2000 "Time To Get a Day Job" Awards
Well, here it is...a tradition started by Jacqueline Dupree (JD--the stat queen) back in 1990. So that would make this the 11th annual "Time To Get a Day Job Awards." This "honors" those players who have been KO'd in the first round (or second round if they received a first round bye) of tournaments on the ATP Tour (not qualies or challengers). It is sorted in two ways: By number of first round losses and then by percentage to total tournaments played. And this year, yes I did compile this myself. So if you sense any errors, let me know. And, remember, this is all in fun.
Note: Tournaments do not include World Team Cup or Tennis Masters Cup due to different format.
If you think about the nature of these awards, your first impression is that Vince Spadea is going to grab all the honors this year. Close, but not so! Our grand prize winners this year are Fernando Vicente and Jacobo Diaz. Spadea, however, finished second on both lists! Spadea had a total of 21 first round defeats. That was eclipsed only by Fernando Vicente, who lost a whopping 22 times in the first round. This is a Day Job record! Vicente, however, played more tournaments (33) than anyone else in the list. Also in the top 5 are Jeff Tarango with 18 losses, the fiery Australian, Andrew Ilie, with 17 and Olympic bronze medallist, Arnaud di Pasquale, with 16.
Looking at the percentage list, no one lost every ATP match they played (among those who have played in 10 or more). But Jacobo Diaz of Spain lost 10 of his 11 tournaments in the first round. Then there is Spadea again who lost 87.5% of his tournaments in the first round. Next are Lorenzo Manta of Switzerland and John van Lottum of the Netherlands, who lost 9 of 11. And rounding out the top 5 is Stephane Huet with 12 of 16.
Below is the full top 50 lists of this year's Time To Get a Day Job Awards. For
previous years' awards:
1999
1998
1997
1996 (JD)
1995 (JD)
1994 (JD)
Number of first round losses:
First Total
Round Tourn.
Player Country Losses Played* Percentage
-------------------- ------- ------ ------ ----------
1 Vicente, Fernando ESP 22 33 0.6667
2 Spadea, Vince USA 21 24 0.8750
3 Tarango, Jeff USA 18 25 0.7200
4 Ilie, Andrew AUS 17 28 0.6071
5 Di Pasquale, Arnaud FRA 16 25 0.6400
6 Alami, Karim MAR 16 29 0.5517
7 Sargsian, Sargis ARM 15 26 0.5769
8 Zabaleta, Mariano ARG 15 27 0.5556
9 Martin, Alberto ESP 15 28 0.5357
10 Voinea, Adrian ROM 14 20 0.7000
11 Marin, Juan Antonio CRC 14 21 0.6667
12 Ivanisevic, Goran CRO 14 22 0.6364
13 Schuttler, Rainer GER 14 26 0.5385
14 Johansson, Thomas SWE 14 27 0.5185
15 Stanoytchev, Orlin BUL 13 20 0.6500
16 Rochus, Christophe BEL 13 22 0.5909
17 Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 13 22 0.5909
18 Federer, Roger SUI 13 28 0.4643
19 Clavet, Francisco ESP 13 30 0.4333
20 Huet, Stephane FRA 12 16 0.7500
21 Blanco, Galo ESP 12 20 0.6000
22 Gaudio, Gaston ARG 12 25 0.4800
23 Squillari, Franco ARG 12 26 0.4615
24 Rosset, Marc SUI 12 27 0.4444
25 Koubek, Stefan AUT 12 28 0.4286
26 Pavel, Andrei ROM 12 28 0.4286
27 Ruud, Christian NOR 11 17 0.6471
28 Arthurs, Wayne AUS 11 18 0.6111
29 Prinosil, David GER 11 19 0.5789
30 Hantschk, Markus GER 11 21 0.5238
31 Bastl, George SUI 11 22 0.5000
32 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 11 22 0.5000
33 Costa, Albert ESP 11 23 0.4783
34 Portas, Albert ESP 11 23 0.4783
35 Woodruff, Chris USA 11 23 0.4783
36 Black, Byron ZIM 11 24 0.4583
37 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 11 26 0.4231
38 Novak, Jiri CZE 11 26 0.4231
39 Diaz, Jacobo ESP 10 11 0.9091
40 Berasategui, Alberto ESP 10 14 0.7143
41 Saulnier, Cyril FRA 10 14 0.7143
42 Agenor, Ronald HAI 10 16 0.6250
43 Damm, Martin CZE 10 17 0.5882
44 Sa, Andre BRA 10 17 0.5882
45 Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 10 17 0.5882
46 Tieleman, Laurence ITA 10 19 0.5263
47 Meligeni, Fernando BRA 10 21 0.4762
48 Goldstein, Paul USA 10 23 0.4348
49 El Aynaoui, Younes MAR 10 26 0.3846
50 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 10 28 0.3571
51 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 10 28 0.3571
* minimum 10 tournaments
Percentage of first round losses to total number of tournaments played:
First Total
Round Tourn.
