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Fedal in the half of this decade (after Roland Garros semifinal in 2005).
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Spain won Davis Cup for the 4th time in history yesterday and it was the last important tennis event in this decade. I think it's a good moment to discuss this decade. What do you think about the decade? I think it has been interesting because of many changes. Maybe more changes in the game in comparison with previous decades also some new records. There are some of those changes:
- Change of gamestyle.
after many years of serve and volley domination (actually two decades) at least on grass and indoors, the style has overcome by baseline game. IMO the crucial tournament for the change was Wimbledon 2002 where among 8 quarterfinalists, there were 6 baseliners, and what's more interesting 3 from South America (D.Nalbandian, A.Sa, N.Lapentti), a Hewitt - Nalbandian final was the first Wimbledon's final bewteen two baseliners since 1978 (!) when Borg defeated Connors.
- Change of fashion:
I remember Aussie Open match in 1999, Pat Rafter - Oliver Gross. During the warm-up a chair umpire noticed that Rafter had a T-shirt without a collar and mandated him to change it! The next match Rafter had officially acquiescence to play without a collar. Today more players play without collars. Another important change appeared at the Australian Open 2003: for the first time more players wore clothes in different colours than the white one, for the first time someone played in a sleeveless T-shirt - it was a former model - James Blake - then still with dreadlocks. One year later the conservative Wimbledon allowed participating there for the first time with sleeveless T-shirts - only Ginepri took the opportunity... Nadal began to play with longer shorts...
- ATP Race system
For the first time in 2000 kicked off a second ranking in which all players began the season with 0 points, the system has been finished this year; IMO rather useless tool :shrug:
- After 19 years ATP Tour has been renamed into ATP World Tour in 2009
- Faster serves:
Actually in this decade serving at least 200 km/h has (125 mph) became a normal thing, at least among all players who win important tournaments; Andy Roddick has established a record in the 2004 Davis Cup against Belarus: serving 155 mph (249 km/h) in a match against V.Voltchkov
- the Round Robin fiasco 2007
For the first time in normal tournaments (I'd say "Masters" is the only "abnormal" tournament for many years) a player could lose a match and still win the title. The system had been testing in 5 tournaments (Adelaide, Delray Beach, Vina del Mar, Buenos Aires, Las Vegas) before was finished after controversial circumstances when Blake, Korolev and Del Potro were involved... Malisse as the only player won a tournament despite a defeat (Delray Beach).
- Hawk-eye system introduced
In March 2006, at the Nasdaq-100 Open, Hawk-Eye was used officially for the first time at a tennis tour event. Later that year, the US Open became the first Grand-Slam event to use the system during play, allowing players to challenge line calls.
- Canceled "Compaq Grand Slam Cup" in Munich
A symbol of the 90's (tournament was held in years 1990-99), the only tournament when we had a possibility to watch only singles matches on a court deprived of the tramelines
- Introduced super tie-break in doubles matches: for the first time in finals (Bucharest and Tashkent 2001), later on it was used at some tournaments in 2002, a principal scoring-system in doubles since 2006
- Change in number of seeded players
At Wimbledon 2001 for the first time 32 seeded players have been introduced (replacing 16).
Another important change - a player seeded No. 1 would have played against No. 5 or 6 in the quarterfinals. Earlier No. 1 would have played only against 7 or 8 in the quarters. Unfortunately I don't remember a tournament when the system was introduced for the first time and don't want to find it now. I hope someone will tell us...
I think there are important changes, what's more, what I forgot?
