2009 is the year Rafael Nadal will want to forget. Starting the season well enough to win the Australian Open, most fans are expecting him to do a clean sweep of 2009 Grand Slam. Struggling with injuries in parts of the season, he failed to defend his French Open title. He also lost his number one position in ATP ranking to Roger.
So is Federer the top performer based on his achievement and where does Nadal stand?
.... Lets go through the facts...
(We will only look at the top 10 ranked players as the top performer has to be from there isn't it?)
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First up, lets look at the season total of the top ten players:
1) Federer - Total Match 73 - Win: 61 Lost: 12 (Win%: 83.56%)
2) Nadal - Total Match 78 - Win 64 Lost 14 (Win%: 82.05%)
3) Djokovic - Total Match 97 - Win 78 Lost 19 (Win%: 80.41%)
4) Murray - Total Match 77 - Win 66 Lost 11 (Win%: 85.71%)
5) Del Potro - Total Match 70 - Win 54 Lost 16 (Win%: 77.14%)
6) Davydenko - Total Match 74 - Win 57 Lost 17 (Win%: 77.03%)
7) Roddick - Total Match 63 - Win 48 Lost 15 (Win%: 76.19%)
8) Soderling - Total Match 70 - Win 49 Lost 21 (Win%: 70.00%)
9) Verdasco - Total Match 77 - Win 52 Lost 25 (Win%: 67.53%)
10) Tsonga - Total Match 73 - Win 53 Lost 20 (Win%: 72.60%)
- Andy Murray has the highest winning percentage at 85.71% from 77 games while Verdasco has the lowest at 67.53% from the same number of games.
- Djokovic played 97 games and Roddick only 63 while the rest of the top 10 average 70+ games each.
- Nadal lost his last four games of the season (lost ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris's semi-final against Djokovic, lost all 3 round robin matches in Barclays ATP World Tour Finals to Soderling, Davydenko and Djokovic again). to finish with 14 losses all season.
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Next we look at the number of titles each player won in 2009.
1) Federer - 4 titles from 19 tournaments (include 2 Grand Slam: French and Wimbledon)
2) Nadal - 5 titles from 19 tournaments (include 1 Grand Slam: Australian)
3) Djokovic - 5 titles from 23 tournaments
4) Murray - 6 titles from 19 tournaments
5) Del Potro -3 titles from 22 tournaments (include 1 Grand Slam: US)
6) Davydenko -5 titles from 26 tournaments (include Barclays ATP World Tour Finals)
7) Roddick - 1 title from 20 tournaments
8) Soderling -1 title from 27 tournaments
9) Verdasco - 1 title from 24 tournaments
10) Tsonga - 3 titles from 26 tournaments
- Soderling played the most tournaments (27) and won 1 title.
- Murray, tied with Federer and Nadal, played the least tournaments (19) and won 6 titles, the most among the top 10 players.
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Lastly lets look at head-to-head between the top 10 players.
1) Federer - Total Match 28 - Win: 18 Lost: 10 (Win%: 64.29%)
2) Nadal - Total Match 28 - Win 16 Lost 12 (Win%: 57.14%)
3) Djokovic - Total Match 27 - Win 14 Lost 13 (Win%: 51.85%)
4) Murray - Total Match 21 - Win 14 Lost 7 (Win%: 66.67%)
5) Del Potro - Total Match 22 - Win 13 Lost 9 (Win%: 59.10%)
6) Davydenko - Total Match 16 - Win 9 Lost 7 (Win%: 56.25%)
7) Roddick - Total Match 13 - Win 5 Lost 8 (Win%: 38.46%)
8) Soderling - Total Match 19 - Win 7 Lost 12 (Win%: 36.84%)
9) Verdasco - Total Match 17 - Win 2 Lost 15 (Win%: 11.76%)
10) Tsonga - Total Match 73 - Win 2 Lost 7 (Win%: 22.22%)
- Federer won the most head-to-head (18) ad his winning percentage is 64.29%, slightly behind the highest of 66.67% achieved by Murray.
- Verdasco lost 15 of his 17 against the top 10 and his winning percentage of 11.76% is the lowest.
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Well, there you have it. Who is the top male tennis player of 2009? You decide. ... ... For me, its a tie between Federer and Murray.
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