Player Country Losses Played* Percentage
-------------------- ------- ------ ------ ----------
1 Diaz, Jacobo ESP 10 11 0.9091
2 Spadea, Vince USA 21 24 0.8750
3 Manta, Lorenzo SUI 9 11 0.8182
4 van Lottum, John NED 9 11 0.8182
5 Huet, Stephane FRA 12 16 0.7500
6 Tarango, Jeff USA 18 25 0.7200
7 Berasategui, Alberto ESP 10 14 0.7143
8 Saulnier, Cyril FRA 10 14 0.7143
9 Voinea, Adrian ROM 14 20 0.7000
10 Dupuis, Anthony FRA 9 13 0.6923
11 Jonsson, Fredrik SWE 9 13 0.6923
12 Knippschild, Jens GER 9 13 0.6923
13 Vacek, Daniel CZE 9 13 0.6923
14 Vicente, Fernando ESP 22 33 0.6667
15 Marin, Juan Antonio CRC 14 21 0.6667
16 Canas, Guillermo ARG 8 12 0.6667
17 Mamiit, Cecil USA 8 12 0.6667
18 Stanoytchev, Orlin BUL 13 20 0.6500
19 Ruud, Christian NOR 11 17 0.6471
20 Di Pasquale, Arnaud FRA 16 25 0.6400
21 Ivanisevic, Goran CRO 14 22 0.6364
22 Lareau, Sebastien CAN 7 11 0.6364
23 Agenor, Ronald HAI 10 16 0.6250
24 Zib, Tomas CZE 8 13 0.6154
25 Arthurs, Wayne AUS 11 18 0.6111
26 Ilie, Andrew AUS 17 28 0.6071
27 Blanco, Galo ESP 12 20 0.6000
28 Rochus, Christophe BEL 13 22 0.5909
29 Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 13 22 0.5909
30 Damm, Martin CZE 10 17 0.5882
31 Sa, Andre BRA 10 17 0.5882
32 Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 10 17 0.5882
33 Hipfl, Markus AUT 7 12 0.5833
34 Prinosil, David GER 11 19 0.5789
35 Sargsian, Sargis ARM 15 26 0.5769
36 Siemerink, Jan NED 8 14 0.5714
37 Boutter, Julien FRA 9 16 0.5625
38 Gaudenzi, Andrea ITA 9 16 0.5625
39 Gimelstob, Justin USA 9 16 0.5625
40 Zabaleta, Mariano ARG 15 27 0.5556
41 Alami, Karim MAR 16 29 0.5517
42 Schuttler, Rainer GER 14 26 0.5385
43 Martin, Alberto ESP 15 28 0.5357
44 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 9 17 0.5294
45 Levy, Harel ISR 9 17 0.5294
46 Tillstrom, Mikael SWE 9 17 0.5294
47 Tieleman, Laurence ITA 10 19 0.5263
48 Hantschk, Markus GER 11 21 0.5238
49 Johansson, Thomas SWE 14 27 0.5185
50 Bastl, George SUI 11 22 0.5000
51 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 11 22 0.5000
* minimum 10 tournaments