Here are some stats of the 00's:
The most tournaments won:
61 - R.Federer
36 - R.Nadal
27 - A.Roddick
25 - L.Hewitt
19 - N.Davydenko
16 - A.Agassi, N.Djokovic
15 - C.Moya
14 - M.Safin
Grand Slam Winners: # 15 winners (90's - 16; 80's - 12; 70's - 16)
15 - R.Federer
6 - R.Nadal
3 - A.Agassi
2 - L.Hewitt, G.Kuerten, M.Safin, P.Sampras
1 - A.Costa, JM.Del Potro, N.Djokovic, JC.Ferrero, G.Gaudio, G.Ivanisevic, T.Johansson, A.Roddick
Doubles:
7 - B.Bryan, M.Bryan
6 - J.Bjorkman
5 - D.Nestor, T.Woodbridge
4 - M.Mirnyi
3 - M.Knowles, M.Llodra, L.Paes
2 - M.Bhupathi, W.Black, L.Dlouhy, F.Santoro, K.Ullyett, M.Woodforde, N.Zimonjic
1 - S.Aspelin, A.Clement, P.Cuevas, M.Damm, J.Erlich, E.Ferreira, P.Haarhuis, L.Hewitt, L.Horna, S.Huss, D.Johnson, Y.Kafelnikov, J.Knowle, R.Leach, X.Malisse, W.Moodie, J.Palmer, A.Ram, O.Rochus
"Masters" Winners:
4 - R.Federer
2 - L.Hewitt
1 - N.Davydenko, N.Djokovic, G.Kuerten, D.Nalbandian
Doubles:
3 - B.Bryan, M.Bryan
2 - D.Nestor
1 - J.Bjorkman, E.Ferreira, D.Johnson, M.Knowles, R.Leach, M.Llodra, M.Mirnyi, P.Norval, F.Santoro, N.Zimonjic
Olympics winners:
1 - Y.Kafelnikov, N.Massu, R.Nadal
Doubles:
1 - R.Federer, F.Gonzalez, S.Lareau, N.Massu, D.Nestor, S.Wawrinka
Masters Series Winners:
16 - R.Federer
15 - R.Nadal
6 - A.Agassi
5 - N.Djokovic, M.Safin
4 - JC.Ferrero, A.Murray, A.Roddick
3 - N.Davydenko, G.Kuerten
2 - G.Coria, L.Hewitt, C.Moya, D.Nalbandian
1 - T.Berdych, G.Canas, A.Corretja, T.Haas, T.Henman, T.Enqvist, W.Ferreira, S.Grosjean, F.Mantilla, M.Norman, A.Pavel, C.Pioline, A.Portas, T.Robredo, P.Sampras, JW.Tsonga
The most matches won:
663 - R.Federer
507 - A.Roddick
466 - L.Hewitt
405 - JC.Ferrero
401 - R.Nadal
Davis Cup triumphs:
4 - Spain
2 - Russia
1 - Australia, Croatia, France, USA
World Team Cup triumphs:
2 - Argentina, Chile
1 - Australia, Croatia, Germany, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden
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Grand Slam Finalists:
6 - R.Federer
4 - A.Roddick
2 - A.Agassi, JC.Ferrero, L.Hewitt, R.Nadal, P.Rafter, M.Safin, P.Sampras
1 - M.Baghdatis, A.Clement, A.Corretja, G.Coria, N.Djokovic, F.Gonzalez, Y.Kafelnikov, A.Murray, D.Nalbandian, M.Norman, M.Puerta, M.Philippoussis, R.Schuettler, R.Soderling, M.Verkerk, JW.Tsonga
"Masters" Finalists:
2 - A.Agassi
1 - J.Blake, N.Davydenko, JM.Del Potro, R.Federer, JC.Ferrero, D.Ferrer, S.Grosjean, L.Hewitt
Olympics Finalists:
1 - M.Fish, F.Gonzalez, T.Haas
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Players who won the same tournament in singles & doubles:
2000 - G.Kuerten (Santiago)
2001 - G.Kuerten (Acapulco), JM.Gambill (Delray Beach)
2002 - A.Roddick (Houston)
2003 - R.Federer (Vienna)
2004 - N.Massu (Athens-Olympics), N.Davydenko (Moscow)
2005 - R.Federer (Halle), F.Gonzalez (Basel)
2006 - J.Acasuso (Vina del Mar)
2007 - X.Malisse (Chennai & Delray Beach), P.Kohlschreiber (Munich), S.Grosjean (Lyon)
2008 - R.Nadal (Monte Carlo)
2009 - T.Robredo (Costa Do Sauipe), R.Stepanek (San Jose), R.Ram (Newport)
Qualifier winners:
2000 - JI.Chela (Mexico City), F.Gonzalez (Orlando)
2001 - N.Escude (Rotterdam), G.Canas (Casablanca), A.Portas (Hamburg)
2002 - PH.Mathieu (Moscow)
2003 - HT.Lee (Sydney)
2004 - S.Ventura (Casablanca), J.Haehnel (Metz)
2005 - none
2006 - N.Almagro (Valencia)
2007 - S.Darcis (Amersfoort)
2008 - K.Nishikori (Delray Beach), G.Simon (Casablanca), P.Petzschner (Vienna)
