United Cup · RR · Hard · 6 Jan 2026
Jakub Mensik v Alex De Minaur
53–67 in points · Alex De Minaur won
Why it went the way it did
Alex De Minaur won 6.4 more points than Jakub Mensik relative to what the serve alone predicted. Jakub Mensik's biggest leaks: forehand execution −7.1, serve 1st execution −2.1, return execution −1.2.
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 | Jakub Mensik | Alex De Minaur | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | |
| Serve 1st | +0.2 | +0.3 | −2.1 | −1.5 | −0.3 | −0.1 | −1.8 | −2.2 |
| Serve 2nd | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.6 | −0.5 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +1.4 | +1.4 |
| Return | −0.4 | −0.3 | −1.2 | −1.8 | −0.2 | +0.7 | +1.7 | +2.2 |
| Forehand | −0.1 | +1.8 | −7.1 | −5.4 | +0.4 | +2.1 | −1.4 | +1.1 |
| Backhand | ±0.0 | +0.5 | +1.5 | +1.9 | −0.1 | +0.8 | +1.1 | +1.8 |
| Slice | +0.2 | −1.2 | −0.2 | −1.2 | −0.1 | −2.7 | −0.5 | −3.3 |
| Net | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +2.0 | +0.3 | +0.1 | −1.4 | −1.0 |
| Touch | ±0.0 | −0.2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 |
| Other | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 |
| All shots | +0.4 | +1.7 | −8.6 | −6.4 | ±0.0 | +0.7 | −0.7 | ±0.0 |
Set by set
| Set | Jakub Mensik | Alex De Minaur | Net, Jakub | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | −2.5 | −2.6 | +0.1 | |
| 2 | −4.0 | +2.6 | −6.5 |
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.
Jakub Mensik serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44% 60% | 3% 0% | 53% 67% |
| 2 | 63% 47% | – | 38% 33% |
Set to set +0.19 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets +0.21 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Alex De Minaur serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44% 65% | 22% 50% | 33% 67% |
| 2 | 35% 67% | 18% 33% | 47% 88% |
Set to set +0.52 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets +0.53 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.
Jakub Mensik
5.2 points left on the table across 236 shots 2.22 per 100 shots
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side, you at net hit BH volley down the line ×2; BH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.24 pts
- 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
- Rally, shots 5–8: slice to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×2; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.19 pts
- Return of a 1st serve, wide, ad court hit BH slice down the line ×1; BH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.17 pts
Alex De Minaur
5.5 points left on the table across 229 shots 2.42 per 100 shots
- Return of a 2nd serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×3; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.28 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×6; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.23 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.20 pts
- Return of a 1st serve, wide, ad court hit BH slice down the line ×1; BH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.17 pts