You have got yourself a break point opportunity and an ace goes whizzing by. There is a good chance you are playing Benoit Paire.
An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of aces struck when facing break point in the 2019 season identifies the 30-year-old Frenchman led the ATP Tour with 49 aces from 61 matches. Overall, Paire struck 606 aces in the 2019 season, which was good for ninth-best overall. The leading five players in the 2019 season who struck the most aces on break point were:
2019 Season: Aces On Break Point
1: B. Paire = 49
2: R. Opelka = 44
3: F. Verdasco = 42
T4: M. Berrettini = 38
T4: J. L. Struff = 38
Paire finished 2019 at No. 24 in the ATP Rankings. His career-best ranking is No. 18, which occurred in January 2016. But in many ways, the 2019 season was the best of his career. Paire won 34 tour-level matches, two ATP Tour titles and collected $1,413,173 in prize money, which were all personal bests for a single season. He won ATP 250 events in Marrakech (April) and Lyon (May), both outdoor events on clay, and reached the final of the ATP 250 event in Winston-Salem (August) on hard court. Paire also produced solid Round of 16 performances at Wimbledon and Roland Garros this year.
The tour leader with aces on break points in the past five years are:
2015-2019: Ace Leader On Break Point
2019: B. Paire = 49
2018 = F. Lopez = 55
2017 = S. Querrey = 55
2016 = J. Isner = 43
2015 = F. Lopez = 54
When you combine totals for the past five years, Feliciano Lopez takes the honours with the most aces struck on break point with 202. The leading five players over the past five seasons combined are:
2015-2019 Combined: Ace Leaders On Break Point
1: F. Lopez = 202
2: J. Isner = 201
3: S. Querrey = 183
4: B. Paire = 169
5: M. Cilic = 164
Succeeding on tour is a combination of playing high percentage patterns and elevating your game when the big points roll around. It must be nice to drop an ace to dig out of a break point hole.
from Tennis - ATP World Tour https://ift.tt/35n1dHu
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