In honor of 2019 nearing its final days, there's no better time than now to present: the best ballperson wipeouts and fails of the decade.

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A few of these warrant a closer look.

In 2018 at the ATP Finals, Jack Sock hit the deck in theatrical fashion after a collision with a ball girl.

"I was just being dramatic," Sock said. "It was playful and fun, and the crowd usually likes stuff like that."

Sock would win the ATP Finals doubles crown with Mike Bryan.

Then there was Frances Tiafoe tripping over a human at the 2019 Australian Open.

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The American would beat Kevin Anderson on his way to the quarterfinals.

At the 2018 French Open, a young ball boy went down when Damir Dzumhur had his eyes firmly focused on a flyaway ball.

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The boy was somehow totally fine, but Dzumhur lost the match to Alexander Zverev.

In what might be the most epic ballperson fail of the decade, a ball boy slammed face first into the wall at the 2016 Barcelona Open as Nicolas Almagro was about to serve.

To his credit, he quickly recovered, and Almagro didn't even catch him doing anything unusual.

Here's to 10 more years of on-court bloopers where no one gets hurt.