Nadal Paced The Tour In These Two Categories In 2018

Nov202018

Infosys ATP Beyond the Numbers analyses the difference between winning and losing on the ATP World Tour

Imagine losing almost 50,000 points and 160 matches and calling it one of the best seasons of your life.

That’s exactly what the Top 10 combined to produce in the 2018 season, earning them north of $64 million in prize money in the process.

An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of the Top 10 players in the ATP Rankings at the completion of the 2018 season sheds light on all the winning and losing that go hand-in-hand with reaching the pinnacle of our sport.

Total Points Won / Lost
The Top 10 combined to lose 48,501 points in the 2018 season. They averaged winning just 53.0 per cent (54,424/102/925) of total points, highlighting that their real advantage is not as much as we perceive. Kevin Anderson won the most points (6151) and also lost the most points (5726) of the Top 10 in the 2018 season.

Top 10: 2018 Season – Points Won & Lost / Prize Money

Ranking	Player	Points Won	Points Lost	Total	Win %	Prize Money
1	N. Djokovic	5796	4832	10628	54.5%	$12,609,672
2	R. Nadal	4281	3447	7728	55.4%	$8,663,347
3	R. Federer	5097	4280	9377	54.4%	$7,599,233
4	A. Zverev	5998	5356	11354	52.8%	$7,726,914
5	J. M. Del Potro	5167	4514	9681	53.4%	$5,917,766
6	K. Anderson	6151	5726	11877	51.8%	$4,922,699
7	M. Cilic	5427	4877	10304	52.7%	$4,727,148
8	D. Thiem	5969	5465	11434	52.2%	$4,556,745
9	K. Nishikori	5156	4850	10006	51.5%	$3,784,388
10	J. Isner	5382	5154	10536	51.1%	$3,746,875
–	TOTAL / AVERAGE	54424	48501	102925	53.0%	$64,254,787

Rafael Nadal = Best Win Percentage
Rafael Nadal finished at No. 2 in the ATP Ranking- in the 2018 season, but he actually had the highest win percentage of points won at 55.4 per cent, which was his second best performance in the past four seasons.

Rafael Nadal 2015-2018 – Percentage Of Points Won
• 2018 = 55.4% (4281/7728)
• 2017 = 55.5% (6519/11743)
• 2016 = 53.7% (3733/6947)
• 2015 = 53.4% (6517/12215)

Nadal also had the best match-record winning percentage of Top 10 players in 2018, at 91.8 per cent (45-4).

Top 10: 2018 Season – Matches Won & Lost

Ranking	Player	Matches Won	Matches Lost	Total Matches	Win %
1	N. Djokovic	53	12	65	81.5%
2	R. Nadal	45	4	49	91.8%
3	R. Federer	48	10	58	82.8%
4	A. Zverev	58	19	77	75.3%
5	J. M. Del Potro	47	13	60	78.3%
6	K. Anderson	47	19	66	71.2%
7	M. Cilic	42	20	62	67.7%
8	D. Thiem	54	20	74	73.0%
9	K. Nishikori	43	21	64	67.2%
10	J. Isner	34	22	56	60.7%
–	Total / Average	471	160	631	75.0%

The Top 10 averaged to win right at 75 per cent (471/631) of their matches in the 2018 season, with Alexander Zverev winning the most matches with 58 victories, including capturing the biggest title of his career by winning the Nitto ATP Finals in London on Sunday.

Reaching the Top 10 is one of the most prized goals in our sport. It’s important to consider that they still lose, on average, one out of every four matches and are only able to create a separation of just six points out of every 100 (53% won / 47% lost) from their opponents.

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Much At Stake In Challenger Season Finale

Nov202018

Tournaments in Andria, Italy and Pune, India conclude the ATP Challenger Tour season

On Sunday, the Nitto ATP Finals celebrated its newest champion under the bright lights of The O2 in London. Alexander Zverev gave the tennis world a fresh glimpse into the future as he claimed his biggest title.

Zverev’s victory marked the conclusion of the ATP World Tour season, but one week remains on the ATP Challenger Tour. Players have one last opportunity to jockey for position in the year-end ATP Rankings, with a handful continuing their quest for coveted Top 100 spots.

A pair of $50,000 tournaments cap the season on the Challenger circuit, with the carpet courts of Andria, Italy and outdoor hard courts of Pune, India thrust into the spotlight. The Andria e Castel del Monte Challenger is back for a sixth straight year, maintaining its traditional season-ending spot on the calendar. And in Pune, the KPIT MSLTA Challenger ends a two-week Indian swing, marking a celebration of tennis in the country.

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Ugo Humbert leads a strong field in Andria, which also includes home favourites Lorenzo Sonego and Paolo Lorenzi, as well as fellow #NextGenATP stars Corentin Moutet and Liam Caruana. Caruana is coming off an appearance in the Next Gen ATP Finals after winning the Italian wild card competition.

The 20-year-old Humbert will be one to watch in 2019 after registering a dominant second half of the season. He earned a nomination for Newcomer of the Year in the 2018 ATP World Tour Awards Presented By Moët & Chandon. The top seed in Andria, he enters the week at No. 100 in the ATP Rankings and will be looking to finish the year as the youngest Frenchman in the Top 100.

Humbert is one of three players vying for Top 100 finishes in Andria, with No. 107 Sonego and No. 109 Lorenzi needing to win the title to achieve the feat. Defending champion Uladzimir Ignatik is also back and could face Humbert in the second round.

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Meanwhile, in Pune, No. 102 Radu Albot is the top seed and bidding for a third straight year-end Top 100 berth. He is joined by freshly minted Indian No. 1 Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who is coming off a title in nearby Bengaluru. Just one month ago, Gunneswaran was sitting at No. 170, but a 12-3 stretch has since moved him to the precipice of a Top 100 breakthrough, soaring to No. 110. He needs to win the title in Pune to have a chance.

Albot and Gunneswaran are accompanied by last year’s runner-up Ramkumar Ramanathan, who reached his first ATP World Tour final earlier this year in Newport, as well as 18-year-old Spaniard Nicola Kuhn, 20-year-old Brit Jay Clarke and rising Aussies Marc Polmans and Max Purcell.

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Watch free live streams of all the action from Andria and Pune at ATPChallengerTour.com.

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