Better Season?

[RJD11]

Who had the better season Serena or Nadal ?

By Courtney Nguyen SI Writer


Serena Williams

• Titles: 11 (Brisbane, Miami, Charleston, Madrid, Rome, French Open, Bastad, Toronto, U.S. Open, China Open, WTA Championships)
• Grand Slams: 2 (French Open, U.S. Open)
• Prize Money: $12,385,572 (third-highest single-season total in tennis history, men or women)
• Rankings rise: No. 3 to No. 1
• Tournaments: 15 (made final of 13)
• Record: 78-4
• Losses: Victoria Azarenka (Doha, Cincinnati), Sloane Stephens (Australian Open), Sabine Lisicki (Wimbledon)
• Longest winning streak: 34 matches
• Point lead on No. 2 Azarenka: 5,214 points

Rafael Nadal

Titles: 10 (Sao Paulo, Acapulco, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, French Open, Montreal, Cincinnati, U.S. Open)
• Grand Slams: 2
• Prize money: $12,070,935
• Rankings rise: No. 4 to No. 1
• Tournaments: 17 (made final of 14)
• Record: 75-7
• Losses: Novak Djokovic (Monte Carlo, Beijing, London), Juan Martin del Potro (Shanghai), David Ferrer (Paris), Steve Darcis (Wimbledon), Horacio Zeballos (Vina del Mar)
• Longest winning streaks: 22 matches, twice
• Point lead on No. 2 Djokovic: 920 points (Djokovic can continue to close the gap this week at Davis Cup)

Nguyen Gave the nod to Serena ( read link )





Serena Williams 61.81% (2,628 votes)

Rafael Nadal 38.19% (1,624 votes)


Total Votes: 4,252



http://tennis.si.com/2013/11/15/serena-williams-rafael-nadal-2013-seasons/

 

[ashwin#1]

Based on those stats, it easily serena !!! But, there's also another factor : Nadal did all this after 7-8 months rest ( due to injury ).
I'd go with rafa for the sole reason : it was an incredible comeback !! had it not been for a comeback, i would've voted for serena for sure !!

 

[tented]

Based on those stats, it easily serena !!! But, there's also another factor : Nadal did all this after 7-8 months rest ( due to injury ).
I'd go with rafa for the sole reason : it was an incredible comeback !! had it not been for a comeback, i would've voted for serena for sure !!

I'm a huge Rafa fan, but I would still vote for Serena based on these stats. Her year was so good, it made the top 10 list of single-season winning percentages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTA_Tour_records#Single_Season_winning_percentage

 

[Ricardo]

Who had the better season Serena or Nadal ?

By Courtney Nguyen SI Writer


Serena Williams

• Titles: 11 (Brisbane, Miami, Charleston, Madrid, Rome, French Open, Bastad, Toronto, U.S. Open, China Open, WTA Championships)
• Grand Slams: 2 (French Open, U.S. Open)
• Prize Money: $12,385,572 (third-highest single-season total in tennis history, men or women)
• Rankings rise: No. 3 to No. 1
• Tournaments: 15 (made final of 13)
• Record: 78-4
• Losses: Victoria Azarenka (Doha, Cincinnati), Sloane Stephens (Australian Open), Sabine Lisicki (Wimbledon)
• Longest winning streak: 34 matches
• Point lead on No. 2 Azarenka: 5,214 points

Rafael Nadal

Titles: 10 (Sao Paulo, Acapulco, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, French Open, Montreal, Cincinnati, U.S. Open)
• Grand Slams: 2
• Prize money: $12,070,935
• Rankings rise: No. 4 to No. 1
• Tournaments: 17 (made final of 14)
• Record: 75-7
• Losses: Novak Djokovic (Monte Carlo, Beijing, London), Juan Martin del Potro (Shanghai), David Ferrer (Paris), Steve Darcis (Wimbledon), Horacio Zeballos (Vina del Mar)
• Longest winning streaks: 22 matches, twice
• Point lead on No. 2 Djokovic: 920 points (Djokovic can continue to close the gap this week at Davis Cup)

Nguyen Gave the nod to Serena ( read link )





Serena Williams 61.81% (2,628 votes)

Rafael Nadal 38.19% (1,624 votes)


Total Votes: 4,252



http://tennis.si.com/2013/11/15/serena-williams-rafael-nadal-2013-seasons/

how stupid is this? who would compare two different leagues consisting of totally different players? it's like, is it more impressive for JMac to beat Lendl on the seniors tour or Nadal to beat Djoker.... they are simply not on level playing field. For that reason, Serena's win is nothing compared to Nadal's.... which is against the best in the business.

 

[brokenshoelace]

Nadal's season because he was returning from injury and playing against a pretty tough field. Serena was already the best player in the world by a country mile.

If we simply want to base this on stats, then there's no point of even voting, since Serena's stats are better. I do think there's more to a good season than that, though.