Nadal Paced The Tour In These Two Categories In 2018

  • Posted: Nov 20, 2018

Nadal Paced The Tour In These Two Categories In 2018

Infosys ATP Beyond the Numbers analyses the difference between winning and losing on the ATP World Tour

Imagine losing almost 50,000 points and 160 matches and calling it one of the best seasons of your life.

That’s exactly what the Top 10 combined to produce in the 2018 season, earning them north of $64 million in prize money in the process.

An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of the Top 10 players in the ATP Rankings at the completion of the 2018 season sheds light on all the winning and losing that go hand-in-hand with reaching the pinnacle of our sport.

Total Points Won / Lost
The Top 10 combined to lose 48,501 points in the 2018 season. They averaged winning just 53.0 per cent (54,424/102/925) of total points, highlighting that their real advantage is not as much as we perceive. Kevin Anderson won the most points (6151) and also lost the most points (5726) of the Top 10 in the 2018 season.

Top 10: 2018 Season – Points Won & Lost / Prize Money

Ranking

Player

Points Won

Points Lost

Total

Win %

Prize Money

1

N. Djokovic

5796

4832

10628

54.5%

$12,609,672

2

R. Nadal

4281

3447

7728

55.4%

$8,663,347

3

R. Federer

5097

4280

9377

54.4%

$7,599,233

4

A. Zverev

5998

5356

11354

52.8%

$7,726,914

5

J. M. Del Potro

5167

4514

9681

53.4%

$5,917,766

6

K. Anderson

6151

5726

11877

51.8%

$4,922,699

7

M. Cilic

5427

4877

10304

52.7%

$4,727,148

8

D. Thiem

5969

5465

11434

52.2%

$4,556,745

9

K. Nishikori

5156

4850

10006

51.5%

$3,784,388

10

J. Isner

5382

5154

10536

51.1%

$3,746,875

TOTAL / AVERAGE

54424

48501

102925

53.0%

$64,254,787

Rafael Nadal = Best Win Percentage
Rafael Nadal finished at No. 2 in the ATP Ranking- in the 2018 season, but he actually had the highest win percentage of points won at 55.4 per cent, which was his second best performance in the past four seasons.

Rafael Nadal 2015-2018 – Percentage Of Points Won
• 2018 = 55.4% (4281/7728)
• 2017 = 55.5% (6519/11743)
• 2016 = 53.7% (3733/6947)
• 2015 = 53.4% (6517/12215)

Nadal also had the best match-record winning percentage of Top 10 players in 2018, at 91.8 per cent (45-4).

Top 10: 2018 Season – Matches Won & Lost

Ranking

Player

Matches Won

Matches Lost

Total Matches

Win %

1

N. Djokovic

53

12

65

81.5%

2

R. Nadal

45

4

49

91.8%

3

R. Federer

48

10

58

82.8%

4

A. Zverev

58

19

77

75.3%

5

J. M. Del Potro

47

13

60

78.3%

6

K. Anderson

47

19

66

71.2%

7

M. Cilic

42

20

62

67.7%

8

D. Thiem

54

20

74

73.0%

9

K. Nishikori

43

21

64

67.2%

10

J. Isner

34

22

56

60.7%

Total / Average

471

160

631

75.0%

The Top 10 averaged to win right at 75 per cent (471/631) of their matches in the 2018 season, with Alexander Zverev winning the most matches with 58 victories, including capturing the biggest title of his career by winning the Nitto ATP Finals in London on Sunday.

Reaching the Top 10 is one of the most prized goals in our sport. It’s important to consider that they still lose, on average, one out of every four matches and are only able to create a separation of just six points out of every 100 (53% won / 47% lost) from their opponents.

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