ATPWorldTour.com looks back on the year in the words of those who made it all happen. Here’s the wit, the wisdom (and some occasional wackiness) from today’s top players, our Top 100 Quotes of 2015. Our second installment, Nos. 51-100:

51. “Nobody’s invincible. I don’t think something like that exists.” — Novak Djokovic

52. “My goal is not to make new records in Asia; it’s to be one of the best players in the world.” — Kei Nishikori

53. “We sort of came up with the name ‘Sneak Attack By Roger’ — SABR. I don’t know, call it ‘Fed Attack,’ call it whatever you want.” — Roger Federer on his new chip-and-charge attack

54. “We do have our days where we’re sick of each other.” — Mike Bryan on his partnership with his twin brother, Bob

55. “You’re never going to get that feeling again, just like the winning sort of feeling. Nothing will ever duplicate that. That’s what I’ll miss most.” — Mardy Fish

56. “I do question myself even in the best of times.” — Roger Federer

57. “It was a great privilege and honor to be the No. 1 in the sport that has captured my heart from the first moment that I stepped on the court.” — Novak Djokovic

58. “The amount I hate to lose is, I think, pretty extraordinary.” — Milos Raonic

59. “I guess I’m maturing in my old age.” — Marinko Matosevic, 30

60. “Not many people in sport get to go out on their terms.” — Lleyton Hewitt

61. “In tennis, always one guy has to win and one guy has to lose. One has got the press conference he dreads.” — Roger Federer

62. “I’m not trying to hit it fast; I’m trying hit it in.” — Power server Sam Groth

63. “If you hold on to your emotions, you don’t actually talk about them. Over time, I don’t think that’s a good thing. It’s good to be able to talk about how you feel.” — Andy Murray

64. “I have no problem accepting criticism, because I’ve gotten so many compliments over the years.” — Roger Federer

65. “I can’t really overpower anyone anymore. That’s why I choose the young, powerful partners.” — Daniel Nestor, 43

66. “It makes the game a whole lot easier when you can serve like that.” — Andy Murray on John Isner

67. “We see so many times guys ride waves of wins at times in their career based on only confidence.  You only get it two ways: one is winning matches and two is hard work.” — Sam Groth

68. “The real thing today is I know where I am, I know who I am.” — Rafael Nadal

69. “It’s a game of inches sometimes.” — John Millman

70. “You want to win every event, that’s for sure. That’s what you prepare for. But no one in the history of this game has ever done that.” — Andy Murray

71. “Almost doesn’t matter how you lose — losing is never fun.” — Roger Federer

72. “Victories are the best medicine possible.” — Rafael Nadal

73. “You have to treat every player with respect. Every round should be like a final.” — Bernard Tomic

74. “I don’t know if I should say it out loud. Somebody might steal it. It is somewhere in the Midwest region of the United States.” — Jack Sock on where he keeps his Wimbledon doubles trophy

75. “It’s in a safe.” — Stan Wawrinka on where he keeps his 2014 Australian Open trophy

76. “When I go back home, I’m not a tennis player anymore. I’m a father and a husband.” — Novak Djokovic

77. “I’m not afraid of time passing by; quite the opposite. I can tell you that physically I will be at my best and more mature.” — Gael Monfils, 29

78. “You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it’s important to have a bit of both.” — Roger Federer

79. “It’s a challenge because if throughout your life everybody’s working for you to be the best you can be, kind of feeding you with compliments, with confidence, eventually you’re ego starts growing. You have to battle with that ego and just leave it aside.” — Novak Djokovic

80. “If there’s one thing that I learned in the sport it’s to recover fast and to leave things behind.” — Novak Djokovic

81. “I’m not planning on trying to break anybody’s hearts. This is tennis. This is sport. All I’m trying to do is beat the guy on the other side of the net.” — Andy Murray

82. “My goals nowadays are short‑term. I’m thinking in small goals.” — Rafel Nadal

83. “There is no disgrace in losing to him.” — Andy Murray on Novak Djokovic

84. “There is not many guys that work as hard as him.” — Gilles Muller on Andy Murray

85. “It will probably go down as the best lefty forehand of all time.” — Tim Smyczek on Rafael Nadal’s forehand

86. “Roger asks many questions, and I have to find many answers.” — Gael Monfils on facing Roger Federer

87. “I’ll always mix it up and make it uncomfortable for my opponent. I’m not going to play the way they like it.”  — Roger Federer

88. “When my boy arrived in this life, on this planet, it was completely a new dimension of experience for me and my wife. I’m still riding on the wave of that experience.” — Novak Djokovic

