Tennis stats

With Wimbledon just about to commence, below are some handy tennis stats, courtesy of Pinnacle Sports:

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.

	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:

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

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:

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https://matchstat.com/tennis/all-upcoming-matches

If you're looking for premium spreadsheet data and insights then a good resource is:

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http://www.tennisratings.co.uk/

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