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Munich · SF · Clay · 22 Apr 2023

Taylor Fritz v Botic Van De Zandschulp

69–77 in points · Botic Van De Zandschulp won

Why it went the way it did

Botic Van De Zandschulp won 2.6 more points than Taylor Fritz relative to what the serve alone predicted. Taylor Fritz's biggest leaks: return execution −3.0, backhand execution −2.5, forehand execution −1.9.

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.

ShotTaylor FritzBotic Van De Zandschulp
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st +0.2 −0.2 +0.9 +0.9 −0.2 −0.2 −1.6 −2.0
Serve 2nd ±0.0 ±0.0 +0.6 +0.6 −0.1 ±0.0 +0.2 +0.1
Return −0.2 +0.5 −3.0 −2.8 +0.2 −0.4 −2.6 −2.8
Forehand +0.3 +2.2 −1.9 +0.7 −0.9 +2.6 −3.4 −1.7
Backhand +0.4 −0.4 −2.5 −2.5 −0.1 +0.7 +3.7 +4.2
Slice +0.1 −0.7 −0.3 −1.0 +0.1 −2.3 +1.3 −0.9
Net +0.3 +0.1 −1.5 −1.1 −0.1 +0.6 −0.2 +0.3
Touch ±0.0 −0.1 −0.5 −0.6 ±0.0 +0.5 −1.0 −0.5
All shots +1.2+1.3 −8.3−5.8 −1.2+1.5 −3.5−3.2

Set by set

SetTaylor FritzBotic Van De ZandschulpNet, Taylor
1−4.0−1.3 −2.6
2−1.8−1.9 ±0.0

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.

Taylor Fritz serving

SetWideBodyT
1 60% 72% – 40% 50%
2 54% 65% 5% 100% 41% 53%

Set to set −0.27 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +0.02 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Botic Van De Zandschulp serving

SetWideBodyT
1 52% 67% 14% 75% 34% 80%
2 30% 67% 20% 50% 50% 64%

Set to set −0.50 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets −0.06 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.

Taylor Fritz

8.2 points left on the table across 306 shots 2.67 per 100 shots

  1. Return of a 1st serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×8; FH inside-in rates higher · 1.30 pts
  2. Return of a 1st serve, T, ad court hit FH down the line ×3; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.55 pts
  3. Return of a 1st serve, wide, deuce court hit FH down the line ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.34 pts
  4. Return of a 2nd serve, wide, deuce court hit FH through the middle ×4; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.32 pts

Botic Van De Zandschulp

8.5 points left on the table across 289 shots 2.94 per 100 shots

  1. Return of a 1st serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×3; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.49 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×8; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.46 pts
  3. Serve +1: mid-depth return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.43 pts
  4. Long rally, 9+: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×6; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.33 pts