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Stockholm · QF · Hard · 18 Oct 2024

Andrey Rublev v Stan Wawrinka

83–86 in points · Stan Wawrinka won

Why it went the way it did

Andrey Rublev won 0.4 more points than Stan Wawrinka relative to what the serve alone predicted. Stan Wawrinka's biggest leaks: slice shot selection −5.0, return shot selection −1.7, backhand shot selection −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.

ShotAndrey RublevStan Wawrinka
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st +0.4 −0.1 +3.5 +3.8 +0.5 +0.3 +4.3 +5.1
Serve 2nd ±0.0 ±0.0 +1.7 +1.6 ±0.0 −0.1 +0.6 +0.5
Return ±0.0 +0.1 +4.0 +4.2 +0.2 −1.7 +2.7 +1.2
Forehand +0.4 +1.0 +0.4 +1.8 +0.1 +0.9 +1.9 +2.9
Backhand ±0.0 +0.2 −1.8 −1.6 +0.2 −0.8 +2.1 +1.5
Slice ±0.0 −4.0 −0.5 −4.5 +0.1 −5.0 −0.7 −5.6
Net ±0.0 +0.2 +0.6 +0.9 ±0.0 +0.1 −0.7 −0.7
Touch −0.1 ±0.0 −0.7 −0.8 ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0
All shots +0.6−2.6 +7.3+5.3 +1.0−6.2 +10.1+4.9

Set by set

SetAndrey RublevStan WawrinkaNet, Andrey
1+4.7+2.3 +2.4
2+0.6+2.6 −2.0

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.

Andrey Rublev serving

SetWideBodyT
1 56% 80% – 44% 63%
2 52% 64% – 48% 60%

Set to set −1.15 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets −1.23 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Stan Wawrinka serving

SetWideBodyT
1 55% 67% – 45% 64%
2 52% 68% – 48% 65%

Set to set −0.49 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +0.11 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.

Andrey Rublev

5.6 points left on the table across 272 shots 2.06 per 100 shots

  1. Return of a 2nd serve, wide, ad court hit BH through the middle ×10; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.55 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×9; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.35 pts
  3. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH slice through the middle ×5; FH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.32 pts
  4. Rally, shots 5–8: volley to your forehand side, opponent at net hit FH through the middle ×1; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.24 pts

Stan Wawrinka

6.2 points left on the table across 272 shots 2.26 per 100 shots

  1. Return +1: drive to your forehand side hit FH slice through the middle ×5; FH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.29 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH slice through the middle ×4; FH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts
  3. Return +1: drive to your backhand side hit BH slice through the middle ×3; BH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts
  4. Return of a 1st serve, wide, ad court hit BH slice through the middle ×3; BH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.23 pts