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FEDEX RELIABILITY ZONE: BEST UNDER PRESSURE

by ATP Staff

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14.12.2013

© AFP/Getty ImagesRafael Nadal leads four 'under pressure' categories, according to the FedEx ATP Reliability Index.

We take a look at the players who were the best under pressure in the 2013 ATP World Tour season, using the FedEx ATP Reliability Index.

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NADAL STRONG AGAINST ELITE

Rafael Nadal lost one match against a Top 10 opponent in the Emirates ATP Rankings through the first nine months. He lost three times to Novak Djokovic (Monte-Carlo, Beijing and Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, once to Juan Martin del Potro (Shanghai) and once to David Ferrer (Paris).

	Versus Top 10 (min. 5 matches)	W-L	Index
1	Rafael Nadal	24-5	.828
2	Novak Djokovic	24-6	.800
3	Andy Murray	5-5	.500
	Michael Llodra	3-3	.500
5	Juan Martin del Potro	6-7	.462
6	Stanislas Wawrinka	9-12	.429
7	Vasek Pospisil	2-3	.400
8	Ernests Gulbis	3-5	.375
	John Isner	3-5	.375
	Tommy Robredo	3-5	.375
	Dmitry Tursunov	3-5	.375

BAUTISTA AGUT TOPS TIE-BREAK LIST

Roberto Bautista Agut, who reached his first ATP World Tour final at theAircel Chennai Open (l. to Tipsarevic) in the first week of 2013, lost just five tie-breaks during the season. He maintained his place in the Top 100, rising as high at No. 48 on 22 July.

	Tie-Breaks (min. 15)	W-L	Index
1	Roberto Bautista Agut	16-5	.762
2	Dmitry Tursunov	16-6	.727
3	Rafael Nadal	18-7	.720
4	Andy Murray	16-7	.696
5	Federico Delbonis	9-4	.692
6	Novak Djokovic	22-10	.688
	Marin Cilic	11-5	.688
8	John Isner	38-18	.679
9	Juan Martin del Potro	21-12	.636
10	Ivo Karlovic	18-11	.621

GASQUET PERFECT IN FINALS

Richard Gasquet won three ATP World Tour titles at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open (d. Davydenko), the Open Sud de France (d. Paire) and the Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow (d. Kukushkin) and a career-high 50 matches. He finished the season at the top Frenchman (at No. 9) for first time since 2007.

	Finals (min. 3 matches)	W-L	Index
1	Richard Gasquet	3-0	1.000
2	Andy Murray	4-1	.800
3	Novak Djokovic	7-2	.778
4	Rafael Nadal	10-4	.714
5	Juan Martin del Potro	4-2	.667
	Fabio Fognini	2-1	.667
	Tommy Haas	2-1	.667
	Mikhail Youzhny	2-1	.667
9	John Isner	2-2	.500
	Milos Raonic	2-2	.500

NADAL STRONG FRONTRUNNER

Nadal lost only one of 66 matches after winning the first set. It came in his fourth match of the year, following a seven month lay-off, to Horacio Zeballos in the Royal Guard Open Chile final. In contrast, he was 10-6 overall after losing the first set.

	After Winning First Set	W-L	Index
1	Rafael Nadal	65-1	.985
2	Novak Djokovic	64-2	.970
3	Tommy Robredo	28-1	.966
4	Milos Raonic	37-2	.949
5	Andy Murray	34-2	.944
6	Nicolas Mahut	16-1	.941
7	Albert Montanes	15-1	.938
8	Juan Martin del Potro	40-3	.930
9	Nicolas Almagro	36-3	.923
10	Robin Haase	22-2	.917

	After Losing First Set	W-L	Index
1	Rafael Nadal	10-6	.625
2	Andy Murray	9-6	.600
3	Novak Djokovic	10-7	.588
4	Juan Martin del Potro	11-13	.458
5	John Isner	9-14	.391
6	David Ferrer	12-19	.387
7	Marin Cilic	5-8	.385
8	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	8-13	.381
9	Roger Federer	7-13	.350
10	Lleyton Hewitt	8-15	.348

NADAL DEADLY IN DECIDERS

Nadal's three-set loss to Zeballos in the Vina del Mar title match on 10 February was the only time he failed to win a deciding set.

	Decisive Set	W-L	Index
1	Rafael Nadal	14-1	.933
2	Andy Murray	9-1	.900
3	Tommy Robredo	14-4	.778
4	David Ferrer	20-8	.714
	Novak Djokovic	15-6	.714
6	Albert Montanes	7-3	.700
7	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	11-5	.688
8	Robin Haase	17-8	.680
9	Milos Raonic	10-5	.667
	Gilles Simon	12-6	.667
	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	12-6	.667

DONSKOY, ROBREDO AMONG IRONMEN

Evgeny Donskoy and Tommy Robredo both had perfect 3-0 records in fifth sets. Donskoy won fifth sets against Mikhail Youzhny in the Australian Open second round, on Davis Cup duty versus James Ward in April and against Peter Gojowcyzk in the US Open second round. Robredo won three straight fifth sets at Roland Garros against Igor Sijsling, Gael Monfils and Nicolas Almagro en route to the quarter-finals.

	Fifth Set (min. 3 matches)	W-L	Index
1	Evgeny Donskoy	3-0	1.000
	Tommy Robredo	3-0	1.000
3	Andreas Seppi	7-1	.875
4	Novak Djokovic	3-1	.750
	Ivan Dodig	3-1	.750
	Marcel Granollers	3-1	.750
	Gilles Simon	3-1	.750
	Janko Tipsarevic	3-1	.750
	Mikhail Youzhny	3-1	.750