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Rally length

Table of points won in short (0–4 shots), medium (5–8) and long (9+) rallies for the ATP top 20 plus Fonseca. Sinner wins the most short rallies (57.7%) and, with Fils, the most long ones (56.4%); Alcaraz is best in 5–8 shot rallies (56.5%); Shelton, Mensik and Lehecka win under 47% of rallies of nine shots or more.

Who wins the rallies?

Top 20 (+ Fonseca) win rate by rally length

September 2026

Line chart of average men's rally length at Wimbledon, in shots per point, alongside relative air density from 2004 to 2025. Rally length moves between about 3.4 and 3.95 shots with no long-term rise and tracks air density, with a correlation of 0.57 overall and 0.74 for year-to-year changes.

Is Wimbledon getting slower?

People love to say Wimbledon keeps getting slower despite consistent grass length (8mm) since 1995, seed type (ryegrass) since 2001, ball pressure since 1995

February 2026