Top Pros winning % in many situations

[GeoffWilliams]

Borg served and volleyed just as much at wimby. He used a 410g frame strung with gut at 80lbs. Sampras: 389g at first: 59/61, then: 73/71lbs.

[gzhpcu]

Would not have thought Borg to be higher on grass than Sampras...

[stotty]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP_Wor...ing_percentage

Note that the figures below represent career winning percentages of players that are retired (regular font) as well as current active players (boldface). The latter are subject to change and do not reflect the final figure.
All surfaces % * W–L
1. Spain Rafael Nadal 83.67 702–137
2. Sweden Björn Borg 82.74 609–127
3. United States Jimmy Connors 81.84 1253–278
4. Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 81.76 1071–239
5. United States John McEnroe 81.55 875–198
6. Switzerland Roger Federer 81.20 963–223
7. Serbia Novak Djokovic 81.01 580–136
8. United States Pete Sampras 77.44 762–222
9. Germany Boris Becker 76.91 713–214
10. Argentina Guillermo Vilas 76.46 929–286
*minimum 500 wins
Hardcourt % * W–L
1. United States Jimmy Connors 82.66 515–108
2. Serbia Novak Djokovic 82.62 366–77
3. Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 82.60 394–83
4. Switzerland Roger Federer 82.51 585–124
5. United States John McEnroe 81.11 292–68
6. United States Pete Sampras 80.41 427–104
7. United States Andre Agassi 79.00 598–159
8. Sweden Stefan Edberg 78.82 387–104
9. Spain Rafael Nadal 78.15 329–92
10. United Kingdom Andy Murray 77.75 304–87
*minimum 250 wins
Clay % * W–L
1. Spain Rafael Nadal 92.98 318–24
2. Sweden Björn Borg 86.58 271–42
3. Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 81.44 329–75
4. Argentina Guillermo Vilas 79.80 644–163
5. Serbia Novak Djokovic 78.26 144–40
6. United States Jimmy Connors 77.65 198–57
7. Argentina José Luis Clerc 77.38 301–88
8. Romania Ilie Năstase 77.30 327–96
9. Spain Manuel Orantes 76.89 489–147
10. Austria Thomas Muster 76.87 422–127
*minimum 100 wins
Grass % * W–L
1. Switzerland Roger Federer 87.33 131–19
2. United States John McEnroe 85.61 119–20
3. Sweden Björn Borg 84.72 61–11
4. United States Pete Sampras 83.47 101–20
5. United States Jimmy Connors 83.33 170–34
6. United Kingdom Andy Murray 82.98 78–16
7. Germany Boris Becker 82.27 116–25
8. Serbia Novak Djokovic 80.00 60–15
9. United States Andy Roddick 79.63 86–22
10. Sweden Stefan Edberg 78.57 99–27
*minimum 50 wins

The only real surprise for me was seeing Edberg fairing better on hard courts than on grass. He finished lower than Roddick on grass...weird.

I thought Sampras might have scored higher on all surfaces. I imagine his poor clay record is at the root of this. But then Becker was poor on clay also.

I guess Borg features very high as he retired at his peak. Would his failed come back figure in these statistics? I was a little surprised to see McEnroe feature higher than Borg on grass. I though Mac had lost more times on grass.

I just wonder where the current crop will finally rank when their careers are finished...be interesting to see. Djokovic should creep up you would think while Federer may roll down a slot or two. Nadal may never achieve the list on grass it seems.

[GeoffWilliams]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP_World_Tour_records#Match_winning_percentage

Note that the figures below represent career winning percentages of players that are retired (regular font) as well as current active players (boldface). The latter are subject to change and do not reflect the final figure.
All surfaces % * W–L
1. Spain Rafael Nadal 83.67 702–137
2. Sweden Björn Borg 82.74 609–127
3. United States Jimmy Connors 81.84 1253–278
4. Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 81.76 1071–239
5. United States John McEnroe 81.55 875–198
6. Switzerland Roger Federer 81.20 963–223
7. Serbia Novak Djokovic 81.01 580–136
8. United States Pete Sampras 77.44 762–222
9. Germany Boris Becker 76.91 713–214
10. Argentina Guillermo Vilas 76.46 929–286
*minimum 500 wins
Hardcourt % * W–L
1. United States Jimmy Connors 82.66 515–108
2. Serbia Novak Djokovic 82.62 366–77
3. Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 82.60 394–83
4. Switzerland Roger Federer 82.51 585–124
5. United States John McEnroe 81.11 292–68
6. United States Pete Sampras 80.41 427–104
7. United States Andre Agassi 79.00 598–159
8. Sweden Stefan Edberg 78.82 387–104
9. Spain Rafael Nadal 78.15 329–92
10. United Kingdom Andy Murray 77.75 304–87
*minimum 250 wins
Clay % * W–L
1. Spain Rafael Nadal 92.98 318–24
2. Sweden Björn Borg 86.58 271–42
3. Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 81.44 329–75
4. Argentina Guillermo Vilas 79.80 644–163
5. Serbia Novak Djokovic 78.26 144–40
6. United States Jimmy Connors 77.65 198–57
7. Argentina José Luis Clerc 77.38 301–88
8. Romania Ilie Năstase 77.30 327–96
9. Spain Manuel Orantes 76.89 489–147
10. Austria Thomas Muster 76.87 422–127
*minimum 100 wins
Grass % * W–L
1. Switzerland Roger Federer 87.33 131–19
2. United States John McEnroe 85.61 119–20
3. Sweden Björn Borg 84.72 61–11
4. United States Pete Sampras 83.47 101–20
5. United States Jimmy Connors 83.33 170–34
6. United Kingdom Andy Murray 82.98 78–16
7. Germany Boris Becker 82.27 116–25
8. Serbia Novak Djokovic 80.00 60–15
9. United States Andy Roddick 79.63 86–22
10. Sweden Stefan Edberg 78.57 99–27
*minimum 50 wins