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Bordeaux CH · R64 · Clay · 29 Apr 2019

Pedro Cachin v Karim Mohamed Maamoun

62–42 in points · Pedro Cachin won

Why it went the way it did

Pedro Cachin won 10.2 more points than Karim Mohamed Maamoun relative to what the serve alone predicted. Karim Mohamed Maamoun's biggest leaks: slice shot selection −2.2, touch execution −1.4, serve 1st execution −1.1.

Each shot moves its hitter's chance of winning the point. Those moves are split into direction choice, shot selection and execution, and summed here. Read both columns together: one player's gain is the other's loss.

ShotPedro CachinKarim Mohamed Maamoun
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st +0.2 −0.1 +0.6 +0.7 +0.2 −0.1 −1.1 −1.0
Serve 2nd ±0.0 ±0.0 +1.0 +1.0 ±0.0 ±0.0 −0.3 −0.3
Return ±0.0 +0.3 +2.5 +2.8 +0.3 −0.4 +0.7 +0.5
Forehand +0.6 +1.8 −0.6 +1.8 +0.1 +1.8 +1.8 +3.7
Backhand +0.6 ±0.0 +1.7 +2.2 +0.4 −0.1 −0.2 +0.1
Slice −0.2 −2.7 +2.0 −0.9 +0.4 −2.2 −0.8 −2.6
Net −0.1 +0.7 −0.1 +0.6 +0.1 +0.6 +0.8 +1.4
Touch ±0.0 ±0.0 +1.8 +1.9 +0.1 −0.4 −1.4 −1.7
Other ±0.0 −0.5 +0.2 −0.3 −0.1 −0.4 −0.1 −0.6
All shots +1.1−0.5 +9.1+9.8 +1.4−1.3 −0.6−0.5

Set by set

SetPedro CachinKarim Mohamed MaamounNet, Pedro
1+8.1−1.2 +9.3
2+1.7+0.7 +1.0

Adaptation

First-serve direction mix set by set, with the share of points each direction won. The scores measure whether the server moved toward the directions that had been winning earlier in this match, set to set and every two to three service games, in points per 100 first serves. Read them as a habit, not a gain: across the tour, a direction's edge in early sets barely predicts the later ones. Whether the returner responded can't be told apart from noise within one match.

Pedro Cachin serving

SetWideBodyT
1 35% 100% 6% 0% 59% 70%
2 56% 53% – 44% 80%

Within sets +0.42 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Karim Mohamed Maamoun serving

SetWideBodyT
1 50% 50% 3% 100% 47% 27%
2 43% 56% – 57% 67%

Set to set −1.88 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets −1.37 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Counterfactual: the best direction every time

If each shot had gone in the direction that is usually worth most for that stroke and position, this is how many more points each player would expect to win. It's an upper bound: the best direction isn't always on, and the chart can't see the ball's pace or position.

Pedro Cachin

5.7 points left on the table across 241 shots 2.37 per 100 shots

  1. Return of a 1st serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×5; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.82 pts
  2. Return +1: drive to your backhand side hit BH slice through the middle ×3; BH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts
  3. Return of a 1st serve, wide, ad court hit BH through the middle ×6; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.24 pts
  4. Rally, shots 5–8: lob to your backhand side hit Smash through the middle ×1; Smash inside-in rates higher · 0.22 pts

Karim Mohamed Maamoun

5.5 points left on the table across 240 shots 2.29 per 100 shots

  1. Return of a 1st serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×7; FH inside-in rates higher · 1.14 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×7; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.36 pts
  3. Long rally, 9+: drive to your backhand side, you at net hit BH volley through the middle ×1; BH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.24 pts
  4. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×6; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.23 pts