Who Are The Best Hard Court Creators In The Last 12 Months?

As the Australian Open, slowly, approaches UbiTennis looks at the biggest hard court creators from the last 52 weeks.

Although winning matches are determined on how many break point opportunities you convert, to convert the break points you need to create them in the first place.

This can be the biggest challenge but for the players below this isn’t a problem as they are able to consistently create break point opportunities on a hard court.

Starting with the women, it may be a surprise to nobody that Garbine Muguruza, one of the more aggressive returners on the tour leads the way, earning on average 10.4 break points in the last 52 weeks on a hard court.

Muguruza’s hard-hitting style mixed with controlled placement puts her in pole position to punish her opponents on return.

There are also other big hitters in the top 10 such as Petra Kvitova, who averages 9.6 break points while Aryna Sabalenka earns 9.5 break points on a hard court.

While 2020 grand slam champions Iga Swiatek (9.8) and Naomi Osaka (9.3) also feature on this list.

Meanwhile on the men’s side it is Roger Federer who leads this list on average earning 10.8 break points, slightly more than Garbine Muguruza who is on top of the women’s list.

Federer is just ahead of Roberto Bautista Agut with 10.5 break points. This shows just how much Bautista Agut has improved on hard courts in the last 12 months being able to create so many break point opportunities with his return game.

Also featuring on this list are Alexander Zverev (9.2), Novak Djokovic (8.5) and Daniil Medvedev (8.3).

These are the players to look out for when seeing the players who are most likely to create opportunities in their respective draws and who the biggest servers may want to avoid in the Australian Open.

Here are the full lists of the top 10 from each tour and remember the Australian Open is set to begin on the 8th of February.

WTA Top 11 – Most Break Points Earned On A Hard Court In Last 52 Weeks

1. Garbine Muguruza – 10.4
2. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – 10.2
3. Saisai Zheng – 9.9
4. Iga Swiatek – 9.8
5. Anett Kontaveit – 9.6
6. Petra Kvitova – 9.6
7. Petra Martic – 9.6
8. Aryna Sabalenka – 9.5
9. Ons Jabeur – 9.5
10. Simona Halep – 9.3
11. Naomi Osaka – 9.3

ATP Top 12 – Most Break Points Earned On A Hard Court In Last 52 Weeks

1. Roger Federer – 10.8
2. Roberto Bautista Agut – 10.5
3. Alexander Zverev – 9.2
4. John Millman – 8.9
5. Dominic Thiem – 8.9
6. Guido Pella – 8.8
7. Cristian Garin – 8.5
8. Novak Djokovic – 8.5
9. David Goffin – 8.4
10. Adrian Mannarino – 8.3
11. Daniil Medvedev – 8.3
12. Grigor Dimitrov – 8.3