2009 - B.Becker (s'Hertogenbosch), T.Bellucci (Gstaad), S.Stakhovsky (St. Petersburg)
"Lucky loser" winners:
2008 - S.Stakhovsky (Zagreb)
2009 - R.Ram (Newport)
The oldest winner:
Fabrice Santoro - 35 years, 7 months (Newport 2008)
The youngest winner:
Kei Nishikori - 18 years, 1 month (Delray Beach 2008)
The least experienced and lowest ranked winner:
Santiago Ventura (316 ATP) - won a tournament in his ATP debut (Casablanca 2004)
The most experienced winner:
Fabrice Santoro - won in his 414th tournament (Newport 2008)... probably unbeatable record
The most tournaments won within a season:
12 - R.Federer (2006)
11 - R.Nadal (2005), Federer (2004 & 05)
The longest winning streaks:
41 - R.Federer (2006-07)
35 - R.Federer (2005)
32 - R.Nadal (2008)
# Federer had the longest winning streak in the Open Era on hardcourts (56 in years 2005-06) and grass (65 - 2003-08); Nadal had the longest winning streak in the Open Era on clay (81 in years 2005-07)
SINGLES:
The longest 5-set matches:
6 hours, 35 min, Roland Garros 2004, 1R: F.Santoro def. A.Clement 6-4 6-3 6-7(5) 3-6 16-14 - record
5 hours, 59 min, Davis Cup 2009, SF: R.Stepanek def. I.Karlovic 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-6(6) 6-7(2) 16-14
5 hours, 47 min. Davis Cup 2001, QF: A.Clement def. M.Rosset 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 15-13
The longest 4-set matches:
5 hours, 14 min, Davis Cup 2009, PO: N.Massu def. S.Koubek 6-4 4-6 6-4 7-6(6) - record
5 hours, 7 min. Davis Cup 2007, PO: D.Sela def. N.Massu 6-3 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4
4 hours, 53 min. Roland Garros 2006, 3R: R.Nadal def. P.H.Mathieu 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4
The longest 3-set matches:
4 hours 2 min. Madrid 2009, SF: R.Nadal def. N.Djokovic 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(9) - record
3 hours 54 min. Chennai 2008, SF: R.Nadal def. C.Moya 6-7(3) 7-6(8) 7-6(1)
3 hours 39 min. Rome 2007, SF: R.Nadal def. N.Davydenko 7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-4
The shortest matches:
35 minutes. Shanghai 2001, 1R: F.Clavet def. S.Jiang 6-0 6-0
35 minutes. Paris 2006, 2R: N.Davydenko def. C.Rochus 6-0 6-0
36 minutes. Los Angeles 2009, 1R: R.Kendrick def. V.Spadea 6-0 6-0
The longest 5-set matches in terms of games in the final set:
Australian Open 2003, QF: A.Roddick def. Y.El Aynaoui 4-6 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 21-19 - record
Wimbledon 2000, 3R: M.Philippoussis def. S.Schalken 4-6 6-3 6-7(7) 7-6(4) 20-18
Roland Garros 2007, 1R: P.Kohlschreiber def. L.Dlouhy 6-2 3-6 7-5 4-6 17-15
The longest 5-set matches in terms of games:
83 - Australian Open 2003, QF: A.Roddick def. Y.El Aynaoui 4-6 7-6 4-6 6-4 21-19 - record
83 - Wimbledon 2000, 3R: M.Philippoussis def. S.Schalken 4-6 6-3 6-7 7-6 20-18
82 - Davis Cup 2009, SF: R.Stepanek def. I.Karlovic 6-7 7-6 7-6 6-7 16-14
The most match points saved in "best of 5" matches:
9 - Roland Garros 2004, 1R: V.Spadea def. F.Serra 7-5 1-6 4-6 7-6(7) 9-7 - record
6 - Wimbledon 2002, 2R: F.Lopez def. G.Canas 4-6 2-6 7-6(7) 7-5 10-8
5 - Davis Cup 2005, 1R: S.Schalken def. S.Wawrinka 1-6 6-2 6-4 2-6 9-7
The most match points saved in "best of 3" matches:
10 - Kitzbuhel 2004, 3R: R.Schuettler def. A.Seppi 3-6 7-6(13) 6-0
9 - Indian Wells 2006, 3R: I.Andreev def. R.Soderling 3-6 7-6(14) 6-4
9 - Sopot 2004, 1R: J.Vanek def. B.Ulihrach 2-6 6-2 7-6(5)
The most aces served in 5-setters:
