Most Wins In 2022: Swiatek dominates the women, Tsitsipas edges Auger-Aliassime for men’s leader

Over the next few weeks we’ll be reviewing the biggest stats leaders in 2022, and today we kick things off with most match wins.

For the women, it was no contest—Iga Swiatek completely dominated, piling up 67 wins this year, which was 20 more than the next player on the list (Ons Jabeur with 47) and the most in a season since Serena Williams won a ridiculous 78 matches in 2013.

TOP 10 WOMEN’S MATCH WIN LEADERS IN 2022 (tour-level):
67: Iga Swiatek [67-9]
47: Ons Jabeur [47-17]
43: Caroline Garcia [43-20]
42: Belinda Bencic [42-18]
42: Jessica Pegula [42-21]
41: Daria Kasatkina [41-22]
40: Elena Rybakina [40-21]
40: Maria Sakkari [40-23]
39: Simona Halep [39-11]
39: Veronika Kudermetova [39-20]

The men’s race was far, far tighter, with Stefanos Tsitsipas just edging out Felix Auger-Aliassime for the lead, 61 to 60. It’s the first time two different men have 60 or more wins in a season since 2016 (Andy Murray had 78 that year, and Novak Djokovic 65).

The year-end No. 1, Carlos Alcaraz, isn’t far behind with 57.

TOP 10 MEN’S MATCH WIN LEADERS IN 2022 (tour-level):
61: Stefanos Tsitsipas [61-24]
60: Felix Auger-Aliassime [60-27]
57: Carlos Alcaraz [57-13]
51: Andrey Rublev [51-20]
51: Casper Ruud [51-22]
49: Cameron Norrie [49-26]
47: Jannik Sinner [47-16]
47: Alex de Minaur [47-25]
46: Taylor Fritz [46-21]
45: Daniil Medvedev [45-19]