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United Cup · RR · Hard · 2 Jan 2026

Solana Sierra v Jessica Bouzas Maneiro

97–73 in points · Solana Sierra won

Why it went the way it did

Solana Sierra won 12.3 more points than Jessica Bouzas Maneiro relative to what the serve alone predicted. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro's biggest leaks: forehand execution −5.9, serve 2nd execution −3.1, slice shot selection −2.9.

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.

ShotSolana SierraJessica Bouzas Maneiro
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st −0.2 ±0.0 −1.6 −1.8 +0.1 ±0.0 −1.9 −1.8
Serve 2nd +0.1 ±0.0 −1.0 −0.9 +0.1 ±0.0 −3.1 −3.0
Return −0.1 +0.4 −0.8 −0.5 −0.1 +0.2 −2.0 −1.9
Forehand −0.8 +1.4 +1.5 +2.1 −0.2 +1.5 −5.9 −4.6
Backhand −0.2 +0.2 −1.5 −1.5 ±0.0 +0.1 −1.4 −1.3
Slice ±0.0 −0.5 −0.2 −0.8 −0.2 −2.9 +0.4 −2.7
Net −0.2 +0.3 −0.1 −0.1 +0.1 ±0.0 −0.6 −0.5
Touch +0.1 −0.2 ±0.0 −0.1 ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0
All shots −1.4+1.6 −3.8−3.6 −0.2−1.2 −14.5−15.9

Set by set

SetSolana SierraJessica Bouzas ManeiroNet, Solana
1+1.0−3.8 +4.7
2−6.7−6.1 −0.6
3+2.1−6.0 +8.1

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.

Solana Sierra serving

SetWideBodyT
1 47% 64% 27% 75% 27% 50%
2 44% 78% 24% 30% 32% 38%
3 40% 83% 27% 75% 33% 80%

Set to set +0.35 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets −0.69 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro serving

SetWideBodyT
1 42% 57% 18% 33% 39% 46%
2 48% 63% 12% 25% 39% 54%
3 41% 14% 29% 40% 29% 40%

Set to set −0.05 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +0.44 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.

Solana Sierra

8.0 points left on the table across 246 shots 3.24 per 100 shots

  1. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×7; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.49 pts
  2. Return of a 2nd serve, wide, deuce court hit FH crosscourt ×7; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.40 pts
  3. Serve +1: short return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×4; FH down the line rates higher · 0.38 pts
  4. Serve +1: mid-depth return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.34 pts

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro

7.0 points left on the table across 254 shots 2.75 per 100 shots

  1. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×6; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.42 pts
  2. Serve +1: mid-depth return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.34 pts
  3. Return of a 2nd serve, wide, deuce court hit FH crosscourt ×5; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.28 pts
  4. Return of a 2nd serve, wide, deuce court hit FH through the middle ×2; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.23 pts