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The best performers on clay this spring

  • ausopen.com

With almost two months of clay-court play this spring since Miami, clear front-runners on the surface have emerged.

In the countdown to Roland Garros, we dive into Stats Perform's numbers to see who carries the greatest momentum and confidence into the clay-court Grand Slam.

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(Note: figures don't include Latin clay-court swing results prior to Indian Wells, nor results from ATP and WTA clay-court events this week in Geneva, Lyon, Strasbourg and Rabat)

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Match wins on clay

WOMEN

Wins

Iga Swiatek

14

Danielle Collins

12

Aryna Sabalenka

11

Sloane Stephens

9

Elena Rybakina

8

Magda Linette

8

MEN

Wins

Stefanos Tsitsipas

13

Casper Ruud

13

Hubert Hurkacz

11

Alexander Zverev

10

Taylor Fritz

10

Best clay-court winning percentage

WOMEN

Win %

Matches*

Iga Swiatek

93.3

15

Elena Rybakina

88.8

9

Danielle Collins

85.7

14

Aryna Sabalenka

78.5

14

Sloane Stephens

75

12

Yulia Putintseva

75

8

MEN

Win %

Matches*

Jannik Sinner

85.7

7

Stefanos Tsitsipas

81.3

16

Hubert Hurkacz

78.6

14

Marton Fucsovics

77.8

9

Alexander Zverev

76.9

13

*Minimum 7 matches

On clay this spring, Iga Swiatek has won more matches and owns a better winning percentage than any other player on either tour. She has won 14 of 15 matches and captured the Madrid and Rome WTA 1000 titles. [Getty Images]
Top-10 wins on clay

WOMEN

Wins

Opponents beaten

Iga Swiatek

3

Sabalenka (x2), Gauff

Marta Kostyuk

3

Zheng, Gauff, Vondrousova

Danielle Collins

2

Jabeur, Sakkari

Aryna Sabalenka

2

Rybakina, Ostapenko

Madison Keys

2

Gauff, Jabeur

MEN

Wins

Opponents beaten

Stefanos Tsitsipas

3

Zverev, Sinner, Ruud

Casper Ruud

3

Hurkacz, Djokovic, Tsitsipas

Taylor Fritz

2

Hurkacz, Dimitrov

Tommy Paul

2

Medvedev, Hurkacz

Multiple clay-court finals

Player

Finals

Titles

Iga Swiatek

2

2

Stefanos Tsitsipas

2

1

Casper Ruud

2

1

Aryna Sabalenka

2

0

Casper Ruud (L) and Stefanos Tsitsipas met in the Barcelona (pictured) and Monte Carlo finals, sharing the spoils. Iga Swiatek (R) won both her Madrid and Rome finals over Aryna Sabalenka. [Getty Images]