ATP has no faith in Roddick and Hewitt

Hmm, seems like their attitude is a bit different towards the two of them (Compare them vs. Ivan, Blake, and others with a poor record):



* A LOOK AT THE SEEDS – Here are the Top 16 seeds (based on the May 22 INDESIT ATP Ranking) and a look at their Roland Garros results:
Seed / Player (Country) Roland Garros
W-L (Best Result - Yr)
1 Roger Federer (SUI) 14-7 (SF - 2005)
Since winning first Grand Slam title at 2003 Wimbledon has a 66-4 Slam record (7 titles)
2 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 7-0 (Winner – 2005)
Trying to become the youngest back-to-back champion since Borg in 1974-1975
3 David Nalbandian (ARG) 11-4 (SF - 2004)
SF or better in a Grand Slam in four of last five years (reached SF in all four Slams)
4 Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 3-6 (3rd – 2003)
Highest-ranked Croat coming into Roland Garros since Goran Ivanisevic in 1997 (No. 4)
5 Andy Roddick (USA) 4-5 (3rd – 2001)
Looking to win back-to-back matches at Roland Garros for first time since 2001
6 Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 8-5 (SF - 2005)
Turned in a Grand Slam-best SF at last year’s Roland Garros and broke Top 10 after
7 Tommy Robredo (ESP) 16-5 (QF – 2003, 2005)
One of three Spaniards seeded among Top 16 (No. 5 Nadal, No. 15 Moya)
8 James Blake (USA) 3-3 (2nd – 3 Times)
Seeded in Top 10 for first time in career
9 Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 9-5 (QF – 2003)
First Chilean in Top 10 in Roland Garros since Marcelo Rios in 1999 (No. 9)
10 Gaston Gaudio (ARG) 17-6 (Winner – 2004)
In 2004, became first Argentine to capture Roland Garros title since Guillermo Vilas (1977)
11 Radek Stepanek (CHI) 3-3 (3 rd – 2005)
The No. 1 Czech player is seeded in Top 16 for first time in a Grand Slam
12 Mario Ancic (CRO) 5-3 (3 rd – 2004-2005)
Seeded in Top 12 in a Grand Slam for first time
13 Nicolas Kiefer (GER) 3-3 (4 th – 2005)
Comes in among Top 16 for first time since 2000 (at No. 8)
14 Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 16-6 (QF – 2001, 2004)
Has not won a clay match since 2004 RG
15 David Ferrer (ESP) 3-3 (QF – 2005)
One of three Spaniards seeded among Top 16 (No. 2 Nadal, No. 7 Robredo)
16 Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-3 (4 th – 2003)
Seeded in Top 16 of a Grand Slam first time

:lol:

http://www.atptennis.com/en/newsandscores/news/2006/rg_stats.asp
Its an interesting link btw.

quite unfair for those 2, especially Roddick who won a few matches in Rome...

quite unfair for those 2, especially Roddick who won a few matches in Rome...


What is unfair?

RG just pick the seedings purely based on the ranking, not including the clay court record. Is that unfair?

In any case, it has nothing do to with the ATP not having faith in certain players.

What is unfair?


RG just pick the seedings purely based on the ranking, not including the clay court record. Is that unfair?

In any case, it has nothing do to with the ATP not having faith in certain players.

Sorry for being unclear guys. The point was that the little blurbs about the players was usually positive even for players with poor clay court records (eg. Blake); however, the blurbs were surprisingly harsh on Roddick and Hewitt.

RG should seed them according to their clay successes, if Wimbledon is going to play with seeds as well.

They should use a system similar to Wimbledon which reflects their performance on a surface; all the grand slams should.

What is unfair?
unfait to have negative comments only for those 2, esp. Roddick.

Well, the guys that have poor clay court records but got a positive spin (Ljubicic, Blake) have actually been playing well on the other surfaces this year, whereas Hewitt and Roddick have been pretty miserable on every surface this year.

Um, I must be missing the unfairness :scratch:

14 Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 16-6 (QF – 2001, 2004)
Has not won a clay match since 2004 RG[/B]

And how many clay court matches has he played since RG 2004? 1. That was last week and he got injured in the third set. If he was 0-10 on clay since RG 2004 I could see the relevance but it's a far worse stat than it looks.

Well, the guys that have poor clay court records but got a positive spin (Ljubicic, Blake) have actually been playing well on the other surfaces this year, whereas Hewitt and Roddick have been pretty miserable on every surface this year.


Watch for it people, an MTF rarity:
You are right, fedpras. Well said. I take back my comments and this thread.
The moment has passed, MTF returns to normal.