How is your favourite shaping up for Roland Garros? This week on The Racket I break down each player’s chances starting with the Men top 10.

#1 Novak Djokovic

This could be the year Novak Djokovic hears the roar of the Roland Garros crowd as he lifts La Coupe des Mousquetaires. Winning Rome last weekend was Djokovic’s second title of the year on clay, a feat he’s accomplished on the surface only one other time in 2011 when he won three out of the ATP’s four slams. The French was the only exception that year, but his recent overall success, especially against Nadal, has made

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Use common opponent analysis to give yourself the edge

TennisInsight now allows you to analyse match-ups based on ‘common opponents‘. Academic research in the UK has demonstrated that this kind of analysis may help provide an edge in predicting the outcome of tennis matches. ‘Common opponents’ refers to the set of opponents that both players have faced in the past. The theory is that comparing common opponents is a little bit more like comparing ‘apples with apples’.

On TI match previews, you can analyse all match statistics by common opponents, including the ability to filter down by surface, time and so forth. We all know Rafa has a huge edge