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Shark Bites: Breaking Down Nadal's Final Performance

by Greg Sharko

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06.06.2010

Greg Sharko, Director of ATP Media Information

ATP stats and information guru Greg Sharko looks at the numbers behind the stories of the ATP World Tour in his regular column, 'Shark Bites'.


Roland Garros Championship Matches

Nadal became the second player to capture five Roland Garros titles (behind Bjorn Borg’s six) with his victory over Robin Soderling. The Spaniard saved all eight break points he faced and in his last three title efforts he’s saved an outstanding 27 of 29 break points.

Here is a look at his title runs in Paris:

2010 – d. Robin Soderling 64 62 64
1st Serve
Points Won 		2nd Serve
Points Won 		Break Points
Saved 		Break Points
Won
74% 59% 8 of 8 4 of 12

2008 – d. Roger Federer 61 63 60
1st Serve
Points Won 		2nd Serve
Points Won 		Break Points
Saved 		Break Points
Won
70% 64% 3 of 4 8 of 17

2007 – d. Roger Federer 63 46 63 64
1st Serve
Points Won 		2nd Serve
Points Won 		Break Points
Saved 		Break Points
Won
69% 54% 16 of 17 4 of 10

2006 – d. Roger Federer 16 61 64 76(4)
1st Serve
Points Won 		2nd Serve
Points Won 		Break Points
Saved 		Break Points
Won
69% 65% 7 of 10 4 of 12

2005 – d. Mariano Puerta 67(6) 63 61 75
1st Serve
Points Won 		2nd Serve
Points Won 		Break Points
Saved 		Break Points
Won
67% 41% 11 of 14 8 of 18


Calendar Clay Slam
Nadal became the first player in a season to win the four biggest clay court titles in tennis as he won the three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments (Monte-Carlo, Rome, Madrid) and Roland Garros. Between the four tournaments, Nadal won 51 of 53 sets and he became the second player at Roland Garros to win the title twice without dropping a set. Two years ago he did it. Bjorn Borg accomplished the feat in 1978 and ’80.


Quick to Seven Grand Slam Titles (Open Era)
Nadal won his seventh Grand Slam title in his 24th career Slam tournament, third-fastest:

Player 7th GS Title No. of GS Played To Win 7th
Bjorn Borg 1979 Roland Garros 19
John McEnroe 1984 US Open 22
Rafael Nadal 2010 Roland Garros 24
Pete Sampras 1995 US Open 26
Roger Federer 2006 Aus. Open 27
Mats Wilander 1988 US Open 27
Jimmy Connors 1982 US Open 32
Ivan Lendl 1989 Aus. Open 37
Andre Agassi 2001 Aus. Open 43


All-time Grand Slam Title Leaders

No. of titles Player
16 Roger Federer
14 Pete Sampras
12 Roy Emerson
11 Bjorn Borg, Rod Laver
10 Bill Tilden
8 Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Fred Perry, Ken Rosewall
7 Henri Cochet, Rene Lacoste, Bill Larned, Rafael Nadal, John Newcombe, John McEnroe, William Renshaw, Richard Sears, Mats Wilander


Open Era Clay Court Title Leaders
Nadal moved into fifth place with 29 career titles, one behind six-time Roland Garros leader Bjorn Borg. Here is the Open Era clay court titles list:

  No.
1) Guillermo Vilas 45
2) Thomas Muster 40
3) Bjorn Borg 30
Manuel Orantes  
5) Rafael Nadal 29


A Look at No. 1
Nadal returns to No. 1 in the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings and the Spaniard last ranked No. 1 the week of June 29, 2009. He will also enter Wimbledon No. 1. Here is a look at the points coming off from the Top 3 players between Wimbleodon and the US Open:

  Pts. (as of June 7) '09 Wimb '09 Canada '09 Cincy '09 US Open
1) Nadal 8,700 0 180 360 720
2) Federer 8,390 2,000 180 1,000 1,200
3) Djokovic 6,675+ 360 180 600 720
+ Also has 150 points coming off on June 14

 

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