ATP: The top ten tiebreaker players of the year
Who plays their best tennis when the individual sentences are really about the sausage? Right at the top of these statistics was number one in the world in 2020: Novak Djokovic .
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Dec 13, 2020, 08:19 am
The Babylonian confusion as to how the Grand Slam tournaments are now proceeding in the decision of fifth sets for the men has not fully spread due to the cancellation of the Wimbledon tournament in 2020. But just as a reminder: in Australia a tiebreak up to ten is played with a score of 6: 6 in the decisive set, at the US Open a regular one up to seven. And in Roland Garros, players can let off steam until one of the two has an advantage with two games. Fortunately, the procedure on the normal ATP tour and also at the ATP Finals looks consistently the same. No matter whether in Rome, Kitzbühel or Hamburg: At 6: 6 in the third act, a tiebreak will decide. As in the two previous sentences.
The statistics for the shortened year see the number one in the world ahead in percentage terms: Novak Djokovic has won 15 short decisions, only lost two - against Kyle Edmund at the US Open and against Dominic Thiem at the ATP Finals. With Gael Monfils , Roger Federer and Richard Gasquet, three other veterans follow in second and shared three.
Here is the rating according to the win rate in Tiebreaks 2020
| rank | player | Balance sheet | Quota |
| 1 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 15: 2 | 88.2% |
| 2 | Gael Monfils (FRA) | 5: 1 | 83.3% |
| 3 | Roger Federer (SUI) | 3: 1 | 75.0% |
| 3 | Richard Gasquet (FRA) | 6: 2 | 75.0% |
| 5 | Diego Schwartzman (ARG) | 10: 5 | 66.7% |
| 5 | Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) | 6: 3 | 66; 7% |
| 5 | Kei Nishikori (JPN) | 2: 1 | 66.7% |
| 8th | Ugo Humbert (FRA) | 11: 6 | 64.7% |
| 9 | David Goffin (BEL) | 9: 5 | 64.3% |
| 10 | Karen Khachanov (RUS) | 12: 7 | 64.2% |
Frequent players Thiem and Tsitsipas
As short as the season may have been due to the long Corona break - some players have tried a surprising number of times in the tie-break. Above all the frequent players Dominic Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas. And with great success.
Here is the rating of the players after most of the tiebreaks
| rank | player | Tie breaks | Win rate |
| 1 | Dominic Thiem (AUT) | 28 | 60.7% |
| 2 | Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) | 25th | 52% |
| 3 | John Isner (USA) | 24 | 62.5% |
| 4th | Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) | 23 | 60.9% |
| 5 | Andrey Rublev (RUS) | 21st | 52.4% |
| 6th | Alexander Zverev (GER) | 20th | 55.0% |
| 7th | Tennys Sandgren (USA) | 20th | 45.0% |
| 8th | Karen Khachanov (RUS) | 19th | 63.2% |
| 9 | John Millman (AUS) | 19th | 47.4% |
| 10 | Milos Raonic (CAN) | 19th | 57.9% |