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s Hertogenbosch · R16 · Grass · 12 Jun 2024

Yue Yuan v Bianca Andreescu

52–66 in points · Bianca Andreescu won

Why it went the way it did

Bianca Andreescu won 7.0 more points than Yue Yuan relative to what the serve alone predicted. Yue Yuan's biggest leaks: forehand execution −2.4, backhand execution −1.0, touch execution −1.0.

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.

ShotYue YuanBianca Andreescu
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st −0.5 ±0.0 −0.5 −1.1 −0.2 ±0.0 +0.2 ±0.0
Serve 2nd −0.2 ±0.0 +1.1 +0.9 +0.1 ±0.0 +1.3 +1.3
Return −0.2 +0.6 −0.5 −0.1 +0.1 ±0.0 −1.5 −1.5
Forehand −0.2 +0.3 −2.4 −2.4 +0.1 +1.0 +4.3 +5.4
Backhand −0.4 +0.6 −1.0 −0.9 −0.1 ±0.0 +0.3 +0.2
Slice +0.1 −0.2 −0.5 −0.5 −0.1 −1.4 −1.3 −2.8
Net −0.2 +0.1 +0.6 +0.5 +0.1 ±0.0 +0.3 +0.4
Touch +0.1 −0.4 −1.0 −1.3 +0.1 −0.8 −0.3 −1.0
All shots −1.5+1.0 −4.3−4.9 ±0.0−1.3 +3.4+2.1

Set by set

SetYue YuanBianca AndreescuNet, Yue
1−3.7−0.6 −3.2
2−1.2+2.7 −3.8

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.

Yue Yuan serving

SetWideBodyT
1 25% 57% 46% 69% 29% 63%
2 42% 62% 29% 56% 29% 33%

Set to set −0.96 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets −0.40 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Bianca Andreescu serving

SetWideBodyT
1 46% 75% 27% 71% 27% 86%
2 45% 73% 24% 50% 30% 60%

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

Within sets +0.59 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.

Yue Yuan

5.1 points left on the table across 168 shots 3.05 per 100 shots

  1. Return of a 1st serve, wide, ad court hit BH down the line ×3; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.32 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: slice to your backhand side, you at net hit BH volley through the middle ×1; BH volley down the line rates higher · 0.30 pts
  3. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.27 pts
  4. Return +1: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle + approach ×1; BH down the line + approach rates higher · 0.23 pts

Bianca Andreescu

4.2 points left on the table across 171 shots 2.43 per 100 shots

  1. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.27 pts
  2. Return of a 2nd serve, body, ad court hit BH through the middle ×3; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.17 pts
  3. Serve +1: mid-depth return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×2; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.17 pts
  4. Rally, shots 5–8: slice to your forehand side, opponent at net hit FH through the middle ×1; FH down the line rates higher · 0.14 pts