files/thumbnails/6b8bb29a-ad98-11dd-a0aa-000255111976.png 2007-08-25T19:17:10-04:00 89ade5ae13e084e70113e96a82500284 89ade5ae14209c1401149f508f4d243b 0 1 1.0 1 1.0 2008-11-08T10:46:54-05:00 2007-08-25T19:17:10-04:00 89ade5ae13e084e70113e96a82500284 true 6b907ffaad9811dda0aa000255111976 89ade5ae14209c1401149f509177243d Bookmark 2008-11-08T10:54:04-05:00 So, this visualization I think shows (in rather dramatic fashion) how far American tennis has fallen since the salad days of the late-'70s, early-'80s, at least for the men. I have yet to scrape the WTA site to get the women's draws, but I suspect the numbers will be fairly similar. Actually, maybe even more dramatic, come to think of it. I've highlighted the high- and low-water marks for the men above, and it's pretty incredible. The peak year is 1982, when 78 ... that's right... seventy-eight... US Players earned their way into the 128-player main draw. You can see how far things have fallen since then, with low-points in 1999 and 2004. 2007-08-25T19:19:45-04:00 89ade5ae13e084e70113e96a82500284 false 89ade5ae14209c1401149f52ebf62446 89ade5ae14209c1401149f52ee2e2447 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:23:24-05:00 For the story behind the numbes, see Aron Pilhofer's <a href="http://usopen.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/is-the-us-behind-or-has-the-world-caught-up/index.html?hp">blog post on the New York Times</a>. 2007-08-28T09:45:59-04:00 89a1c8b71009510801100a4325af0001 false 89ade5ae14209c140114acb8b346274b 2008-11-08T08:23:24-05:00 Hi, I'm Eric. I'm demo-ing Many Eyes in class right now. 2007-09-06T15:13:49-04:00 false 89ade5ae14bdd1cb0114dc3e13e709ce 89ade5ae14bdd1cb0114dc3e164409cf Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:23:24-05:00