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Geneva · R16 · Clay · 21 May 2025

Hubert Hurkacz v Arthur Rinderknech

59–38 in points · Hubert Hurkacz won

Why it went the way it did

Hubert Hurkacz won 10.1 more points than Arthur Rinderknech relative to what the serve alone predicted. Arthur Rinderknech's biggest leaks: backhand execution −3.5, return execution −2.6, forehand execution −1.1.

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.

ShotHubert HurkaczArthur Rinderknech
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st +0.2 −0.1 +2.4 +2.5 +0.1 +0.1 −0.7 −0.5
Serve 2nd ±0.0 ±0.0 +0.7 +0.7 +0.1 +0.1 −0.9 −0.8
Return −0.1 −1.0 −1.7 −2.9 −0.1 −0.9 −2.6 −3.6
Forehand ±0.0 +0.7 −1.3 −0.6 +0.4 +0.7 −1.1 −0.1
Backhand ±0.0 −0.2 −0.4 −0.6 ±0.0 −0.2 −3.5 −3.7
Slice −0.1 −0.9 +0.5 −0.5 ±0.0 −0.4 −0.5 −0.9
Net +0.1 +0.2 +1.1 +1.4 +0.3 ±0.0 −0.4 −0.1
Touch −0.1 ±0.0 +0.1 ±0.0 +0.1 −0.1 −0.6 −0.6
Other ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0 −0.2 +0.3 +0.1
All shots +0.1−1.4 +1.3+0.1 +0.8−0.9 −10.0−10.1

Set by set

SetHubert HurkaczArthur RinderknechNet, Hubert
1−3.0−5.6 +2.6
2+3.0−4.5 +7.5

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.

Hubert Hurkacz serving

SetWideBodyT
1 66% 67% – 34% 82%
2 50% 89% – 50% 89%

Set to set −1.71 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +0.44 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Arthur Rinderknech serving

SetWideBodyT
1 42% 36% 6% 50% 52% 88%
2 64% 44% – 36% 40%

Set to set −5.71 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets −1.04 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.

Hubert Hurkacz

3.6 points left on the table across 108 shots 3.33 per 100 shots

  1. Return of a 1st serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×2; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.33 pts
  2. Return +1: drive to your backhand side hit BH slice through the middle ×3; BH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts
  3. Return of a 1st serve, T, ad court hit FH crosscourt ×1; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.20 pts
  4. Return of a 1st serve, T, ad court hit FH down the line ×1; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.18 pts

Arthur Rinderknech

2.6 points left on the table across 114 shots 2.30 per 100 shots

  1. Return of a 1st serve, T, ad court hit FH down the line ×3; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.55 pts
  2. Return +1: drive to your backhand side hit FH through the middle ×1; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.09 pts
  3. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side, opponent at net hit BH lob through the middle ×1; BH lob crosscourt rates higher · 0.09 pts
  4. Return of a 2nd serve, T, ad court hit FH down the line ×1; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.09 pts