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Finishing a season inside the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings is an outstanding achievement. To get there, players must distinguish themselves in various facets of the sport.
Thanks to Infosys ATP Scores & Stats, ATPTour.com can show you how the Top 10 players compare to one another in many key statistical categories in both serve and return games. In 2018, Rafael Nadal led the Top 10 in six of nine key serve and return categories, helping him finish inside the Top 2 of the year-end ATP Rankings for the 10th time.
All statistics are based off of Infosys ATP Scores & Stats’ Individual Match Stats Leaderboard, which includes players who competed in a minimum of 40 tour-level main draw matches in 2018.
Return Games Won
Juan Martin Del Potro’s return to the Top 5 was aided by improved performance in his return games, as the Argentine won his highest percentage of those games since 2011 (in years he has played 40+ matches).
Player
Winning %
Leaderboard Pos
Player
Winning %
Pos
Rafael Nadal
36.6%
1
Dominic Thiem
24.4%
17
Novak Djokovic
30.3%
3
Roger Federer
23.9%
19
Alexander Zverev
27.6%
7
Marin Cilic
22.8%
26
Juan Martin del Potro
25.2%
14
Kevin Anderson
16.0%
47
Kei Nishikori
24.5%
16
John Isner
9.4%
49
First-Serve Return Points Won
Alexander Zverev improved tremendously on his first-serve return this season, bumping his winning percentage up four points. If the German won 28.4 per cent of his first-serve return points in 2018, he would have finished 27th on the ATP Tour and eighth among Top 10 players.
Player
Winning %
Leaderboard Pos
Player
Winning %
Pos
Rafael Nadal
35.7%
1
Juan Martin del Potro
30.5%
17
Novak Djokovic
34.4%
2
Marin Cilic
29.9%
19
Alexander Zverev
32.4%
4
Kei Nishikori
29.6%
21
Roger Federer
32.1%
6
Kevin Anderson
26.6%
41
Dominic Thiem
31.3%
11
John Isner
22.8%
49
Second-Serve Return Points Won
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Nadal and Djokovic finished inside the Top 3 in three of the four major return categories in 2018. That showed in their year-end ATP Ranking, with Djokovic returning to World No. 1 and Nadal finishing at No. 2.
Player
Winning %
Leaderboard Pos
Player
Winning %
Pos
Rafael Nadal
56.6%
1
Dominic Thiem
51.5%
17
Novak Djokovic
54.5%
3
Marin Cilic
50.5%
23
Juan Martin del Potro
52.8%
10
Roger Federer
48.3%
38
Alexander Zverev
52.3%
12
Kevin Anderson
44.9%
48
Kei Nishikori
52.1%
13
John Isner
41.3%
49
Break Points Converted
This was the Top 10’s worst category of the bunch in 2018. On average, they finished 27th in break points converted.
Player
Winning %
Leaderboard Pos
Player
Winning %
Pos
Rafael Nadal
45.6%
3
Dominic Thiem
39.3%
29
Kei Nishikori
42.6%
11
Juan Martin del Potro
39.0%
31
Alexander Zverev
42.1%
12
Marin Cilic
36.0%
43
Roger Federer
41.9%
14
Kevin Anderson
35.4%
46
Novak Djokovic
39.9%
27
John Isner
27.6%
49
Break Points Saved
Nadal was especially strong when facing break point in 2018. Entering the year, his career winning percentage saving break points was 66.3 per cent.
Player
Winning %
Leaderboard Pos
Player
Winning %
Pos
Rafael Nadal
70.5%
2
Novak Djokovic
64.8%%
12
John Isner
68.9%
3
Kevin Anderson
64.3%%
13
Roger Federer
68.4%
4
Kei Nishikori
62.9%%
21
Marin Cilic
65.4%
8
Juan Martin del Potro
62.6%
22
Dominic Thiem
65.3%
11
Alexander Zverev
58.0%
44
Service Games Won
It’s no surprise that John Isner led the pack in service games won, claiming 93.6 per cent of those games. The American was broken just 55 times in 54 matches in 2018.
Player
Winning %
Leaderboard Pos
Player
Winning %
Pos
John Isner
93.6%
1st
Marin Cilic
87.0%
7th
Roger Federer
91.1%
2nd
Rafael Nadal
86.4%
8th
Kevin Anderson
89.1%
4th
Dominic Thiem
85.2%
12th
Juan Martin del Potro
87.6%
5th
Alexander Zverev
83.0%
16th
Novak Djokovic
87.2%
6th
Kei Nishikori
81.4%
23rd
Aces
Isner surpassed 1,000 aces for the sixth time in his career, leading the ATP Tour in the category for a record-tying sixth time.
Player
Aces
Leaderboard Pos
Player
Aces
Pos
John Isner
1,213
1
Roger Federer
534
11
Kevin Anderson
1,082
2
Dominic Thiem
514
12
Marin Cilic
592
8
Novak Djokovic
342
33
Juan Martin del Potro
555
9
Kei Nishikori
229
57
Alexander Zverev
549
10
Rafael Nadal
122
93
*does not abide by the 40-match rule
First-Serve Points Won
Roger Federer’s 80.2 per cent winning rate on first-serve points was the best mark of his career. Former World No. 3 Milos Raonic, while not inside the Top 10 in the ATP Rankings, topped this category in 2018.
Player
Winning %
Leaderboard Pos
Player
Winning %
Pos
John Isner
80.9%
2
Dominic Thiem
76.1%
9
Roger Federer
80.2%
3
Alexander Zverev
74.4%
17
Kevin Anderson
79.4%
4
Novak Djokovic
74.3%
18
Marin Cilic
79.0%
5
Rafael Nadal
71.7%
31
Juan Martin del Potro
76.9%
6
Kei Nishikori
71.5%
32
Second-Serve Points Won
Nadal wins more second-serve points on the ATP Tour than anyone else for the second consecutive year. Djokovic topped the list in 2015-16.
Player
Winning %
Leaderboard Pos
Player
Winning %
Pos
Rafael Nadal
59.6%
1
Kevin Anderson
54.3%
11
Roger Federer
58.6%
2
Marin Cilic
53.7%
14
John Isner
56.8%
4
Juan Martin del Potro
53.1%
16
Novak Djokovic
56.6%
5
Dominic Thiem
52.7%
21
Kei Nishikori
54.9%
7
Alexander Zverev
52.4%
26
View the rest of ATPTour.com’s 2018 In Review series.
Source: ATP World Tour
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