Australian Open · QF · Hard · 27 Jan 2026
Coco Gauff v Elina Svitolina
31–57 in points · Elina Svitolina won
Why it went the way it did
Elina Svitolina won 12.9 more points than Coco Gauff relative to what the serve alone predicted. Coco Gauff's biggest leaks: forehand execution −4.2, backhand execution −3.7, serve 2nd execution −1.9.
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.
| Shot | Coco Gauff | Elina Svitolina | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | |
| Serve 1st | −0.6 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | −0.5 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +1.1 | +1.2 |
| Serve 2nd | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −1.9 | −1.9 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.9 | +0.9 |
| Return | −0.2 | +0.2 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +0.4 | ±0.0 | +0.5 |
| Forehand | −0.8 | +1.2 | −4.2 | −3.8 | −0.1 | +0.5 | −1.0 | −0.7 |
| Backhand | −0.1 | +0.4 | −3.7 | −3.4 | ±0.0 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +1.5 |
| Slice | ±0.0 | −0.4 | −0.5 | −1.0 | +0.1 | −0.6 | −0.2 | −0.8 |
| Net | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 |
| Touch | −0.1 | −0.2 | +0.1 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | −0.1 | −0.4 |
| Other | −0.1 | −0.2 | −0.1 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 |
| All shots | −1.9 | +0.8 | −9.3 | −10.4 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +1.7 | +2.4 |
Set by set
| Set | Coco Gauff | Elina Svitolina | Net, Coco | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | −5.5 | +0.8 | −6.3 | |
| 2 | −4.9 | +1.6 | −6.6 |
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.
Coco Gauff serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19% 0% | 48% 30% | 33% 29% |
| 2 | 36% 50% | 50% 36% | 14% 67% |
Within sets −0.29 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Elina Svitolina serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46% 45% | 8% 0% | 46% 73% |
| 2 | 33% 86% | 19% 50% | 48% 80% |
Within sets +3.54 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.
Coco Gauff
5.2 points left on the table across 168 shots 3.09 per 100 shots
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×7; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.38 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.35 pts
- Return of a 2nd serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×4; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.33 pts
- Long rally, 9+: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×4; FH down the line rates higher · 0.28 pts
Elina Svitolina
3.6 points left on the table across 167 shots 2.16 per 100 shots
- Long rally, 9+: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×7; FH down the line rates higher · 0.49 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×6; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.26 pts
- Serve +1: mid-depth return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×3; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts
- Serve +1: deep return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.24 pts