By Chris Oddo | Sunday May 13, 2018
Keeping up with the game of tennis, by the numbers. Each day at Tennis Now we’ll give you a fresh set—without any further ado, here’s what’s happening after the dust settles in Madrid and Rome kicks off.
3
Number of Masters 1000 titles claimed by Sascha Zverev. The German is now one of five active players with at least three ATP Masters 1000 titles, joining Rafael Nadal (31), Djokovic (30), Federer (27) and Andy Murray (14).
61/80
Number of second-serve points that Zverev won in his five matches in Madrid. When was the last time somebody won over 75 percent of their second-serve points at a clay event? Unreal stuff by the German.
24-7
Petra Kvitova’s record in WTA finals. The Czech’s winning percentage of .774 is mere percentage points behind the best big-match player in women’s tennis history—Serena Williams. It’s just another example of how good of a pressure player Kvitova is. The Czech will take an 11-match winning streak into Roland Garros, and she is the only WTA player to earn four titles in 2018 thus far.
15
The new carer-high ranking of Kiki Bertens. After reaching the final in Madrid the Dutchwoman is looking like a true contender for the Roland Garros crown.
14-13
The lifetime record of Alexander Zverev at major tournaments. The German has still yet to beat a Top 50 player at a major (0-9). Meanwhile, the German is 42-19 at Masters 1000 with 30 wins (30-14) against Top 50 players. One of the crazier stats in tennis right now…
309
Roger Federer begins his 309th week at No.1 this week, while Rafael Nadal begins his bid to return to No.1. If the Spaniard wins his 8th Rome title he’ll get back to the top of the ATP rankings the following week and begin week No.174 at the top.
1997
The last time an Austrian won a Masters 1000 title. That was Thomas Muster at Miami in 1997. Dominic Thiem has now reached two Masters 1000 finals, but lost each of the last two title matches at Madrid.
50
Rafael Nadal didn’t come away with the title in Madrid, but the Spaniard did register the longest run of consecutive sets won on a single surface of all time. His 50 sets won in succession on clay breaks John McEnroe’s record of 49.