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A great page, only one mistake
In te list of more titles, you write South America instead of Soouth Africa
Thanks, I have to admit I make this mistake quite often 🙂 don’t know why…
I’ve added today – I hope – an interesting “mathematical stuff (and all “match point” matches). Explanation under Stan Smith’s picture. Years 1968-80 perhaps will be added in the future.
I love this stat, lately I’m very interested in the Davis Cup.
Great Job!
Good idea.
Exemple : Arnaud Clément don’t plays the final in 2001 and he classified number 2.
1 – 5 – Nicolas Escude (play final)
2 – 3.5 – Arnaud Clement
3 – 2.5 – Fabrice Santoro (play final)
4 – 1.5 – Cedric Pioline (play final)
5 – 1 – Sebastien Grosjean (play final)
Look at 1999
Rafter is No. 1 and he doesn’t play the final
oh yes, thank you.
In dec 1999, Rafter was wounded in his right shoulder, he didn’t play too the Masters in Hannover and Super 9-Paris (I) and a lot of tournaments…. For example, he became #1 just for a week, during a week without playing! unlucky! Nevertheless, he is a great #1 player among this prestigious list of numbers 1! 🙂
I Birger Andersson rehabilitated by creating its page on the French Wikipedia. But no other inter-wiki (other language) for now.
1 – 13 (or 12,8 if it’s 0,3) – Bjorn Borg (17 matchs : 12 S/5 D)
2 – 4 – Birger Andersson (he play all the rubber but not the final) (10 matchs : 10 S/0 D)
3 – 1,5 – Ove Bengtson (17 matchs : 2 S/6 D)
4 – 0 – Rolf Norberg (1 match : 0 S/1 D)
I think it’s better not to account the dead rubber, but it’s my opinion 🙂
I thought about counting it because lopsided results may have impact on team’s self-confidence, 5-0 may work better for the team spirit than 3-2, it’s only an assumption.
The other thing: if a guy debuts in the Davis Cup playing a dead rubber, maybe it’s easier for him to play a vital rubber when he got some DC experience under his belt. It’s Mikhail Youzhny’s case who lost both dead rubbers in 2002, but won a match which was decisive for the whole Cup.
Convincing.
But please not remember me 2002 🙁 i prefer 1996 🙂
I discover a very interressting player of Davis Cup debut Zenzo Shimizu, finalist at Wimbledon against Tilden (All Comer Final) 4–6, 4–6, 11-13 and very nearly beat Tilden in the Challenge Round of Davis Cup 1921 7-5, 6-4, 5-3… and final score 7-5, 6-4, 5-7, 2-6, 1-6.
One day I read an article about Tilden, said that Tilden was lef to win the first two sets in a match, then he won in an amazing return. He did that only for the public, to do the tennis a better sport 🙂
YT films:
1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo55ryfjLOI – a few points of the final
1991
Forget vs. Sampras – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBq5c8buOsE (last game)
1992
McEnroe/Sampras vs. Hlasek/Rosset – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n7s8XgLr5g (last game)
1995
Sampras/Martin vs. Kafelnikov/Olhovsky – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGuKEfDNmgM
1996
Boetsch vs. Kulti – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXBsMl8d3eo
2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4GTXtREHRs – a few points of the final
2002
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsb27xBM0BI – a few points of the final
2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucCQaA8RNyc – a few points of the final
2004
Moya vs. Roddick – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7FM_mycJXE&feature=relmfu (final points)
2005
final day – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cmqRRkQdV4 (celebration)
2006
Safin vs. Acasuso – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuT3d8rONpY (highlights)
2007
doubles – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlbQLKXZnBM (celebration)
2008
Verdasco vs. Acasuso – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmMq_qk41Bk (a few points)
2009
Ferrer vs. Stepanek – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgMqwD6XuIE (last game)
doubles – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjJq2xvFGPg (last game)
2010
Djokovic vs. Simon – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFMH_JjgNSc (last two games)
Troicki vs. Llodra – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE-LUigHCBY (last game)
2011
Highlights in Spanish:
Nadal vs. Monaco – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNH_kF5uDX4
Ferrer vs. Del Potro – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfKDorh61HU
Nadal vs. Del Potro – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6_9O77E7TA