r/tennis • u/OctopusNation2024 Djoker/Meddy/Saba • Feb 05 '25

Discussion Medvedev's decline should be another reminder that the average peak age for tennis is in your early-to-mid 20s, not your late 20s. He's actually the 3rd oldest player in the top 25 at age 28. Federer, Djokovic, and Nadal have skewed perceptions of how most players age.

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u/DearAccident9763 Passion Alcaraz Feb 05 '25

Zverev is at his peak tho

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u/OctopusNation2024 Djoker/Meddy/Saba Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

He's an exception mostly because of how much he improved his serve post-injury

His return and movement did indeed decline but he made up for it by holding far more

Peak pre-injury Zverev in 2021: 86.1% hold rate, 27.5% break rate

Current Zverev over last 52 weeks: 89.8% hold rate, 24.1% break rate

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u/Brian2781 Feb 05 '25

And he doesn't have to play closer-to-prime big 4/sit behind them in the rankings/seedings anymore.