Nadal Feeling 22 & Anderson Good-bye

Nadal won his 14th French Open title and 22nd grand slam overall. The distance between Nadal and his rivals, Djokovic and Federer, is widening. Nadal’...

Alcaraz & Djokovic Rising – RG Preview

Nadal’s clay court winning percentage in 2022 is the lowest it has been since before he captured his first French Open title in 2005. His injuries and...

Alcaraz & Tsitsipas Show

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz came out of relative obscurity to capture an ATP 1000 in Miami and an ATP 500 in Barcelona. He just became the youngest man to...

Rafa’s Triumph

Rafael Nadal defeated Danil Medvedev from two sets to love down to win his second Aussie Open Title, his second career slam, and 21st slam overall. Th...

Djokovic Drama

Preps are underway down under. Djokovic received an exemption from the Aussie Open to compete without being vaccinated. If Djokovic isn’t on his A gam...

ATP Finals – Top Ten Things We Learned (2021)

Another ATP season is in the books. Here at 15-30 A Tennis Podcast (ATP) on Episode 43 we cover the top ten things we learned at the year end event wh...

Parity at Indian Wells (2021)

Indian Wells has been dominated by Djokovic and Federer. But the last three years someone unexpected from the field has claimed the prestigious title...

How Djokovic Finally Won by Losing

Djokovic may have come up short in his bid to capture the calendar slam, but he may have won something else greater in the process. Medvedev became a...

Has the Golden Age of Men’s Tennis Just Ended?

Heading into the final major of the year Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic are all tied at 20 majors a piece. But they are also struggling with injuries. F...

Djokovic with the Equalizer

20-20-20 Djokovic has now tied Federer and Nadal with 20 grand slams a piece. Djokovic is also still in contention to win the “golden calendar slam”....

Tsitsipas is the Federer of Clay

Tsitsipas pushed Djokovic to the brink in the French Open Final. He went up 2 sets to love but could not finish him off. Djokovic has now moved within...

Nadal/Djokovic vs The #NEXTGEN

For the first time Nadal, Djokovic, and Federer were drawn in the same half of a grand slam. Nadal comes into RG as the usual strong favorite. But who...

Zverev – The Spanish Conqueror

Zverev conquered not only Nadal on his favorite surface, but also secured his 4th Masters Title and 2nd in Madrid. 3 out of his 4 Masters titles have...

Maiden Masters

Tsitsipas and Hurkacz each won their maiden Masters 1000 titles. The Big 3 aren’t going anywhere but the young guys keep getting better. Rublev took o...

Aussie Awesomeness

Novak Djokovic has now won 8 out of the past 11 Aussie Titles and 9 total. What makes him so dominant down under? There were many dynamic matches incl...

Aussie Throwbacks

The COVID-19 Pandemic has delayed the first major of the year. With no tennis matches to cover or draw to analyze we take the time to cover past epic...

Magnificent Medvedev

Medvedev won the 2020 ATP Finals in an emphatic fashion by defeating Nadal, Thiem, and Djokovic among others. This marks the 5th new ATP Finals champi...

20 ALL

Rafael Nadal captured a record extending 13 Roland Garros Titles. He now stands at 20 Grand Slam Titles in total. This ties him with Roger Federer for...

Thiem’s Time to Shine

Dominic Thiem won his first grand slam title. Zverev made his maiden slam final. We bring you the numbers behind the matches from the US Open. How did...

The Next Gen Has Arrived…By DEFAULT

The French Connection

We cover two past fascinating Roland Garros matches because we are badly missing the French Open which would be taking place right now if it wasn’t fo...

Throwback Thursday

Here at 15-30 we are bringing you stats from past epic matches such as Borg and McEnroe’s battle at Wimbledon in 1980 and Sampras and Aggassi’s epic c...

Tennis on a Historical Hold

COVID-19 has shutdown the world and tennis is no exception. Indian Wells, Miami, the European Clay Court Swing, the grass court season, and Wimbledon...

Andy Djokovic

The Australian Open has been Djokovic’s most successful grand slam tourney. He has conquered his rival Andy Murray in 4 finals down under. Murray and...

Serve Factors Down Under

Here at 15-30 we have developed a simple, new tool to analyze matches, the serve factor. It combines 1st serve in % with 1st and second serve points w...

2019 ATP Recap

2019 was a fantastic season for Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal who each bagged two grand slams. Nadal also ended the season as the top ranked player....

Indoor Tennis Stats

Federer, Djokovic, and the Nextgen have been impressive during the indoor tennis season in Europe. Federer won a record 10th title on his home turf at...

Win Percentage

What percentage of points does the world number 1 usually win over the course of an ATP season? What matches have been won despite the victor winning...

Oh the Distance You’ll Cover

2019 was another historic year with the Big 3, namely Nadal and Djokovic, splitting the 4 majors. Nadal moves to 19 grand slams, one behind Roger Fede...

Hardcourt Madness

The US Open is upon us. What stat is key to triumphing at the final major of the year?

Spectacular Wimbledon Final

Federer and Djokovic battled in a final for the ages. Margins were razor slim with tennis history in the balance. The numbers make a compelling case t...

Grass. How to Grab the Trophy at SW19

Wimbledon is underway. The Big 3 are dominating. The big servers and young guns are struggling. Is a slower court speed to blame? What does it take to...

The King & The Prince of Clay

Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem are at the height of their powers as rulers on the terre battue. But as far as the Roland Garros Title count goes Rafa...

What Stats are Key at the French Open?

The semi-finals are set. Federer versus the all time clay court great, Rafa Nadal and Djokovic versus the prince of clay Dominic Thiem. All the number...

2nd Greatest Clay Courter?

The clay court season is in full swing. Who are the French Open Favorites? Can the all time great, Rafael Nadal, maintain his dominance at the FO desp...

Clay Dominance

What are Nadal’s odds at winning a French Open title this year? We break down past years and what was different the years he failed to win the French...

Miami & Head to Head Effects

Two of the biggest Masters events of the year are over. Miami and Indian Wells crowned two different champs and again saw the rise of the Next Gen pla...

Indian Wells 2019

Post Aussie Open 2019

Which players are trending up after a thrilling Australian Open? We break down the stats from the first major of the year. We also describe a new meth...

2019 Aussie Open

The first 4 rounds of the 2019 Australian Open are in the books. The establishment is clashing with the young guns of the Next Gen. Who is left in the...