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The Numbers Game: 2015 Recap Part 2

  • Posted: Dec 25, 2015

The Numbers Game: 2015 Recap Part 2

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In the second part of a three-part series, ATPWorldTour.com examines the stories behind the numbers in 2015

Winning Titles Without Losing a Set (10)

Seven players won ATP World Tour titles without dropping a set in 2015, but Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were the only players to accomplish the feat at Masters 1000 events.

Player

Sets Won

Tournament

Stan Wawrinka

8

Chennai (4 wins)

Richard Gasquet

8

Montpellier (4 wins)

Rafael Nadal

8

Buenos Aires (4 wins)

Roger Federer

9

Dubai

Benoit Paire

10

Bastad

Roger Federer

10

Cincinnati

Tomas Berdych

8

Shenzhen (4 wins)

Tomas Berdych

7

Stockholm (4 wins)

Novak Djokovic

10

Beijing

Novak Djokovic

10

Shanghai

First-Time ATP Winners (6)

Players trying to win their first ATP World Tour title this season are 6-10 after going 5-10 last season. Here are the first-time winners:

Player

Age

Tournament

Jiri Vesely

21

Auckland

Victor Estrella Burgos

34

Quito

Jack Sock

22

Houston

Dominic Thiem

21

Nice

Denis Istomin

28

Nottingham

Benoit Paire

26

Bastad

Doubles Title Leaders

New No. 1 Marcelo Melo and the Bryan brothers led the way on the doubles court in 2015.

Player

Titles

Bob Bryan

6

Mike Bryan

6

Marcelo Melo

6

Henri Kontinen

5

Rohan Bopanna

4

Raven Klaasen

4

Lukasz Kubot

4

Top 10 Doubles Team Rankings

Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, who won the doubles crown at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, ended the year with a tour-high 48 wins.

Team

Match & Finals     W-L

Match TB W-L

1 Rojer/Tecau

48-21            3-2

9-7

2 Bryan/Bryan

44-16            6-1

14-4

3 Dodig/Melo

34-12            3-1

12-1

4 J. Murray/Peers

43-24            2-6

6-12

5 Bolelli/Fognini

26-14            1-3

5-5

6 Herbert/Mahut

30-12            2-3

4-6

7 Bopanna/Mergea

31-16            2-3

4-9

8 Matkowski/Zimonjic

33-22            0-3

8-7

9 Peya/Soares

34-24            2-1

6-12

10 Pospisil/Sock

23-10            2-2

8-5

Qualifying Leaders

Brothers Mischa and Alexander Zverev combined for 12 successful qualification bids in 2015, but Nicolas Mahut was the lone qualifier to capture a title this year. The Frenchman used his all-court game to good effect in winning ‘s-Hertogenbosch on grass.

Player

No.

Best Result – Tournament

Mischa Zverev

8

QF – Stuttgart, Valencia

Michael Berrer

7

3R – Indian Wells

Nikoloz Basilashvili

6

2R – Doha

Kenny De Schepper

6

2R – Auckland, Estoril, Wimbledon

Thanasi Kokkinakis

6

2R – Delray Beach, Cincinnati

Denis Kudla

6

SF – Atlanta

Paul-Henri Mathieu

6

Runner-up – Kitzbuehel

Edouard Roger-Vasselin

6

2R – Indian Wells, Metz

Aljaz Bedene

5

Runner-up – Chennai

Taro Daniel

5

2R – Valencia

Thiemo de Bakker

5

2R – Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo

Matthew Ebden

5

1R – 5 times

Austin Krajicek

5

QF – Memphis, Tokyo

Illya Marchenko

5

QF – ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Ruben Bemelmans

4

1R – Australian Open, Miami

Alejandro Falla

4

3R – Miami

Alejandro Gonzalez

4

1R – 4 times

Andrey Kuznetsov

4

2R – Geneva

Dusan Lajovic

4

2R – Basel, Paris-Bercy

Yen-Hsun Lu

4

1R – 4 times

Nicolas Mahut

4

Winner – ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Yoshihito Nishioka

4

QF – Delray Beach

John Patrick Smith

4

1R – 4 times

Yuichi Sugita

4

1R – 4 times

Luca Vanni

4

Runner-up – Sao Paulo

Elias Ymer

4

1R – 4 times

Alexander Zverev

4

2R – Miami

Longest Finals (Games)

Novak Djokovic out-lasted Roger Federer to capture the last two major tournaments of the year, while Rajeev Ram survived a serving showdown against Ivo Karlovic in Newport.

Wimbledon (best of five)

Novak Djokovic d. Roger Federer 76(1) 67(10) 64 63 – 45 games

US Open (best of five)

Novak Djokovic d. Roger Federer 64 57 64 64 – 42 games

Newport

Rajeev Ram d. Ivo Karlovic 76(5) 57 76(2) – 38 games

Munich

Andy Murray d. Philipp Kohlschreiber 76(4) 57 76(4) – 38 games

Longest Finals (Time)

Andy Murray faded late against Djokovic in Melbourne and in Miami, but got his revenge in Montreal seven months later.

