By the Numbers: The 2008 French Open
Posted by Aaress Lawless on Jun 9, 2008 | Print |
Before we officially say goodbye to Roland Garros, take a look at a few of the statistics from this year’s tournament.
Ironically, the woman who hit the most double faults took home the singles title.
40 - Double faults, the most of any woman in the tournament, hit by Ana Ivanovic along the way to her first major title.
4 - Women who could have left Paris ranked No. 1 in the world.
78 - Combined winners hit by Ana Ivanovic and Dinara Safina in the championship match.
42 - Break points converted by Ana Ivanovic during her two weeks in Paris.
39 - Countries represented in the singles draw.
1,000,000 Euros - Ana Ivanovic’s prize money for winning the singles title.
127 - Women entered into the main draw who had never won the French Open.
125 mph - The fastest serve of the women’s tournament. The serve was hit by Venus Williams.
25 - Aces hit by Svetlana Kuznetsova, the most of any player in the women’s draw.
17 - Double faults hit by then world No. 1 Maria Sharapova in her first round match against Evgeniya Rodina.
4 - Days it took to complete the first round of play.
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KC | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
According to the Roland Garros website, Ana Ivanovic hit a total of 23 double faults. Your number of 40 comes closer to Maria Sharapova’s 43 double faults.
Aaress Lawless | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
Hi KC,
The official statistics which were used for this article shows 43 double faults for Ivanovic, and only 26 for Sharapova.
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/extrastats/double_ws.html
Can you show me the link where you saw only 23 for Ivanovic?
KC | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
Hi Aaress,
I found the figures in her player statistics, this is the link:
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/bios/stats/wta311710.html
Aaress Lawless | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
Thanks! Yes, unfortunately, this is not the first I’ve heard about the stats not adding up during the past 2 weeks in Paris.
I’ll look into it and see if I can find out which count is accurate.
Thanks again for your help!