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Hua Hin · R32 · Hard · 31 Jan 2023

Harriet Dart v Bianca Andreescu

50–65 in points · Bianca Andreescu won

Why it went the way it did

Bianca Andreescu won 7.4 more points than Harriet Dart relative to what the serve alone predicted. Harriet Dart's biggest leaks: slice execution −2.4, serve 1st execution −1.9, slice shot selection −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.

ShotHarriet DartBianca Andreescu
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st +0.3 ±0.0 −1.9 −1.5 −0.4 ±0.0 +0.8 +0.4
Serve 2nd ±0.0 ±0.0 −0.8 −0.7 ±0.0 ±0.0 +0.5 +0.5
Return −0.1 −0.9 +2.0 +1.0 −0.2 −0.3 +2.9 +2.4
Forehand +0.2 +1.7 −0.3 +1.7 +0.2 +1.8 ±0.0 +2.0
Backhand −0.3 +0.1 +0.8 +0.6 −0.3 +0.7 +0.4 +0.8
Slice −0.1 −1.7 −2.4 −4.2 −0.3 −2.0 −0.1 −2.4
Net +0.1 +0.2 −0.5 −0.1 −0.1 +0.2 −0.4 −0.3
Touch ±0.0 −1.0 −0.6 −1.6 ±0.0 −0.8 −0.2 −0.9
All shots +0.2−1.6 −3.5−4.9 −1.1−0.3 +3.9+2.5

Set by set

SetHarriet DartBianca AndreescuNet, Harriet
1−3.1+1.1 −4.2
2−1.8+1.4 −3.3

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.

Harriet Dart serving

SetWideBodyT
1 41% 43% 12% 50% 47% 50%
2 65% 40% – 35% 38%

Set to set −1.01 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +0.21 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Bianca Andreescu serving

SetWideBodyT
1 24% 67% 48% 67% 28% 43%
2 42% 64% 24% 50% 33% 45%

Within sets +0.31 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.

Harriet Dart

5.2 points left on the table across 200 shots 2.62 per 100 shots

  1. Return +1: drive to your backhand side, opponent at net hit BH through the middle ×3; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.33 pts
  2. Serve +1: mid-depth return to your middle hit BH through the middle ×4; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts
  3. Return of a 2nd serve, wide, ad court hit BH slice down the line ×1; BH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.20 pts
  4. Return +1: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×4; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.19 pts

Bianca Andreescu

6.3 points left on the table across 206 shots 3.04 per 100 shots

  1. Long rally, 9+: drive to your forehand side, opponent at net, you at net hit FH volley down the line ×1; FH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.35 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×7; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.30 pts
  3. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH slice down the line ×3; BH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.26 pts
  4. Return of a 2nd serve, wide, deuce court hit FH through the middle ×2; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.23 pts