – Juan Martin del Potro, David Ferrer
1 – Kevin Anderson, Pablo Andujar, Nikolay Davydenko, Ivan Dodig, Roger Federer, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Andy Murray, Milos Raonic, Tommy Robredo, Andy Roddick, Gilles Simon, Ryan Sweeting, Stanislas Wawrinka
Doubles titles:
5 – The Bryans
3 – Scott Lipsky, Horia Tecau
2 – Lukas Dlouhy, Paul Hanley, Marcelo Melo, Bruno Soares, Rajeev Ram, Eric Butorac, Jean-Julien Rojer, Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes
1 – Marcel Granollers, Tommy Robredo, Dick Norman, Jamie Cerretani, Adil Shamasdin, Jurgen Melzer, Rafael Nadal, Marc Lopez, Philipp Petzschner, Olivier Marach, Leonardo Maye, Max Mirnyi, Daniel Nestor, Robin Haase, Ken Skupski, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Mikhail Youzhny, Victor Hanescu, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Xavier Maliss, Robert Lindstedt, Santiago Gonzale, Simone Bolelli, Horacio Zeballos, Frantisek Cermak, Filip Polasek, John Isner, Sam Querrey, Max Mirnyi, Daniel Nestor, Rohan Bopanna, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
Most matches won (singles):
1. Rafael Nadal 45-7
2. Novak Djokovic 41-1
3. Roger Federer 34-8
4. Robin Soderling 32-8
5. Juan M. del Potro 31-8
6. David Ferrer 31-9
7. Nicolas Almagro 31-10
8. Tomas Berdych 29-13
9. Florian Mayer 29-15
10. Victor Troicki 27-14
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:
Roland Garros: Rafael Nadal d. Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-1 – 3 hours 40 minutes
Most match points saved:
Singles: Roland Garros, 4R:
Fabio Fognini d. Albert Montanes 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 11-9 – 5 m.p.
Doubles: Rome, 1R:
Mardy Fish/Andy Roddick d. Tomas Berdych/Lukas Dlouhy 6-3, 2-6, [19-17] – 5 m.p.
Tie-breaks
Singles
Longest tie-break:
Queens Club, QF: James Ward d. Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-7(14), 6-4
Longest tie-break in the deciding set:
Delray Beach, 1R: Teimuraz Gabashvili d John Isner 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(13)
Doubles
Longest tie-break:
Madrid, 2R:
Wesley Moodie/Dick Norman d. Javier Marti/Daniel Munoz-De la Nava 6-3, 7-6(11)
Longest super tie-break:
Rome, 1R:
Mardy Fish/Andy Roddick d. Tomas Berdych/Lukas Dlouhy 6-3, 2-6, [19-17]
Most tie-breaks won (singles):
1) Milos Raonic 16-7
2) Feliciano Lopez 16-15
3) Philipp Kohlschreiber 14-7
4) Roger Federer 13-5
5) John Isner 13-12
Aces
Most aces:
1) Milos Raonic – 479
2) Ivo Karlovic – 397
3) Feliciano Lopez – 395
4) Kevin Anderson – 378
5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – 341
Aces / match average (at least 10.0 & 10 matches played):
1. Ivo Karlovic – 17.2
2. John Isner – 14.1
3. Milos Raonic – 13.9
4. Andy Roddick – 13.3
5. Dustin Brown – 11.5
6. Feliciano Lopez – 11.0
7. Kevin Anderson – 10.8
8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – 10.1
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
# The third summary will be posted before the US Open ’11.
