Okay, so I’ve been diving deep into tennis stats lately, specifically looking at the Medvedev vs. Zverev rivalry. It’s been a wild ride, so I figured I’d share my process and what I found.
First, I started by just wanting to know their head-to-head record. You know, who’s won more matches? Simple enough, right?
Digging into the Data
So I opened my browser and typed in “Medvedev vs Zverev h2h”. Boom. Tons of stuff popped up. But, honestly, a lot of it was just news articles and previews of upcoming matches. I wanted the raw numbers.
I started going through sports websites, one by one. Most had some info, but I wanted a complete breakdown, year by year, surface by surface, everything!
- First, I checked the official ATP site. Always a good starting point.
- Then I moved on to some of the bigger sports news sites, just to see if they had anything extra.
- I even dabbled with a few tennis-specific stat sites. These were a bit clunky, but sometimes had nuggets of gold.
After a while, I found a few reliable sources. They had pretty comprehensive records. One was from ATP. I Started noting down win-loss record.
Putting it All Together
Now came the fun part (for a data nerd like me, anyway). I opened up a spreadsheet. Yeah, I’m that guy.
I created columns for:
- Year
- Tournament
- Surface
- Round
- Winner
- Score
I slowly went through each match they’d played, filling in the data. It took a while, but it was kinda satisfying seeing it all come together.
Once I had all the matches down, I started doing some simple calculations.
Overall win percentage for each player, win percentage on different surfaces, that sort of thing.
I’m no statistician, but even these basic numbers started painting a clearer picture of their rivalry.
It was a bit of a process, going from a simple question to having this whole spreadsheet of data. But now, I feel like I have a much better grasp of the Medvedev-Zverev rivalry. I just know a lot! I could’ve done with a tool or AI for quick extraction.
