Berlin · R16 · Grass · 19 Jun 2024
Victoria Azarenka v Zeynep Sonmez
72–56 in points · Victoria Azarenka won
Why it went the way it did
Victoria Azarenka won 7.5 more points than Zeynep Sonmez relative to what the serve alone predicted. Zeynep Sonmez's biggest leaks: net execution −0.9, serve 1st execution −0.8, backhand execution −0.8.
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.
| Shot | Victoria Azarenka | Zeynep Sonmez | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | |
| Serve 1st | +0.2 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | −0.8 | −1.3 |
| Serve 2nd | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.9 | −0.8 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +1.0 | +1.1 |
| Return | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +2.3 | +2.4 | −0.4 | +0.8 | ±0.0 | +0.4 |
| Forehand | −0.7 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.9 | −0.4 | +2.2 | −0.4 | +1.4 |
| Backhand | −0.1 | +1.3 | +1.8 | +3.0 | −0.7 | +1.7 | −0.8 | +0.2 |
| Slice | ±0.0 | −1.7 | ±0.0 | −1.7 | −0.1 | −0.3 | −0.7 | −1.2 |
| Net | +0.4 | +0.4 | +1.3 | +2.1 | +0.1 | +0.2 | −0.9 | −0.7 |
| Touch | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.7 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.2 |
| All shots | −0.2 | +1.5 | +6.3 | +7.6 | −2.0 | +4.4 | −2.3 | +0.2 |
Set by set
| Set | Victoria Azarenka | Zeynep Sonmez | Net, Victoria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +3.0 | −1.2 | +4.2 | |
| 2 | +4.6 | +1.4 | +3.2 |
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.
Victoria Azarenka serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 53% 68% | 19% 57% | 28% 70% |
| 2 | 63% 53% | 7% 0% | 30% 56% |
Set to set +0.50 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets +0.23 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Zeynep Sonmez serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36% 67% | 33% 55% | 30% 40% |
| 2 | 37% 50% | 30% 13% | 33% 44% |
Set to set −0.40 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets −0.22 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.
Victoria Azarenka
6.5 points left on the table across 239 shots 2.70 per 100 shots
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×6; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.42 pts
- Long rally, 9+: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×5; FH down the line rates higher · 0.35 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×7; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.30 pts
- Serve +1: mid-depth return to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×4; BH down the line rates higher · 0.28 pts
Zeynep Sonmez
7.7 points left on the table across 248 shots 3.09 per 100 shots
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×9; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.39 pts
- Long rally, 9+: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×7; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.37 pts
- Return of a 1st serve, wide, deuce court hit FH through the middle ×13; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.36 pts
- Return of a 1st serve, wide, ad court hit BH down the line ×3; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.32 pts