2022 Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic Tournament Stats
Monday, 11 July 2022
G’day! Novak Djokovic has done it again! The Super Serb won his seventh Wimbledon yesterday, which includes the last four in a row. Stunning numbers any way you want to slice them! The following breakdown combines all seven matches in one data set. Those 2022 matches were: Rd 1 def. Soonwoo Kwon 6-3, 3-6,
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Nick Kyrgios’ Serve. Unreadable. Unhittable. Unstoppable.
Saturday, 09 July 2022
G’day, Is Nick Kyrgios a legitimate chance to upset the Novak Djokovic apple cart 🍎🛒 in the Wimbledon men’s singles final on Sunday? Anything is possible, but the Super Serb is looking to win his fourth Wimbledon in a row and seventh overall. Djokovic has experience to burn. This will be his 32nd Grand Slam
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10 Keys To Novak’s 2021 Wimbledon Success
Monday, 12 July 2021
Imagine winning Wimbledon… one, two, three, four, five… six times!!! Novak just powered through the 2021 Wimbledon draw for the loss of just two sets. Dominant. Controlling. Commanding. Superior. Supreme. Here are 10 keys to his tournament victory. 1: Serve & Volley = 88% Won (36/44) Novak served and volleyed nine times in the
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My Favorite Day In Tennis… Ever!
Friday, 22 January 2021
2015 Wimbledon: Dustin Brown def. Rafael Nadal 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 I first started playing tennis when I was around 12 years old in my hometown of Albury, Australia. I was instantly hooked. I played a bucket load of junior tennis. I then traveled to the U.S. to play collegiate tennis and became an All-American
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Simona Halep: The Power Of Positivity
Friday, 14 August 2020
G’day, Simona Halep played the match of her life to defeat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 in the 2019 Wimbledon Women’s Final. Right from the first minute, you could sense that Simona was “on” and Serena was not. I broke down the final on the Wimbledon Channel right after the match. That video is below. Here
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C-B-A = The worst baseline pattern of all
Monday, 27 July 2020
G’day, The singles baseline is 27 feet (8.23m) across. That’s substantial. It is a lot of territory to cover when your opponent is looking to attack you. That’s a lot of running to do if you hit the ball to the wrong part of the court and open up angles to be attacked. In The
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Why You Build Through The Ad Court
Friday, 17 July 2020
G’day, The majority of points are built through the Ad court directed towards a right-hander’s backhand. You play to the backhand much more than the forehand at the beginning of a point because you are less likely to get hurt off that wing. In the 25 Golden Rules of Singles Strategy, I talk about the
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Forehand Return Winners: Your Guide
Thursday, 02 July 2020
G’day, Return winners are a line item in our sport – meaning someone sits on the side of the court and counts them at Grand Slams. At Wimbledon in 2019, the men hit 445, and the women hit 381. So the men won that battle by 64 winners. At the 2020 Australian Open, the men
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Your New Best Friend. The 3-1 Pattern
Wednesday, 01 July 2020
G’day, When you hear tennis players or coaches or commentators talk about “patterns of play”, it all sounds very official and organized and clever. But can you actually name a pattern of play? Now you definitely can! 😁 The video below is my Wimbledon Channel analysis of a pattern of play called the “3-1”. Yes
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Bigger 2nd Serve: Coco Gauff or Novak Djokovic?
Monday, 27 April 2020
2019 Wimbledon Rewind: Coco Gauff Coco Gauff defeated Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of Wimbledon last year. Talk about causing a buzz on Centre Court! I reviewed the match on the Wimbledon Channel, including Coco’s serve and forehand technique, and a little background on the first time I saw Coco play at
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The Right Time To Play Behind Your Opponent
Thursday, 02 April 2020
G’day, The open court is an illusion… 👀 The ball is going to take approximately 1.5 seconds to arrive at the baseline in the big, vacant “open court” on the other side of the net. Your opponent has already turned their hips and is moving in that direction, and in 1.5 seconds will be making
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YOU miss too many returns.
Monday, 30 March 2020
G’day, Think of the irony of this situation… The shot you miss the most is the shot you practice the least. Yes, it’s the return of serve. Look at these numbers from The Championships last year. 2019 Wimbledon: Unreturned Serves MEN Unreturned 1st Serves = 39% (6983/18020) Unreturned 2nd Serves = 20% (1897/9502) Combined = 32%
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Interview with No. 1 Doubles Player Barbora Strycova
Sunday, 22 March 2020
G’day! 33-year-old Czech, Barbora Strycova, is hitting her prime. Last year at Wimbledon, she reached the semi-finals. Her career-high singles ranking of No. 16 came in 2017, and she just finished 2019 on the No. 1 doubles team in the world along with Su-Wei Hsieh. Round of applause, please! 👏👏 I interviewed Barbora on The
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Baseline = Statistical Nightmare. Here’s Your Best Pattern.
Saturday, 21 March 2020
G’day! You love the baseline. You love to go back there and hit forehands and backhands until your brain explodes with endorphins. You think the baseline is your happy place. You spend all your time there in practice, and unfortunately, you overdose on this part of the court in matches as well. Here’s the reality
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Serve technique: Craig analyzes Novak, Roger, Rafa & Kevin
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
G’day, We all want to hit a better serve, right? What better way to improve your toss & motion than from the top four seeds at Wimbledon in 2019. Those players were: Novak Djokovic Roger Federer Rafael Nadal Kevin Anderson My Wimbledon Channel analysis focuses on things that the players do well, and also some
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2019 Wimbledon Countdown: The Trophies
Saturday, 29 June 2019
G’day! I was lucky enough to be out on Centre Court today when the trophies came out on display. 🏆😍 Here are some pictures I took of two of the most amazing trophies in the world!
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