78 - Ivo Karlovic (Davis Cup 2009) - R.Stepanek 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-7(6) 7-6(2) 14-16 - record
55 - Ivo Karlovic (Roland Garros 2009) - L.Hewitt 7-6(1) 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 4-6 3-6
51 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2005) - D.Bracciali 7-6(4) 6-7(8) 6-3 6-7(5) 10-12
The most aces served in 4-setters:
51 - Joachim Johansson (Australian Open 2005) - A.Agassi 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-7(3) 4-6 - record
46 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2009) - J.W.Tsonga 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5)
42 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 2001) - A.Roddick 7-6(5) 7-5 3-6 6-3
The most aces served in 3-setters:
43 - Mardy Fish (Lyon 2007) - O.Rochus 7-6(5) 6-7(6) 6-7(15)
42 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2008) - F.Serra 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2
39 - Chris Guccione (Davis Cup 2006) - G.Bastl 7-5 6-3 7-6(7)
The most aces served in 2-setters:
28 - Ivo Karlovic (Basel 2009, 1R) - F.Serra 6-7(5) 4-6
27 - Ivo Karlovic (Nottingham 2008, 2R) - S.Querrey 7-6(3) 7-6(14)
27 - Ivo Karlovic (San Jose 2007, SF) - Ben.Becker 7-6(5) 7-5
The longest tie-breaks (three times equalled all-time record):
Houston-Masters 2004, SF: R.Federer - M.Safin 6-3 7-6(18)
Toronto 2006, 1R: J.Acasuso - B.Phau 7-5 7-6(18)
Australian Open 2007, 1R: A.Roddick - J.W.Tsonga 6-7(18) 7-6 6-3 6-3
The longest tie-breaks in the 3rd set (best of three):
Lyon 2007, 2R: O.Rochus - M.Fish 6-7 7-6 7-6(15)
Milan 2003, 2R: R.Krajicek - R.Stepanek 3-6 6-3 7-6(13)
Basel 2007, QF: I.Karlovic - T.Berdych 6-7 7-6 7-6(13)
The longest tie-breaks in the 5th set:
US Open 2000, 3R: M.Norman def. M.Mirnyi 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 7-6(9)
US Open 2009, 1R: S.Greul def. G.Lapentti 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-0 7-6(9)
US Open 2009, 2R: T.Dent def. I.Navarro 6-4 5-7 6-7(1) 7-5 7-6(9)
DOUBLES:
The longest matches:
6 hours 20 min. Davis Cup 2002: L.Arnold/D.Nalbandian def. Y.Kafelnikov/M.Safin 6-4 6-4 5-7 3-6 19-17 - record
6 hours 9 min. Wimbledon 2006: M.Knowles/D.Nestor def. S.Aspelin/T.Perry 5-7 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 23-21
5 hours 58 min. Wimbledon 2007: M.Melo/A.Sa def. P.Hanley/K.Ullyett 5-7 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7) 28-26 - record in terms of games in the final set
The longest tie-breaks:
Wimbledon 2001: M.Hill/J.Tarango def. M.Lee/A.Parmar 7-6 6-7(17) 6-2 6-4
Roland Garros 2006: T.Parrott/V.Spadea def. T.Cibulec/J.Levinsky 6-3 6-7(15) 8-6
Houston 2005: R.Koenig/B.MacPhie def. J.Kerr/G.Oliver 7-6(15) 6-4
The longest super tie-breaks:
Estoril 2007: A.Montanes/R.Ramirez-Hidalgo def. S.Aspelin/F.Cermak 7-6 1-6 [23-21]
Bucharest 2008, F: N.Devilder/P.H.Mathieu def. M.Fyrstenberg/M.Matkowski 7-6 6-7 [22-20]
Marseille 2002, SF: A.Clement/N.Escude def. K.Braasch/A.Olhovskiy 7-5 6-7 [18-16]
20 best matches
of the decade
Spain won Davis Cup for the 4th time in history yesterday and it was the last important tennis event in this decade. I think it's a good moment to discuss this decade. What do you think about the decade? I think it has been interesting because of many changes. Maybe more changes in the game in comparison with previous decades also some new records. There are some of those changes:
- Change of gamestyle.
