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29th June 2015, 05:36 PM
With Wimbledon just about to commence, below are some handy tennis stats, courtesy of Pinnacle Sports (http://www.pinnaclesports.com/default.aspx?btag=a_3349b_818c_&refer=xaff266):
Grass courts are the quickest surface on the professional tennis circuit, with both the ATP and WTA Tours having higher service hold percentages and aces per game. The table below is based on the last 12 months. ATP players enjoyed 4.7% more service holds on grass than across all surfaces, while WTA players had a 5.1% boost.
Surface
ATP
WTA
Service Hold %
Aces per Game
Service Hold %
Aces per Game
Grass
84.6
0.68
69.7
0.31
Indoor Hard
80.7
0.59
62.8
0.26
Hard
80.1
0.56
64.2
0.26
Clay
76.9
0.37
63.1
0.22
Overall
79.9
0.53
64.6
0.26
Because it is easier to hold serve on grass, set scores tend to be closer. For men's tennis, the result is fewer 3-0 set score lines than average, with 3-1 more prominent than usual:
Australian
French
Wimbledon
Correct Scores
2011
2012
2013
2014
Overall
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
Overall
3-0
57.0
50.8
50.8
51.7
52.6
54.0
49.6
55.8
61.5
55.2
54.1
43.4
61.7
47.6
51.5
3-1
25.6
26.3
24.6
30.2
26.6
33.1
28.9
24.2
24.6
27.7
31.1
34.4
24.3
34.1
31.1
3-2
17.4
22.9
24.6
18.1
20.8
12.9
21.5
20.0
13.9
17.0
14.8
22.1
13.9
18.3
17.3
US
Overall
Correct Scores
2011
2012
2013
2014
Overall
2011
2012
2013
2014
Combined
3-0
55.2
43.9
45.9
54.8
49.8
55.1
46.9
53.2
53.9
52.3
3-1
28.4
35.0
33.6
28.7
31.5
29.6
31.2
26.6
25.3
28.2
3-2
16.4
21.1
20.5
16.5
18.7
15.3
21.9
20.2
20.9
19.6
For those who enjoy correct set score wagering, the higher serve hold percentages results in higher than average tie break occurrences at Wimbledon. In recent years Wimbledon has seen 0.77 tie breaks per ATP match, which is 0.19 higher than the Australian Open and 0.20 higher than the US Open.
If you're looking for a good tennis resource website, a good source of head-to-head data is:
https://matchstat.com/tennis/all-upcoming-matches
If you're looking for premium spreadsheet data and insights then a good resource is:
http://www.tennisratings.co.uk/
Grass courts are the quickest surface on the professional tennis circuit, with both the ATP and WTA Tours having higher service hold percentages and aces per game. The table below is based on the last 12 months. ATP players enjoyed 4.7% more service holds on grass than across all surfaces, while WTA players had a 5.1% boost.
Surface
ATP
WTA
Service Hold %
Aces per Game
Service Hold %
Aces per Game
Grass
84.6
0.68
69.7
0.31
Indoor Hard
80.7
0.59
62.8
0.26
Hard
80.1
0.56
64.2
0.26
Clay
76.9
0.37
63.1
0.22
Overall
79.9
0.53
64.6
0.26
Because it is easier to hold serve on grass, set scores tend to be closer. For men's tennis, the result is fewer 3-0 set score lines than average, with 3-1 more prominent than usual:
Australian
French
Wimbledon
Correct Scores
2011
2012
2013
2014
Overall
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
Overall
3-0
57.0
50.8
50.8
51.7
52.6
54.0
49.6
55.8
61.5
55.2
54.1
43.4
61.7
47.6
51.5
3-1
25.6
26.3
24.6
30.2
26.6
33.1
28.9
24.2
24.6
27.7
31.1
34.4
24.3
34.1
31.1
3-2
17.4
22.9
24.6
18.1
20.8
12.9
21.5
20.0
13.9
17.0
14.8
22.1
13.9
18.3
17.3
US
Overall
Correct Scores
2011
2012
2013
2014
Overall
2011
2012
2013
2014
Combined
3-0
55.2
43.9
45.9
54.8
49.8
55.1
46.9
53.2
53.9
52.3
3-1
28.4
35.0
33.6
28.7
31.5
29.6
31.2
26.6
25.3
28.2
3-2
16.4
21.1
20.5
16.5
18.7
15.3
21.9
20.2
20.9
19.6
For those who enjoy correct set score wagering, the higher serve hold percentages results in higher than average tie break occurrences at Wimbledon. In recent years Wimbledon has seen 0.77 tie breaks per ATP match, which is 0.19 higher than the Australian Open and 0.20 higher than the US Open.
If you're looking for a good tennis resource website, a good source of head-to-head data is:
https://matchstat.com/tennis/all-upcoming-matches
If you're looking for premium spreadsheet data and insights then a good resource is:
http://www.tennisratings.co.uk/