ATP Stats Week of August 6, 2012 POINTS WON RETURNING 2ND SERVE Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 48 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 53 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 63 5 Monaco, Juan 53 43 6 Andujar, Pablo 53 34 7 Nishikori, Kei 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of July 23, 2012 POINTS WON RETURNING 2ND SERVE Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 42 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 48 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 60 5 Andujar, Pablo 53 33 6 Monaco, Juan 53 41 7 Nishikori, Kei 53 [...]
Over the past few years, the perception is the United States has reached a low point in men’s tennis because its players no longer win, or are even competitive, at the Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open, or Wimbledon (grand slam) championships, and are not relevant at the top of [...]
ATP Washington Washington, DC, USA July 30-August 5, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 32 $1,049,760 Singles Seeds: (cut: Zeballos – 98) 1. Mardy Fish 2. Alexandr Dolgopolov 3. Kevin Anderson 4. Tommy Haas 5. Pablo Andujar 6. Jeremy Chardy 7. Benoit Paire 8. Sam Querrey First Round (1)Mardy Fish (USA) [...]
Up one set and on serve in the second, two-time defending champion Mardy Fish was forced to withdraw from his match against Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller in the second round of the BB&T Atlanta Open. Attempting to return a drop shot, Fish stumbled at the net and injured his ankle which [...]
ATP Atlanta Atlanta, GA, USA July 16-22, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 28 $477,900 Singles Seeds: (cut: Russell – 110) 1. John Isner 2. Mardy Fish 3. Kei Nishikori 4. Andy Roddick 5. Kevin Anderson 6. Ryan Harrison 7. Alex Bogomolov Jr. 8. Go Soeda First Round (1)John Isner (USA) [...]
On paper this looks like a formality for the Fed Express, but looking a little deeper into that statistics gives a glimmer of hope for fans of the veteran Belgian. At 31, Malisse is a year older than Federer, and has a worrying 1-9 win loss record against him. Their [...]
Week One of Wimbledon 2012 is in the books. Here’s a quick look at some of the stats so far. Tie Breaks: 87 5 Set Matches: 23 Retirements: 5 Walkovers: 0 Seeds into second week: 12 Unseeded into second week: 3 Qualifiers into second week: 1 Wild Cards [...]
No.7 seed Spaniard David Ferrer and the 5th seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France booked their place in the last 16 of this year’s Wimbledon Championships. Ferrer, who won last week’s tournament in Hertogenbosch, defeated American Andy Roddick as he came back from a set down to win 2-6 7-6 (8) [...]
British no.1 Andy Murray showed no signs of weakness as he stormed to an excellent 6-1 6-1 6-4 win over Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko in today’s first round encounter at Wimbledon. Murray, who could be the first Brit to win this precious trophy since Fred Perry prevailed in 1936, played some [...]
Top Half of the Top Draw: Potential 2nd round: Novak Djokovic vs. Ryan Harrison, while Djokovic will probably win this one, it will be great to see what Harrison will do in an attempt to defeat the world number 1. Potential 4th round: Novak Djokovic vs. Juan Monaco Potential 3rd [...]
The Wimbledon 2012 Men’s Draw has just been released. In depth Analysis will follow, but here is a quick run down: First quarter: Novak Djokovic opens with an interesting match with past French open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, but is unlikely to be tested until the quarters where he could [...]
The 2012 Wimbledon Championships are less than one week away from commencing and here at SteveG we will be keeping you updated with the latest news and happenings from Wimbledon live as they occur. To get you started here’s our lowdown on what you need to know about Wimbledon 2012. [...]
Wimbledon Wimbledon, London, Great Britain June 25-July 8, 2012 Surface: Grass Main Draw: 128 Qualifying Draw: 128 E16,000,000 Singles Seeds: (cut: Karol Beck – 103) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3. Roger Federer (SUI) 4. Andy Murray (GBR) 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 7. [...]