after many years of serve and volley domination (actually two decades) at least on grass and indoors, the style has overcome by baseline game. IMO the crucial tournament for the change was Wimbledon 2002 where among 8 quarterfinalists, there were 6 baseliners, and what's more interesting 3 from South America (D.Nalbandian, A.Sa, N.Lapentti), a Hewitt - Nalbandian final was the first Wimbledon's final bewteen two baseliners since 1978 (!) when Borg defeated Connors.
- Change of fashion:
I remember Aussie Open match in 1999, Pat Rafter - Oliver Gross. During the warm-up a chair umpire noticed that Rafter had a T-shirt without a collar and mandated him to change it! The next match Rafter had officially acquiescence to play without a collar. Today more players play without collars. Another important change appeared at the Australian Open 2003: for the first time more players wore clothes in different colours than the white one, for the first time someone played in a sleeveless T-shirt - it was a former model - James Blake - then still with dreadlocks. One year later the conservative Wimbledon allowed participating there for the first time with sleeveless T-shirts - only Ginepri took the opportunity... Nadal began to play with longer shorts...
- ATP Race system
For the first time in 2000 kicked off a second ranking in which all players began the season with 0 points, the system has been finished this year; IMO rather useless tool :shrug:
- After 19 years ATP Tour has been renamed into ATP World Tour in 2009
- Faster serves:
Actually in this decade serving at least 200 km/h has (125 mph) became a normal thing, at least among all players who win important tournaments; Andy Roddick has established a record in the 2004 Davis Cup against Belarus: serving 155 mph (249 km/h) in a match against V.Voltchkov
- the Round Robin fiasco 2007
For the first time in normal tournaments (I'd say "Masters" is the only "abnormal" tournament for many years) a player could lose a match and still win the title. The system had been testing in 5 tournaments (Adelaide, Delray Beach, Vina del Mar, Buenos Aires, Las Vegas) before was finished after controversial circumstances when Blake, Korolev and Del Potro were involved... Malisse as the only player won a tournament despite a defeat (Delray Beach).
- Hawk-eye system introduced
In March 2006, at the Nasdaq-100 Open, Hawk-Eye was used officially for the first time at a tennis tour event. Later that year, the US Open became the first Grand-Slam event to use the system during play, allowing players to challenge line calls.
- Canceled "Compaq Grand Slam Cup" in Munich
A symbol of the 90's (tournament was held in years 1990-99), the only tournament when we had a possibility to watch only singles matches on a court deprived of the tramelines
- Introduced super tie-break in doubles matches: for the first time in finals (Bucharest and Tashkent 2001), later on it was used at some tournaments in 2002, a principal scoring-system in doubles since 2006
- Change in number of seeded players
At Wimbledon 2001 for the first time 32 seeded players have been introduced (replacing 16).
Another important change - a player seeded No. 1 would have played against No. 5 or 6 in the quarterfinals. Earlier No. 1 would have played only against 7 or 8 in the quarters. Unfortunately I don't remember a tournament when the system was introduced for the first time and don't want to find it now. I hope someone will tell us...
I think there are important changes, what's more, what I forgot?
