And the Best Singles Players Are …
Posted by greenlakenick on January 28, 2011
Greenspan Cup does not lack for statistics. Click the “Records” tab above to see some of them, the Recaps category for more. One place we’re lacking, though, is in statistics pertaining to singles matches.
Last night I took a stab at compiling them.
According to the data, Brian Patton ...
I assembled the data in two ways. The first was by winning percentage. According to this measure, Brad Nelson is the best singles player, John Harrison the worst. (I can’t count Randy Price here: he’s only played in one singles match.)
and Brad Nelson are the World Team's version of ...
Singles Winning Percentages
Nelson 0.7727 8-2-1
Patten 0.7500 3-0-3
Madden 0.6500 6-3-1
Deandre 0.6364 6-3-2
Jenkins 0.6154 8-5
Waalkes 0.6154 6-3-4
Anderson 0.5769 7-5-1
Secretario 0.5625 3-2-3
Cheever 0.5385 6-5-2
Scoccolo 0.5000 5-5
Cheuk 0.5000 6-6-1
Sharkey 0.5000 5-5-1
Gran 0.5000 2-2
Sturtevant 0.5000 2-2-1
Benezra 0.5000 4-4
Gaston 0.4500 4-5-1
Aro 0.4231 5-7-1
Haight 0.4167 4-6-2
Laidlaw 0.3750 3-5
Waldner 0.3182 3-7-1
Stonesifer 0.3077 4-9
O’Brien 0.2778 2-6-1
Harrison 0.2692 3-9-1
Price 0.0000 0-1
The second important data point was margin of victory/loss. To assess this, I assigned points by result. A person who won 3&1 received four points, a person who lost 4&3 lost seven points, a halve was zero, etc. According to this measure, the strongest singles player is none other than the undefeated Brian Patton, who’s a cool 8-12-4 in team matches. Other than Randy Price, who’s played in only one singles match, Tim O’Brien is the worst singles player by far. Strange, because he’s 23-11-2 in team matches.
Colin Montgomerie -- very tough in singles.
Average Margin of Victory/Loss
Patten 3.67
Nelson 3.00
Madden 2.70
Jenkins 2.38
Scoccolo 2.10
Deandre 1.73
Cheever 1.69
Cheuk 1.31
Anderson 0.31
Waalkes 0.23
Sharkey 0.09
Gran -0.25
Secretario -0.50
Haight -0.58
Sturtevant -0.60
Benezra -1.13
Waldner -1.36
Aro -1.46
Stonesifer -1.85
Laidlaw -2.38
Gaston -2.70
Harrison -2.77
O’Brien -4.78
Price -10.00
The underlying data is included in this spreadsheet.