Australian Open (best of five)

Novak Djokovic d. Andy Murray 76(5) 67(4) 63 60 – 3:39

Munich

Andy Murray d. Philipp Kohlschreiber 76(4) 57 76(4) – 3:04

Montreal

Andy Murray d. Novak Djokovic 64 46 63 – 3:00

Miami

Novak Djokovic d. Andy Murray 76 46 60 – 2:47

Monte-Carlo

Novak Djokovic d. Tomas Berdych 75 46 63 – 2:43

Longest ATP World Tour Matches (3 Hours+)

Madrid

Marcel Granollers d. Gael Monfils 76 67 64, 2R – 3:20

Rio de Janeiro

Fabio Fognini d. Federico Delbonis 64 67 76, QF – 3:12

Houston

Kevin Anderson d. Jeremy Chardy 75 67 76, QF – 3:08

Montreal

Jeremy Chardy d.  Ivo Karlovic 67(9) 76(13) 76(4) – 3:08

Casablanca

Carlos Berlocq d. Pablo Carreno Busta 46 76 64, 1R – 3:07

Munich

Andy Murray d. Philipp Kohlschreiber 76 57 76, Final – 3:04

Rio de Janeiro

Joao Souza d. Blaz Rola 64 67 64, 2R – 3:02

Shortest Finals (Games)

Casablanca

Martin Klizan d. Daniel Gimeno-Traver 62 62 – 16 games

Sydney

Viktor Troicki d. Mikhail Kukushkin 62 63 – 17 games

Estoril

Rafael Nadal d. David Ferrer 63 62 – 17 games

Auckland

Jiri Vesely d. Adrian Mannarino 63 62 –  17 games

Rio de Janeiro

David Ferrer d. Fabio Fognini 62 63 – 17 games

Buenos Aires

Rafael Nadal d. Juan Monaco 64 61 – 17 games

Madrid

Andy Murray d. Rafael Nadal 63 62 – 17 games

Shortest Completed Finals (Time)

Sydney

Viktor Troicki d. Mikhail Kukushkin 62 63 – 1:04

Estoril

Rafael Nadal d. David Ferrer 63 62 – 1:05

Auckland

Jiri Vesely d. Adrian Mannarino 63 62 –  1:07

THE LAST TIME…IN 2015

  • No. 1 and No. 2 seeds reached a final: No. 1 Novak Djokovic d. No. 2 Andy Murray, Paris-Bercy (13 times in 2015, seven times in 2014, nine times in 2013)
  • Top four seeds in semifinals: Shenzhen: (1) Berdych d. (3) Robredo, (4) G-Lopez d. (2) Cilic
  • Top eight seeds in quarterfinals: Gstaad (last time prior ’09 Montreal, Top 8 ranked in QFs)
  • A player won the title without dropping serve: Roger Federer (49 games), Cincinnati; also Ivo Karlovic (56 games, saved 19 BPs), Delray Beach
  • An all-left-handed final: Jiri Vesely d. Adrian Mannarino, Auckland
  • An all-unseeded final: Viktor Troicki (Q) d. Mikhail Kukushkin (Q), Sydney; Jiri Vesely (Q) d. Adrian Mannarino, Auckland
  • A player outside Top 100 reached final: Q-Pierre Hugues Herbert (No. 140), Winston-Salem
  • A player outside Top 100 won title: Rajeev Ram (No. 161), Newport
  • An unseeded player won a title: Joao Sousa, Valencia (10 times overall in 2015)
  • A wild card reached/won final: Tomas Berdych, Stockholm (d. Sock)
  • A qualifier reached a final: Pierre Hugues Herbert (No. 140), Winston-Salem
  • A qualifier won title: Nicolas Mahut d. David Goffin, ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Also in ’15 Viktor Troicki (Sydney), Jiri Vesely (Auckland)
  • A lucky loser reached SF: Borna Coric (l. to Federer), Dubai
  • Five left-handers in QF: Auckland (Falla, Mannarino, Ramos Vinolas, Vesely, Young)
  • Last Monday final: Oct. 5 (Shenzhen: Berdych d. Garcia-Lopez). Prior: Munich (May 4)
  • Winner beating No. 1, 2 & 3 seeds: Benoit Baire, Bastad (d. Goffin in 2R, Cuevas in SF, Robredo in F)
  • Winner beating No. 1 & No. 2 seeds: Rajeev Ram, Newport (d. Isner in 1R, Karlovic in F)
  • Playing four three-set matches en route to final: Benoit Paire (Tokyo)
  • First-time winner beating four seeds: Jack Sock (Houston)

OTHER 2015 STATISTICS

  • The winner in ATP singles finals this year won 59 of 66 times (.893) when capturing first set. Last year 43 of 63 times (.667); 46 of 65 times in 2013 (.708)
  • Longest singles TB (15-13): Jeremy Chardy d.  John Isner 67(9) 76(13) 76(4), QF Montreal;
  • Gilles Muller d. Bernard Tomic 76(3) 76(13), QF Sydney
  • Longest doubles TB(25-23): Cabal-Farah d. Krajicek-Monroe 76(25-23) 63, 1R Washington
  • The longest Match TB (19-17):Gabashvili-Berankis d. Delbonis-Lajovic 46 62 19-17, 1R Hston;
  • Cabal-Farah d. Brown-Kamke 63 67 19-17, QF, Acapulco
  • Left-handers went 6-10 in finals (Nadal-3, Bellucci, Klizan, Vesely), 8-6 in 2014 (Nadal-4, Debonis, Klizan), 12-10 in 2013, 8-6 in 2012, 3-14 in 2011
  • Players attempting to capture their first ATP World Tour title are 6-10 in finals (5-10 in 2014)   
  • There have been two Match Point(s) Saved Winners this year: Denis Istomin, Nottingham (QF); Rajeev Ram, Newport (in 1R & QF). There were seven in 2014
  • Most Match Points Saved: 7, Jeremy Chardy d. John Isner 67(9) 76(13) 76(4), QF Montreal

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