Here are some stats of the 00's:
The most tournaments won:
61 - R.Federer
36 - R.Nadal
27 - A.Roddick
25 - L.Hewitt
19 - N.Davydenko
16 - A.Agassi, N.Djokovic
15 - C.Moya
14 - M.Safin
Grand Slam Winners: # 15 winners (90's - 16; 80's - 12; 70's - 16)
15 - R.Federer
6 - R.Nadal
3 - A.Agassi
2 - L.Hewitt, G.Kuerten, M.Safin, P.Sampras
1 - A.Costa, JM.Del Potro, N.Djokovic, JC.Ferrero, G.Gaudio, G.Ivanisevic, T.Johansson, A.Roddick
Doubles:
7 - B.Bryan, M.Bryan
6 - J.Bjorkman
5 - D.Nestor, T.Woodbridge
4 - M.Mirnyi
3 - M.Knowles, M.Llodra, L.Paes
2 - M.Bhupathi, W.Black, L.Dlouhy, F.Santoro, K.Ullyett, M.Woodforde, N.Zimonjic
1 - S.Aspelin, A.Clement, P.Cuevas, M.Damm, J.Erlich, E.Ferreira, P.Haarhuis, L.Hewitt, L.Horna, S.Huss, D.Johnson, Y.Kafelnikov, J.Knowle, R.Leach, X.Malisse, W.Moodie, J.Palmer, A.Ram, O.Rochus
"Masters" Winners:
4 - R.Federer
2 - L.Hewitt
1 - N.Davydenko, N.Djokovic, G.Kuerten, D.Nalbandian
Doubles:
3 - B.Bryan, M.Bryan
2 - D.Nestor
1 - J.Bjorkman, E.Ferreira, D.Johnson, M.Knowles, R.Leach, M.Llodra, M.Mirnyi, P.Norval, F.Santoro, N.Zimonjic
Olympics winners:
1 - Y.Kafelnikov, N.Massu, R.Nadal
Doubles:
1 - R.Federer, F.Gonzalez, S.Lareau, N.Massu, D.Nestor, S.Wawrinka
Masters Series Winners:
16 - R.Federer
15 - R.Nadal
6 - A.Agassi
5 - N.Djokovic, M.Safin
4 - JC.Ferrero, A.Murray, A.Roddick
3 - N.Davydenko, G.Kuerten
2 - G.Coria, L.Hewitt, C.Moya, D.Nalbandian
1 - T.Berdych, G.Canas, A.Corretja, T.Haas, T.Henman, T.Enqvist, W.Ferreira, S.Grosjean, F.Mantilla, M.Norman, A.Pavel, C.Pioline, A.Portas, T.Robredo, P.Sampras, JW.Tsonga
The most matches won:
663 - R.Federer
507 - A.Roddick
466 - L.Hewitt
405 - JC.Ferrero
401 - R.Nadal
Davis Cup triumphs:
4 - Spain
2 - Russia
1 - Australia, Croatia, France, USA
World Team Cup triumphs:
2 - Argentina, Chile
1 - Australia, Croatia, Germany, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden
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Grand Slam Finalists:
6 - R.Federer
4 - A.Roddick
2 - A.Agassi, JC.Ferrero, L.Hewitt, R.Nadal, P.Rafter, M.Safin, P.Sampras
1 - M.Baghdatis, A.Clement, A.Corretja, G.Coria, N.Djokovic, F.Gonzalez, Y.Kafelnikov, A.Murray, D.Nalbandian, M.Norman, M.Puerta, M.Philippoussis, R.Schuettler, R.Soderling, M.Verkerk, JW.Tsonga
"Masters" Finalists:
2 - A.Agassi
1 - J.Blake, N.Davydenko, JM.Del Potro, R.Federer, JC.Ferrero, D.Ferrer, S.Grosjean, L.Hewitt
Olympics Finalists:
1 - M.Fish, F.Gonzalez, T.Haas
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Players who won the same tournament in singles & doubles:
2000 - G.Kuerten (Santiago)
2001 - G.Kuerten (Acapulco), JM.Gambill (Delray Beach)
2002 - A.Roddick (Houston)
2003 - R.Federer (Vienna)
2004 - N.Massu (Athens-Olympics), N.Davydenko (Moscow)
2005 - R.Federer (Halle), F.Gonzalez (Basel)
2006 - J.Acasuso (Vina del Mar)
2007 - X.Malisse (Chennai & Delray Beach), P.Kohlschreiber (Munich), S.Grosjean (Lyon)
2008 - R.Nadal (Monte Carlo)
2009 - T.Robredo (Costa Do Sauipe), R.Stepanek (San Jose), R.Ram (Newport)
Qualifier winners:
2000 - JI.Chela (Mexico City), F.Gonzalez (Orlando)
2001 - N.Escude (Rotterdam), G.Canas (Casablanca), A.Portas (Hamburg)
2002 - PH.Mathieu (Moscow)
2003 - HT.Lee (Sydney)
2004 - S.Ventura (Casablanca), J.Haehnel (Metz)
2005 - none
2006 - N.Almagro (Valencia)
