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Roddick on McEnroe's winning percentage in 1984: "I don't think anyone will do better".

Roddick on McEnroe's winning percentage in 1984: I don't think anyone will do better.
le 19/12/2024 à 07h48

Andy Roddick continues to analyze tennis.

Retired from the courts since 2012, the former world No. 1 now hosts a podcast in which he discusses all the latest topics on the little yellow ball.

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This time, the 2003 US Open winner talked about one of the few tennis records that will never be broken.

After having seen Sinner achieve an exceptional season (73 wins for just 6 losses, a winning percentage of 92.4%), Roddick asserted that John McEnroe's performance in 1984 (13 titles, 82 wins in 85 matches and 96.5% success rate) will be hard to come by.

"There's only one record that hasn't been broken, and I don't think anyone will beat it. It's the highest winning percentage on the ATP circuit in a single season.

If we recap the best years of all time, we had Roger Federer in 2005 and 2006 as well as Novak Djokovic in 2011 and 2015, not forgetting Rod Laver who had made the calendar Grand Slam.

But nobody did better than John McEnroe, who won 82 matches and lost just 3 in 1984.

He had won Wimbledon and the US Open, and was just one win and one set away from winning the French Open, but lost to Ivan Lendl.

What's more, it was his first defeat of the season after 42 consecutive wins", he analyzed.

John McEnroe
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Andy Roddick
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Novak Djokovic
4e, 4830 points
Roger Federer
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Jannik Sinner
2e, 11500 points
Rod Laver
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I propose the following changes to the rules:

1...a walķover will not be a loss. We have no control of player's health. If he or she is entered in a contest we expect them to play.

2...an incomplete match is not a loss. If a player forfeits we pick another match if there are more to choose.

3...this also applies if TT cancels a match. TT will not take hours to decide an outcome.

How about leavin...

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It's a shame that so many matches are being canceled. TT ,you are destroying your game ,and thereby killing your app. I don't know how many matches others have had canceled , but I'm at 3 and it's only thursday.

As a long time player and lover of this game , I don't know how much of this I can tolerate. For example I waited hours last night for you to confirm my win and post my points. Every ot...

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This week I have used all my formulas and best guesses to try to achieve the high score jimandlori958 set in our last competition. I am two games short because of cancelations and I need all wins to get there.

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why did tennis tonic void predictions on the match between Grenier and Hsu at the Kobe tournament? The match was played to completion and on time.

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Grenier def Ysu 6-2 , 6-2 at Kobe today and the TT canceled the match.

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