Player distribution by nation

[El Dude]

The French thread got me thinking about nationality, so I looked up the top 100. Here is how it breaks down:

12 Spain
9 France
6 Australia
6 USA
5 Argentina
4 Germany
4 Italy
4 Serbia
3 Belgium
3 Croatia
3 Czech Republic
2 Austria
2 Brazil
2 Canada
2 Great Britain
2 Japan
2 Russia
2 Slovakia
2 Slovenia
2 Switzerland
2 Ukraine
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Bulgaria
1 Colombia
1 Cyprus
1 Dominican Republic
1 Finland
1 Israel
1 Kazakhstan
1 Latvia
1 Lithuania
1 Luxembourg
1 Netherlands
1 Poland
1 Portugal
1 South Africa
1 South Korea
1 Taiwan
1 Tunisia
1 Turkey
1 Uruguay
1 Uzbekistan

To be honest, I was quite surprised at the wide array of countries. In the next post I'll compare it to 25 years ago.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

One glaring hole is Sweden of course, with such a rich tennis tradition.

 

[El Dude]

1990 Nationality Distribution - top 10 year end rankings
25 United States
12 Sweden
7 France
7 Germany
7 Spain
6 Australia
4 Argentina
3 Austria
3 Czech Republic
3 Italy
3 Russia
2 Croatia
2 Finland
2 Israel
2 Netherlands
2 South Africa
2 Switzerland
1 Brazil
1 Canada
1 Ecuador
1 India
1 New Zealand
1 Peru
1 Slovakia
1 Uruguay

 

[El Dude]

Good call, Murat. Sweden and the United States have taken the biggest hits over the last 25 years, from 37% of the top 100 to only 6% between the two of them.

The good news is that it is far more diverse and international now - less top heavy for western Europe and the US.

Interesting to note there were 0 British players in the top 100 in 1990.

 

[nehmeth]

How many of them now call Monaco home?

Off the top of my head:
Stepanek
Djokovic
Cilic
Raonic
Dimitrov
Dolgopolov

 

[Moxie]

The French thread got me thinking about nationality, so I looked up the top 100. Here is how it breaks down:

12 Spain
9 France
6 Australia
6 USA
5 Argentina
4 Germany
4 Italy
4 Serbia
3 Belgium
3 Croatia
3 Czech Republic
2 Austria
2 Brazil
2 Canada
2 Great Britain
2 Japan
2 Russia
2 Slovakia
2 Slovenia
2 Switzerland
2 Ukraine
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Bulgaria
1 Colombia
1 Cyprus
1 Dominican Republic
1 Finland
1 Israel
1 Kazakhstan
1 Latvia
1 Lithuania
1 Luxembourg
1 Netherlands
1 Poland
1 Portugal
1 South Africa
1 South Korea
1 Taiwan
1 Tunisia
1 Turkey
1 Uruguay
1 Uzbekistan

To be honest, I was quite surprised at the wide array of countries. In the next post I'll compare it to 25 years ago.

It is interesting to see how many more countries have a player in the mix. Brief count gives some 41 v. 25 in the previous decade. One thing I noted, as I have been looking at Spain and France over the last 8-10 years is that, while they are still at the top, the numbers have dwindled. Spain has had as high as 16 in the top 100 in the last 9 years, more typically 13-14 even a couple of years ago, with France right behind, and they both had a good representation in the top 50. But their players are aging out, and not replacing themselves. It doesn't look like the young Spanish and Frenchmen are coming up behind in great enough numbers to keep those 2 nations at the same powerhouse level as they have been for this recent decade.

 

[herios]

The Frenchman did a very good job at this year's RG.
5 out of the top 16 left in the draw are French:
Simon, Tsonga, Monfils, Gasquet and Chardy.
Spain is left with the perennial 2some.

 

[Moxie]

The Frenchman did a very good job at this year's RG.
5 out of the top 16 left in the draw are French:
Simon, Tsonga, Monfils, Gasquet and Chardy.
Spain is left with the perennial 2some.

Good point. While the Spanish have the strength in numbers in the top 100, the French have surpassed them in heft. But I still think both countries are aging out, and not really replacing themselves.

 

[Kirijax]

Australia has some good times coming their way I think.