2007 - S.Darcis (Amersfoort)
2008 - K.Nishikori (Delray Beach), G.Simon (Casablanca), P.Petzschner (Vienna)
2009 - B.Becker (s'Hertogenbosch), T.Bellucci (Gstaad), S.Stakhovsky (St. Petersburg)
"Lucky loser" winners:
2008 - S.Stakhovsky (Zagreb)
2009 - R.Ram (Newport)
The oldest winner:
Fabrice Santoro - 35 years, 7 months (Newport 2008)
The youngest winner:
Kei Nishikori - 18 years, 1 month (Delray Beach 2008)
The least experienced and lowest ranked winner:
Santiago Ventura (316 ATP) - won a tournament in his ATP debut (Casablanca 2004)
The most experienced winner:
Fabrice Santoro - won in his 414th tournament (Newport 2008)... probably unbeatable record
The most tournaments won within a season:
12 - R.Federer (2006)
11 - R.Nadal (2005), Federer (2004 & 05)
The longest winning streaks:
41 - R.Federer (2006-07)
35 - R.Federer (2005)
32 - R.Nadal (2008)
# Federer had the longest winning streak in the Open Era on hardcourts (56 in years 2005-06) and grass (65 - 2003-08); Nadal had the longest winning streak in the Open Era on clay (81 in years 2005-07)
SINGLES:
The longest 5-set matches:
6 hours, 35 min, Roland Garros 2004, 1R: F.Santoro def. A.Clement 6-4 6-3 6-7(5) 3-6 16-14 - record
5 hours, 59 min, Davis Cup 2009, SF: R.Stepanek def. I.Karlovic 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-6(6) 6-7(2) 16-14
5 hours, 47 min. Davis Cup 2001, QF: A.Clement def. M.Rosset 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 15-13
The longest 4-set matches:
5 hours, 14 min, Davis Cup 2009, PO: N.Massu def. S.Koubek 6-4 4-6 6-4 7-6(6) - record
5 hours, 7 min. Davis Cup 2007, PO: D.Sela def. N.Massu 6-3 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4
4 hours, 53 min. Roland Garros 2006, 3R: R.Nadal def. P.H.Mathieu 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4
The longest 3-set matches:
4 hours 2 min. Madrid 2009, SF: R.Nadal def. N.Djokovic 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(9) - record
3 hours 54 min. Chennai 2008, SF: R.Nadal def. C.Moya 6-7(3) 7-6(8) 7-6(1)
3 hours 39 min. Rome 2007, SF: R.Nadal def. N.Davydenko 7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-4
The shortest matches:
35 minutes. Shanghai 2001, 1R: F.Clavet def. S.Jiang 6-0 6-0
35 minutes. Paris 2006, 2R: N.Davydenko def. C.Rochus 6-0 6-0
36 minutes. Los Angeles 2009, 1R: R.Kendrick def. V.Spadea 6-0 6-0
The longest 5-set matches in terms of games in the final set:
Australian Open 2003, QF: A.Roddick def. Y.El Aynaoui 4-6 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 21-19 - record
Wimbledon 2000, 3R: M.Philippoussis def. S.Schalken 4-6 6-3 6-7(7) 7-6(4) 20-18
Roland Garros 2007, 1R: P.Kohlschreiber def. L.Dlouhy 6-2 3-6 7-5 4-6 17-15
The longest 5-set matches in terms of games:
83 - Australian Open 2003, QF: A.Roddick def. Y.El Aynaoui 4-6 7-6 4-6 6-4 21-19 - record
83 - Wimbledon 2000, 3R: M.Philippoussis def. S.Schalken 4-6 6-3 6-7 7-6 20-18
82 - Davis Cup 2009, SF: R.Stepanek def. I.Karlovic 6-7 7-6 7-6 6-7 16-14
The most match points saved in "best of 5" matches:
9 - Roland Garros 2004, 1R: V.Spadea def. F.Serra 7-5 1-6 4-6 7-6(7) 9-7 - record
6 - Wimbledon 2002, 2R: F.Lopez def. G.Canas 4-6 2-6 7-6(7) 7-5 10-8
5 - Davis Cup 2005, 1R: S.Schalken def. S.Wawrinka 1-6 6-2 6-4 2-6 9-7
The most match points saved in "best of 3" matches:
