By Chris Oddo | Thursday July 5, 2018
Keeping up with the game of tennis, by the numbers. Each day at Tennis Now we’ll give you a fresh set—without any further ado, here’s a preview of Day 4 and a look back at Days 1 through 3, By the Numbers.
26/26
Number of service games that Roger Federer has played, and won. Federer and Sam Querrey (28/28) are the only two players that have reached the third round without dropping serve. At one point Federer won 35 points in a row on serve in his round two win over Lukas Lacko.
51/61
Number of serve-and-volley points played and won by Jan-Lennard Struff through two rounds. The 84 percent success rate is tops among players that have attempted serve-and-volley more than ten times. Struff has come from two sets down twice to win at Wimbledon.
11
Number of return winners that Julia Goerges has struck, which leads all players at Wimbledon through two rounds. The German snapped a five-year Wimbledon losing streak with back-to-back wins over Monica Puig and Vera Lapko.
60
With a win against Horacio Zeballos today Novak Djokovic would notch his 60th at Wimbledon and become just the 5th man to claim 60 victories here in the Open Era. He’s also move into sole ownership of 5th place on the list for most Wimbledon match-wins in the Open Era, ahead of John McEnroe.
200
American qualifier Claire Liu is the only WTA player left with a ranking above 200. The World No.237 will face No.11-seeded Angelique Kerber on Day 4.
7
Percentage of serve-and-volley points played by men’s singles players at Wimbledon so far. The men are winning 63 percent of those points. The women are only playing serve-and-volley 1 percent of the time, and also winning 63 percent of the points.
10
The length of Robin Haase’s losing streak against seeded players at Grand Slams, which dates back to 2014. The Dutchman is 4-26 against seeds overall. Haase faces 15th-seeded Nick Kyrgios on Day 4.
July 5, 1919
On this day 99 years ago, the legendary Suzanne Lenglen won her first of five straight Wimbledon titles. She would go on to win six in total, to go with two Roland Garros crowns.
2
The length of Bernard Tomic’s winning streak over Kei Nishikori. The Aussie owns a 2-2 lifetime record against the No.24-seeded Japanese, but lost their only meeting on grass at the 2012 Olympics, 7-6(4), 7-6(4).
16-4
Garbiñe Muguruza’s impressive lifetime record at Wimbledon, but she only holds a 12-7 lifetime record in the second round at majors. Which Garbi will we see today when she faces Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium?