RICKY DIMON LOOKS @ WORLD TOUR FINALS PLAYER COMPARISON: ANDY MURRAY VS. TOMAS BERDYCH

Written by: Staff on 6th November 2014

RICKY DIMON LOOKS @ WORLD TOUR FINALS PLAYER COMPARISON: ANDY MURRAY VS. TOMAS BERDYCH

epa04383193 Andy Murray of Great Britain hits a return to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their quarterfinals round match on the tenth day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 03 September 2014. The US Open runs through 08 September, a 15-day schedule. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO |

Barclays tennis begins on Sunday in London ,please look at Ricky’s observations & watch on TV on tennis channel.

Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych went into the proverbial World Tour Finals sorting hat together, as the No. 5 and No. 6 seeds. Statistically, it is hard to separate the two. Only 10 ranking points stand between them, they compiled similar 2014 records of 58-18 for Murray and 54-20 for Berdych, and each man’s best Grand Slam result was a semifinal.

Let’s crunch the numbers:

Murray’s 2014 record: 58-18

Berdych’s 2014 record: 54-20

Murray’s fall record (post-U.S. Open): 20-3

Berdych’s fall record (post-U.S. Open): 13-5

Murray’s best tournament: French Open semifinals

d. Andrey Golubev 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

d. Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-1, 6-3

d. Philipp Kohlschreiber 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 12-10

d. Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 7-5, 7-6(3)

d. Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 1-6, 6-0

l. to Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-1

Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in action during his match against Kenny De Schepper of France in round two of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 15 January 2014. EPA/MARK DADSWELL AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Berdych’s best tournament: Australian Open semifinals

d. Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6-4, 6-3

d. Kenny De Schepper 6-4, 6-1, 6-3

d. Damir Dzumhur 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

d. Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

d. David Ferrer 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

l. to Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 6-7(1), 7-6(3), 7-6(4)

Murray’s World Tour Finals appearances: 5

Murray’s World Tour Finals record: 9-7

Berdych’s World Tour Finals appearances: 4

Berdych’s World Tour Finals record: 5-8

Murray’s record against other World Tour Finals qualifiers: 45-43

vs. Novak Djokovic: 8-15

vs. Roger Federer: 11-11

vs. Stan Wawrinka: 8-6

vs. Kei Nishikori: 3-0

vs. Tomas Berdych: 4-6

vs. Milos Raonic: 1-3

vs. Marin Cilic: 10-2

Berdych’s record against other World Tour Finals qualifiers: 26-51

vs. Novak Djokovic: 2-16

vs. Roger Federer: 6-12

vs. Stan Wawrinka: 5-9

vs. Kei Nishikori: 1-3

vs. Andy Murray: 6-4

vs. Milos Raonic: 1-3

vs. Marin Cilic: 5-4

Andy Murray of Great Britain serves to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in their quarter-final match of the Rogers Cup mens tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, 08 August 2014. EPA/WARREN TODA

Murray quote: “People are going to ask me all the time why I’ve had such a poor year by my standards. You’re allowed sometimes to say something in response to that. I don’t tend to do that often, but..look…it’s been a hard year, a tough year, but it hasn’t been a bad year. It could have been a lot worse. I had to dig deep at the end in some ways to salvage the year. But it’s been a good year; not been my best, but I would’ve signed up for being in this position when I had the surgery last year, I think.”

Berdych quote: “No matter how many times you qualify, it’ll never be routine. I mean, it’s always just proof of having a great season, and especially in this era of tennis when you have the guys like today.”

Ricky contributes to 10sballs.com and also maintains his own tennis website, The Grandstand.

Topics: Andy Murray, Atp, London, Ricky Dimon, Tennis Channel, Tennis News, Tomas Berdych, World Tour Finals

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November 6, 2014 at 8:45 am

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November 6, 2014 at 8:49 am

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