By Chris Oddo | Tuesday May 1, 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 what’s happening early in a busy week on the clay in Europe.
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Number of German players into the round of 16 at the BMW Open in Munich. That’s the most in the history of the event and the most from one country into the round of 16 at an ATP event since 2009. More from the ATP:
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The current winning streak of Italy’s Marco Cecchinato. After winning the title at Budapest on Sunday, Cecchinato has traveled to Germany, where he defeated compatriot Fabio Fognini in first-round action. Cecchinato has seven wins already in 2016—the 25-year-old began the season with four ATP level wins to his name.
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Number of weeks spent at No.1 by Simona Halep. The Romanian is currently tied with Dinara Safina for 13th on the WTA’s all-time list for weeks at No.1.
44
The ranking of Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, who became the first ATP player in Greek history to crack the Top 50 this week.
257
Number of ATP and WTA players that have earned at least $100k in prize money on tour this season. The ATP holds the edge, 147-110.
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Number of match points saved by Nicolas Jarry in his win over Leonardo Mayer at the Estoril Open. Jarry faces Spain’s Ricardo Ojeda Lara in second-round action on Thursday.
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Percentage raise in prize money at Wimbledon, year of year. The Championships announced that their prize purse would rise to approximately $46 million in 2018.