Week 41 - ATP 1000 - Shanghai (China) - Hard

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Week 41 - ATP 1000 - Shanghai (China) - Hard

Maza1987 · Challenger level

RJA wrote:
17 straight wins on Asian soil

17? I thought it was 14.

RJA · Hall of fame

Maza1987 wrote:
RJA wrote:
17 straight wins on Asian soil
17? I thought it was 14.

5 at Shanghai last year

4 at Bagkok

5 at Toyko

3 at Shanghai this year

indiana · Tennis legend

Missed it. But looking at the stats that was a thorough going over he did to Nishikori smile

One more win please for the 4th year in row that Andy will have won two masters titles and he would overtake Fed in the rankings.

RJA · Hall of fame

An eighth Masters Series title in would put Andy up to joint 12th in all time list of most Masters Series / Championship Series titles. He would be alongside Wilander, Edberg and Muster.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

This first set is very tight - *4-5 to Andy so far. His level is definitely not as high as it has been, I hope he can find his touch soon.

RJA · Hall of fame

Strange match. Andy played a fantastic and aggressive first game, was then sloppy to get broken back and since then has been a bit passive for my liking.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Andy takes the first set 7-5. Ferrer put in a very poor service game to hand him a break, then Andy served it out fairly comfortably.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Andy serving at *4-3, but it's not as straightforward as it looks - every point is hotly contested.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Andy does it - 7-5 6-4. biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Hmmmmmmmmmm Nice Rolex

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

A question for the stats experts - how many times has a male player won 4 titles in 3 weeks? It surely can't have been done often.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

BOSS!

steven · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:
A question for the stats experts - how many times has a male player won 4 titles in 3 weeks? It surely can't have been done often.

That would be desperately hard to work out without access to run queries on the ATP database (so we'd probably need to ask Sharko!), but I imagine it is very rare. Looking at John McEnroe's record in 1984, even he only managed it once that year, winning the New York Masters singles & doubles, taking a week off, then winning Philadelphia singles & doubles.

As far as multiple titles in a short period of time go, in autumn 1981, Ivan Lendl won single titles in 5 consecutive weeks, while earlier in the same year, Jose-Luis Clerc won singles titles in 4 consecutive weeks leading up to the US Open. Lendl also once won tournaments on 3 different surfaces in consecutive weeks!

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

RJA wrote:
An eighth Masters Series title in would put Andy up to joint 12th in all time list of most Masters Series / Championship Series titles. He would be alongside Wilander, Edberg and Muster.

Impressive. His record in Masters finals is astonishing.