Montpellier · R32 · Hard · 4 Feb 2020
Sergiy Stakhovsky v Pierre Hugues Herbert
61–73 in points · Pierre Hugues Herbert won
Why it went the way it did
Pierre Hugues Herbert won 9.7 more points than Sergiy Stakhovsky relative to what the serve alone predicted. Sergiy Stakhovsky's biggest leaks: slice shot selection −2.0, serve 1st execution −1.9, return execution −1.7.
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.
| Shot | Sergiy Stakhovsky | Pierre Hugues Herbert | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | |
| Serve 1st | −0.2 | +0.5 | −1.9 | −1.6 | +0.3 | +1.2 | −1.1 | +0.5 |
| Serve 2nd | −0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.7 | −0.7 | −0.1 | +0.1 | −0.8 | −0.8 |
| Return | −0.1 | −1.3 | −1.7 | −3.1 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.1 |
| Forehand | −0.2 | +1.2 | +0.5 | +1.5 | −0.1 | +4.6 | −2.8 | +1.7 |
| Backhand | −0.1 | −0.3 | −0.8 | −1.2 | −0.1 | +0.6 | −0.3 | +0.2 |
| Slice | +0.1 | −2.0 | +0.6 | −1.3 | +0.2 | −0.9 | +0.8 | +0.1 |
| Net | ±0.0 | −0.1 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +1.7 | +2.6 |
| Touch | −0.2 | −0.9 | +1.1 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.2 | −0.2 | −0.5 |
| All shots | −0.7 | −3.0 | −2.4 | −6.0 | +0.5 | +5.8 | −2.7 | +3.7 |
Set by set
| Set | Sergiy Stakhovsky | Pierre Hugues Herbert | Net, Sergiy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | −3.9 | +2.6 | −6.5 | |
| 2 | −2.1 | +1.1 | −3.2 |
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.
Sergiy Stakhovsky serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30% 50% | 21% 29% | 48% 63% |
| 2 | 48% 60% | 12% 80% | 40% 47% |
Set to set −0.61 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets −0.80 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Pierre Hugues Herbert serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35% 88% | – | 65% 67% |
| 2 | 56% 68% | 3% 0% | 41% 64% |
Within sets +0.81 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.
Sergiy Stakhovsky
6.3 points left on the table across 198 shots 3.18 per 100 shots
- Rally, shots 5–8: slice to your backhand side, you at net hit BH volley through the middle ×1; BH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.21 pts
- Serve +1: drive to your middle, you at net hit BH volley through the middle ×1; BH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.20 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side, opponent at net hit BH lob through the middle ×2; BH lob crosscourt rates higher · 0.18 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: slice to your backhand side, opponent at net hit BH through the middle ×1; BH down the line rates higher · 0.17 pts
Pierre Hugues Herbert
5.7 points left on the table across 223 shots 2.57 per 100 shots
- Return of a 2nd serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×3; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.28 pts
- 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
- Return +1: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.24 pts
- Return +1: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.23 pts