89. “He will be remembered as being just a fantastic competitor. He hated to lose.” — Andy Murray on Lleyton Hewitt

90. “Sport is simple. The winner is the player who plays better.” — Rafael Nadal

91. “Everything has to come natural for you, I feel, on the tennis court.” — Bernard Tomic

92. “I’m eager. I’m very eager.” — Milos Raonic

93. “It’s good to get around the big dogs a little bit.” — Thanasi Kokkinakis

94. “Tennis is a complex sport. Very quickly you always have to reset your mind because you always have a next match tomorrow.” — Novak Djokovic

95. “There is only a winner and loser, nothing in between.” — Tomas Berdych

96. “I don’t take anything for granted. I try to be aware that there are thousands of players around the world who are fighting equally as I am to be in this position.” — Novak Djokovic

97. “Confidence comes back when you win matches. If you don’t win matches, you don’t have confidence.” — Rafael Nadal

98. “I don’t like to say where my limits are. I try to just be in the moment, use my imagination, and all of a sudden your possibilities become limitless.” — Novak Djokovic

99. “I love tennis. Without it I don’t know what I would do.” — Donald Young

100. “Everyone has to call ‘time’ at some stage.” — Lleyton Hewitt, who will retire following the 2016 Australian Open

Top 100 Quotes Of 2015: Part 1

Watch a countdown of the best Hot Shots from ATP Challenger Tour events in 2015, featuring Thanasi Kokkinakis, Marcos Baghdatis, Dustin Brown, Frank Dancevic, Adrian Ungur and Yoshihito Nishioka.

Tim Smyczek enjoyed a career year in 2015, but the American’s most memorable moment came off the court, marrying girlfriend Ana Pier on 21 November in Irving, Texas.

The 27 year old, who reached a career-high World No. 68 in the Emirates ATP Rankings in April, was joined by friends and fellow players Denis Kudla, Rhyne Williams, Alex Kuznetsov, Scott Oudsema, Brendan Evans and Phillip Simmonds, along with coach Billy Heiser.

“This weekend I married the woman of my dreams,” Smyczek posted on his Facebook page. “It was great to have our families and friends join together for the special occasion. Happy to say Ana and I are already looking forward to our honeymoon. See everyone back on court Down Under after the New Year.”

The ceremony was held at the Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas, the venue of the ATP Challenger Tour event in Irving, where Smyczek reached the final in March. Wedding bells rang often in 2015, with Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych, David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, Nicolas Almagro, Lukas Rosol, Andreas Haider-Maurer, Marc Lopez and Martin Emmrich also tying the knot.

Smyczek claimed a pair of ATP Challenger Tour titles in 2015, winning on home soil in Dallas and Tiburon. He also won tour-level matches at the Australian Open and in Indian Wells, Miami, Delray Beach and Nottingham.

Photo by Jacqui Cole Photography (jacquicole.com)

Novak Djokovic built his historic 2015 season on the foundation of his imposing return game. Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers reveals that the World No. 1 placed in the Top 2 of the three key return game categories. 

The Serb won more return games than any other player both in raw and percentages terms. Djokovic won 364 return games (in 87 matches), 64 more than second-placed Andy Murray, who won 300 return games (in 77 matches).

Djokovic’s winning percentage was also better than any other player. He won 34.43 per cent of all return games played, finishing well clear of second-placed David Ferrer, who won 33.61 per cent of return games played. (Figures in the return-of-serve charts below have been rounded.)

Djokovic also finished second on the list of points won returning first serve:

And Djokovic topped the list of points won returning second serve, with a success rate of 57 per cent.

Ace Is The Place

For the first time since records were kept in 1992, three players this year hit more than 1,000 aces in the same season. Ivo Karlovic (1447), John Isner (1260) and Kevin Anderson (1,074) all made it to four figures. Karlovic finished just 30 aces shy of countryman Goran Ivanisevic’s all-time season record of 1,477. The Croat topped the aces list for the fifth time (2007-2009 and 2014).

Record Setter

Karlovic shattered the previous record for percentage of service games won in a season. ‘Dr. Ivo’ won 96 per cent of his service games in 2015, topping his own record of 94 per cent in 2007.

So what happens when the world’s best returner meets the world’s best server? In the first week of the 2015 season, Karlovic upset Djokovic 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-4 in the first round of Doha. In their first meeting in seven seasons, Djokovic won just 15 per cent of first-serve return points (well below his 2015 average of 33%) and 50 per cent of his second-serve return points (below his season average of 57%).

Karlovic boosted his chances of victory by putting 74 per cent of first serves into play.