Alexander Zverev hit the headlines more than once in the last few years for something that is quite weird for an almost 2 meters tall player: committing too many double faults.
The German sensation has been struggling so much with his second serve that even when playing the Adria Tour exhibition, he committed 12 doubles faults in 1 match. Even more striking, during that match (vs. Petrovic) Sascha committed some double faults missing the spot for meters.
Paire, Shapovalov committed more double faults than Zverev
However, according to the 2020 stats, Sascha wasn’t the top player committing more double faults per match during the recent season. Benoit Paire and Denis Shapovalov did worse than him.
Here the log.
Paire 6.57
Shapovalov 5.91
Zverev 5.7
Bublik 5.26
Dimitrov 4.43
Garin 4.24
Norrie 4.23
Goffin 4.23
Auger-Aliassime 4.17
Delbonis 4.1
Herbert 4.05
Djere 4.05
Benoit Paire in 2020
Ranked world no.28, Paire played his last match on the 29th of October when he lost to Mikhail Kukushkin 6-74 7-62 6-1 in the 2nd round in Nur (draw).
Benoit Paire’s most significant result of the year was reaching the final in Auckland.
Denis Shapovalov in 2020
At the moment ranked no.12, Shapovalov played his last match on the 10th of November when he lost to Radu Albot 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Sofia (draw).
Denis Shapovalov’s most significant result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Rome and St. Petersburg.
Benoit Paire and Denis Shapovalov played each other 3 times. The head to head is 2-1 for Paire. The last time that they played each other, Benoit Paire won 6-3 4-6 7-64 in the quarter in Lyon (Open Parc) in May 2019.
Alexander Zverev in 2020
Now the world no.7, Zverev played his last match on the 20th of November when he surrendered to Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-64 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).
This year the German has a 28-11 win-loss record. The German conquered 2 titles in 2020 in Cologne and in Cologne. Alexander was the finalist at the U.S. Open and in Paris.
