Shark Bites

Australian Open 2008

10.01.2008

Getty ImagesRoger Federer has a rare Australian Open three-peat in his sights in Melbourne.

ATP stats and information guru Greg Sharko takes a look at the numbers behind the stories on the ATP circuit.

TOUGH TO THREE-PEAT DOWN UNDER

Roger Federer is attempting to become the first player in the Open era to win three Australian Open titles in as many years and the first player since Roy Emerson captured five in a row from 1963-67. Since Emerson's feat, eight back-to-back Aussie champions have come up short of winning titles three consecutive years:

Aust. Open Champ	Back-to-Back Titles	Third Year Result
Roger Federer	2006-07	???
Andre Agassi	2000-2001	Did not play (won in '03)
Jim Courier	1992-93	Semifinals
Ivan Lendl	1989-90	Runner-up
Stefan Edberg	1985, '87 #	Semifinals
Mats Wilander	1983-84	Runner-up
Johan Kriek	1981-82	Quarterfinals
Guillermo Vilas	1978-79	Semifinals
Ken Rosewall	1971-72	Second Round

# not held in 1986

BREAKTHROUGH TIME IN MELBOURNE

In five of the past seven Australian Opens (since 2001), including the past two, it's been a breakthrough time for players who have reached their first and only Grand Slam final:

First-time Grand Slam Finalist	Result
2007 - Fernando Gonzalez	l. to Roger Federer
2006 - Marcos Baghdatis	l. to Roger Federer
2003 - Rainer Schuettler	l. to Andre Agassi
2002 - Thomas Johansson	def. Marat Safin
2001 - Arnaud Clement	l. to Andre Agassi

21st CENTURY ATP TITLE LEADERS

Lleyton Hewitt and Carlos Moya are the only players to win at least one singles title every year since the start of the 2000 season. Overall, Roger Federer has the most titles (53) on the ATP circuit in the 21st century. Here is a breakdown of titles won from 2000-07 and pre-2000:

	Total	2007	2006	2000-05	Pre-2000
Roger Federer	53	8	12	33	-
Lleyton Hewitt	24	1	1	22	2
Andy Roddick	23	2	1	20	-
Rafael Nadal	23	6	5	12	-
Andre Agassi	16	-	-	16	44
Gustavo Kuerten	15	-	-	15	5
Carlos Moya	15	1	1	13	5
Marat Safin	14	-	-	14	1
Nikolay Davydenko	11	1	5	5	-
James Blake	10	2	5	3	-
Juan Carlos Ferrero	10	-	-	10	1

CONSECUTIVE YEARS TITLE STREAK

Lleyton Hewitt has won at least one ATP title every year since 1998. Here is a look at the players with the longest title streaks going into the 2008 season:

	No.	Years
Lleyton Hewitt	10	1998-2007
Carlos Moya	8	2000-2007
Roger Federer	7	2001-2007
Andy Roddick	7	2001-2007
Nikolay Davydenko	5	2003-2007

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