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Barcelona · R64 · Clay · 18 Apr 2022

Bernabe Zapata Miralles v Tommy Robredo

59–34 in points · Bernabe Zapata Miralles won

Why it went the way it did

Bernabe Zapata Miralles won 12.1 more points than Tommy Robredo relative to what the serve alone predicted. Tommy Robredo's biggest leaks: slice shot selection −2.3, forehand execution −2.0, return execution −1.6.

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.

ShotBernabe Zapata MirallesTommy Robredo
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st ±0.0 −0.1 −0.7 −0.8 −0.1 −0.1 −1.1 −1.3
Serve 2nd ±0.0 ±0.0 +0.3 +0.2 ±0.0 ±0.0 +0.1 +0.1
Return −0.1 +0.3 +1.0 +1.2 ±0.0 ±0.0 −1.6 −1.5
Forehand +0.4 +2.1 +1.4 +3.8 −0.3 +3.2 −2.0 +0.9
Backhand −0.2 −0.5 +3.2 +2.5 −0.1 −0.3 −0.9 −1.3
Slice +0.1 −1.1 +0.7 −0.3 ±0.0 −2.3 −0.2 −2.5
Net −0.2 +0.3 −1.1 −1.1 +0.1 +0.2 −1.5 −1.2
Touch −0.1 −0.7 −0.2 −1.0 −0.1 −0.9 −0.1 −1.2
All shots −0.3+0.2 +4.4+4.3 −0.3−0.2 −7.3−7.8

Set by set

SetBernabe Zapata MirallesTommy RobredoNet, Bernabe
1+4.8−2.4 +7.1
2−0.5−5.5 +5.0

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.

Bernabe Zapata Miralles serving

SetWideBodyT
1 50% 70% 15% 100% 35% 86%
2 54% 60% 11% 33% 36% 70%

Within sets −0.09 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Tommy Robredo serving

SetWideBodyT
1 53% 44% 6% 0% 41% 43%
2 68% 32% 18% 40% 14% 100%

Within sets −1.04 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.

Bernabe Zapata Miralles

5.7 points left on the table across 235 shots 2.43 per 100 shots

  1. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×10; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.39 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side, you at net hit BH volley through the middle ×1; BH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.26 pts
  3. Long rally, 9+: drive to your forehand side, you at net hit FH volley through the middle ×1; FH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.26 pts
  4. Return of a 1st serve, wide, deuce court hit FH down the line ×3; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts

Tommy Robredo

5.6 points left on the table across 232 shots 2.43 per 100 shots

  1. Serve +1: deep return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×6; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.44 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×9; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.35 pts
  3. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts
  4. Return +1: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.23 pts