Here is a brief guide to the top and bottom ATP and WTA players in some of the various in-play categories covered by the Ultimate In-Play Spreadsheet.
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ATP Leaders & Losers in selected categories:-
Highest 1st Set Win Percentage:
Mahut won 80% of first sets in 2013.
Lowest 1st Set Win Percentage:
Highest 3rd set win percentage:
Lowest 3rd set win percentage:
Highest Service Hold Early in Sets (First Two Service Games):
Ivo Karlovic built a strong foundation in early stages of sets, holding 94.1% of the time.
Lowest Service Hold Early in Sets (First Two Service Games):
Pablo Carreno-Busta often had a deficit after the first two service games, holding just 63.2% in those in 2013.
Highest Service Break Late in Sets:
Rafael Nadal was the player that broke most when it mattered, doing so 35.9% of the time in the late games of sets.
Lowest Service Break Late in Sets:
Worst Players For Giving a Break Back when a Break Up:
Best Players For Keeping a Break Back when a Break Up:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was superb at maintaining a break lead, letting it slip just 8.8% of the time in 2013.
Best Players For Recovering a Break Deficit:
Mikhail Kukushkin’s small sample of matches showed him to be top for recovering break deficits, doing so 57.1% in 2013.
Worst Players For Recovering a Break Deficit:
Adrian Mannarino is not a player worth backing when a break down in a set, recovering that deficit to get back on serve just 11.1% in 2013.
WTA Leaders & Losers in selected categories:-
Highest 1st Set Win Percentage:
Serena Williams led the rankings in many categories, including this one.
Williams won 90% of first sets in 2013.
Lowest 1st Set Win Percentage:
Sofia Arvidsson won just 12.5% of first sets in 2013.
Highest 3rd set win percentage:
Lara Arruabarana was 7-0 (100%) in her deciders in 2013.
Lowest 3rd set win percentage:
Shuai Zhang failed to win a deciding set in 2013.
Highest Service Hold Early in Sets (First Two Service Games):
Agniezska Radwanska came third in this category, behind Serena Williams and Shuai Zhang, holding 75.7% of the time in her first two service games.
Lowest Service Hold Early in Sets (First Two Service Games):
Melanie Oudin often found herself losing after the first two service games, holding just 40.9% in those in 2013.
Highest Service Break Late in Sets:
Victoria Azarenka broke the second most at the business end of sets (behind Serena Williams), doing so 54.4% of the time in the late games of sets.
Lowest Service Break Late in Sets:
Anna Schmiedlova only broke opponents 16.1% in late games in sets in 2013.
Worst Players For Giving a Break Back when a Break Up:
Aranxta Rus found it very difficult to keep break leads, giving the lead up 83.3% in 2013.
Best Players For Keeping a Break Back when a Break Up:
Maria Sharapova came third behind Serena Williams and Shuai Zhang for holding onto a break lead, letting it slip just 28.2% of the time in 2013.
Best Players For Recovering a Break Deficit:
Jamie Hampton had incredible break back stats, coming second behind Serena Williams. She got a break deficit back on serve 70.9% in 2013.
Worst Players For Recovering a Break Deficit:
Yulia Putintseva was the second worst behind Anna Schmeidlova on tour in 2013 for getting a break deficit back on serve, doing so just 26.3% in 2013.