10 - Kitzbuhel 2004, 3R: R.Schuettler def. A.Seppi 3-6 7-6(13) 6-0
9 - Indian Wells 2006, 3R: I.Andreev def. R.Soderling 3-6 7-6(14) 6-4
9 - Sopot 2004, 1R: J.Vanek def. B.Ulihrach 2-6 6-2 7-6(5)
The most aces served in 5-setters:
78 - Ivo Karlovic (Davis Cup 2009) - R.Stepanek 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-7(6) 7-6(2) 14-16 - record
55 - Ivo Karlovic (Roland Garros 2009) - L.Hewitt 7-6(1) 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 4-6 3-6
51 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2005) - D.Bracciali 7-6(4) 6-7(8) 6-3 6-7(5) 10-12
The most aces served in 4-setters:
51 - Joachim Johansson (Australian Open 2005) - A.Agassi 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-7(3) 4-6 - record
46 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2009) - J.W.Tsonga 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5)
42 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 2001) - A.Roddick 7-6(5) 7-5 3-6 6-3
The most aces served in 3-setters:
43 - Mardy Fish (Lyon 2007) - O.Rochus 7-6(5) 6-7(6) 6-7(15)
42 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2008) - F.Serra 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2
39 - Chris Guccione (Davis Cup 2006) - G.Bastl 7-5 6-3 7-6(7)
The most aces served in 2-setters:
28 - Ivo Karlovic (Basel 2009, 1R) - F.Serra 6-7(5) 4-6
27 - Ivo Karlovic (Nottingham 2008, 2R) - S.Querrey 7-6(3) 7-6(14)
27 - Ivo Karlovic (San Jose 2007, SF) - Ben.Becker 7-6(5) 7-5
The longest tie-breaks (three times equalled all-time record):
Houston-Masters 2004, SF: R.Federer - M.Safin 6-3 7-6(18)
Toronto 2006, 1R: J.Acasuso - B.Phau 7-5 7-6(18)
Australian Open 2007, 1R: A.Roddick - J.W.Tsonga 6-7(18) 7-6 6-3 6-3
The longest tie-breaks in the 3rd set (best of three):
Lyon 2007, 2R: O.Rochus - M.Fish 6-7 7-6 7-6(15)
Milan 2003, 2R: R.Krajicek - R.Stepanek 3-6 6-3 7-6(13)
Basel 2007, QF: I.Karlovic - T.Berdych 6-7 7-6 7-6(13)
The longest tie-breaks in the 5th set:
US Open 2000, 3R: M.Norman def. M.Mirnyi 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 7-6(9)
US Open 2009, 1R: S.Greul def. G.Lapentti 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-0 7-6(9)
US Open 2009, 2R: T.Dent def. I.Navarro 6-4 5-7 6-7(1) 7-5 7-6(9)
DOUBLES:
The longest matches:
6 hours 20 min. Davis Cup 2002: L.Arnold/D.Nalbandian def. Y.Kafelnikov/M.Safin 6-4 6-4 5-7 3-6 19-17 - record
6 hours 9 min. Wimbledon 2006: M.Knowles/D.Nestor def. S.Aspelin/T.Perry 5-7 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 23-21
5 hours 58 min. Wimbledon 2007: M.Melo/A.Sa def. P.Hanley/K.Ullyett 5-7 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7) 28-26 - record in terms of games in the final set
The longest tie-breaks:
Wimbledon 2001: M.Hill/J.Tarango def. M.Lee/A.Parmar 7-6 6-7(17) 6-2 6-4
Roland Garros 2006: T.Parrott/V.Spadea def. T.Cibulec/J.Levinsky 6-3 6-7(15) 8-6
Houston 2005: R.Koenig/B.MacPhie def. J.Kerr/G.Oliver 7-6(15) 6-4
The longest super tie-breaks:
Estoril 2007: A.Montanes/R.Ramirez-Hidalgo def. S.Aspelin/F.Cermak 7-6 1-6 [23-21]
Bucharest 2008, F: N.Devilder/P.H.Mathieu def. M.Fyrstenberg/M.Matkowski 7-6 6-7 [22-20]
Marseille 2002, SF: A.Clement/N.Escude def. K.Braasch/A.Olhovskiy 7-5 6-7 [18-16]
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