2016 Slam Stat Surprises

[masterclass]

2016 Slam Stat Surprises

Most Dangerous Tournament (retirements + walkovers)

United States Open - 10
(AO-6, RG-5, WC-3)
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Most Grueling Tournament (most 5 set matches)

Wimbledon Championships - 27
(US-26, AO-20, RG-18)
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Most Cliffhanger Sets (most tiebreakers)

Australian Open - 89
(WC-86, RG-64, US-61)
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Tennis Wins (Most Winners)

Raw
Wimbledon Championships -10016
(RG-9370, AO-9035, US-6461)

Winners Percentage (Total Winners/Total Points)
Wimbledon Championships -34.6%
(RG - 33.5%, AO - 31.5%, US - 23.1%)
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Tennis Loses (Most Unforced Errors)

Raw
Australian Open - 8717
(RG-8594, WC-7199, US-6744)

UE Percentage (Total UE's/Total Points)
Roland Garros - 30.8%
(AO-30.3%, WC-24.8%, US-24.1%)
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Tennis Best Combined (Winners:Unforced Errors)

Wimbledon Championships - 1.39
(RG - 1.09, AO - 1.04, US - 0.96)
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Most Tennis (Total Games Played)
Wimbledon Championships - 4722
(AO - 4577, US - 4408, RG - 4367)

(Total Points Played)
Wimbledon Championships - 28975
(AO - 28723, US - 28005, RG - 27943)
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Returnbot Paradise (Return games won)

Raw
United States Open - 1068
(RG - 1033, AO - 858, WC - 808)

Percentage (Return Games won/Total Games)
United States Open - 24.2%
RG - 23.6%, AO - 18.7% , WC - 17.1%
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Servebot Heaven (Most Aces)

Raw
Australian Open - 2789
(WC - 2785, US - 2009, RG - 1656)

Ace Percentage (Total Aces/Total Points)
Australian Open - 9.7%
(WC - 9.6%, US - 7.2%, RG - 5.9%)
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Discuss.

Respectfully,
masterclass

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Very surprising that RG has about 50% more winners than USO. You would tend to think that in clay courts, the winner count would be less. uzzled

 

[masterclass]

Yes. And the return games won stat is very surprising.

It has long been taken for granted that clay was the most difficult surface for a player to hold serve.
This year it was the US Open. Why is that? A tragedy. The US Open used to have one of the quicker lower bouncing hard courts, much like Cinci. Now it is playing like clay. Players are sliding on it, and the bounce is higher. Maybe it's the humidity. Yeah. What about too much sand in the top layer of paint?

Wawrinka with his big swings winning the whole thing should tell us something. Let's see what they can do to Wimbledon to make it bounce even higher, and give players more time to return. Then Stan the Slam Man can win the Career Grand Slam. Hooray!

Respectfully,
masterclass

 

[Kieran]

I'm surprised the Australian Open served more aces than Wimbledon. Okay, only 4 more, but still, I would have thought it would be much less, especially that at Wimbledon they don't mess about with fifth set tiebreakers. Likewise, as you both discussed above, the FO giving us more winners than the others...

 

[mrzz]

Very surprising that RG has about 50% more winners than USO. You would tend to think that in clay courts, the winner count would be less. uzzled

Maybe it means very little. They should have put the winner/points played ratio.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I'm surprised the Australian Open served more aces than Wimbledon. Okay, only 4 more, but still, I would have thought it would be much less, especially that at Wimbledon they don't mess about with fifth set tiebreakers. Likewise, as you both discussed above, the FO giving us more winners than the others...

Wimby still has more winners than RG. He separates the leaders and has put them in a different line and so you might have missed it.

 

[masterclass]

Very surprising that RG has about 50% more winners than USO. You would tend to think that in clay courts, the winner count would be less. uzzled

Maybe it means very little. They should have put the winner/points played ratio.

In my original post I added:
Total Points Played under the Most Tennis Category, then I calculated and added:

Winners Percentage (Total Winners/Total Points)
UE Percentage (Total UE's/Total Points)

RG vs. USO:

33.5% = RG Winner Pct
23.1% = USO Winner Pct.

30.8% = RG UE Pct.
24.1% = USO UE Pct.

1.09 = RG W:UE ratio
.96 = USO W:UE ratio

My conclusion - UE% for US Open is lowest of all, so quality isn't bad, but lack of winners makes me believe USO was much slower.

Respectfully,
masterclass

 

[Kieran]

I'm surprised the Australian Open served more aces than Wimbledon. Okay, only 4 more, but still, I would have thought it would be much less, especially that at Wimbledon they don't mess about with fifth set tiebreakers. Likewise, as you both discussed above, the FO giving us more winners than the others...

Wimby still has more winners than RG. He separates the leaders and has put them in a different line and so you might have missed it.

That's right, I missed that. It's very interesting to see how the places in these things switch: imagine similar stats for the FO and USO 30 years ago, in 1986. Or 20 years ago. It's a good way to track trends and changes...

 

[masterclass]

I edited the original post for the Servebot Heaven Aces Percentage to use Total Aces/Total Points as Total Games wasn't appropriate. Sorry about that.

Respectfully,
masterclass