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Stuttgart · R32 · Grass · 11 Jun 2024

Flavio Cobolli v Jan Lennard Struff

50–72 in points · Jan Lennard Struff won

Why it went the way it did

Jan Lennard Struff won 12.0 more points than Flavio Cobolli relative to what the serve alone predicted. Flavio Cobolli's biggest leaks: backhand execution −2.8, slice execution −1.7, slice shot selection −1.3.

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.

ShotFlavio CobolliJan Lennard Struff
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st +0.3 +0.1 +3.7 +4.0 +0.4 +0.6 +5.5 +6.5
Serve 2nd ±0.0 +0.1 +2.2 +2.3 ±0.0 +0.1 +3.4 +3.5
Return −0.1 ±0.0 +1.1 +1.0 ±0.0 +0.5 +3.9 +4.4
Forehand +0.1 +0.2 +1.2 +1.6 +0.1 +0.2 +1.0 +1.4
Backhand −0.3 ±0.0 −2.8 −3.1 ±0.0 +0.1 +0.6 +0.7
Slice −0.3 −1.3 −1.7 −3.3 −0.1 −0.7 −0.4 −1.2
Net ±0.0 ±0.0 −0.7 −0.6 ±0.0 +0.1 −0.6 −0.4
Touch ±0.0 +0.2 +0.8 +1.0 ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0
All shots −0.2−0.7 +3.9+2.9 +0.5+0.9 +13.5+14.9

Set by set

SetFlavio CobolliJan Lennard StruffNet, Flavio
1+3.4+8.7 −5.3
2−0.4+6.2 −6.7

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.

Flavio Cobolli serving

SetWideBodyT
1 52% 78% 2% 100% 45% 55%
2 40% 50% – 60% 67%

Set to set −1.98 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +1.58 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Jan Lennard Struff serving

SetWideBodyT
1 64% 83% – 36% 85%
2 45% 90% – 55% 92%

Set to set +0.24 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +0.27 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.

Flavio Cobolli

3.1 points left on the table across 71 shots 4.32 per 100 shots

  1. Serve +1: drive to your middle hit BH through the middle ×4; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.34 pts
  2. Serve +1: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×3; BH down the line rates higher · 0.27 pts
  3. Serve +1: drive to your middle hit FH slice through the middle ×2; FH slice down the line rates higher · 0.26 pts
  4. Serve +1: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×2; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts

Jan Lennard Struff

2.5 points left on the table across 74 shots 3.43 per 100 shots

  1. Serve +1: drive to your backhand side, you at net hit BH volley through the middle ×1; BH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.21 pts
  2. Serve +1: drive to your middle, you at net hit BH volley through the middle ×1; BH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.20 pts
  3. Return of a 2nd serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×2; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.19 pts
  4. Serve +1: drive to your middle hit FH slice through the middle ×1; FH slice down the line rates higher · 0.13 pts