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Rotterdam · R32 · Hard · 9 Feb 2026

Luka Pavlovic v Botic Van De Zandschulp

63–80 in points · Botic Van De Zandschulp won

Why it went the way it did

Botic Van De Zandschulp won 9.8 more points than Luka Pavlovic relative to what the serve alone predicted. Luka Pavlovic's biggest leaks: forehand execution −3.5, backhand execution −3.4, touch execution −3.2.

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.

ShotLuka PavlovicBotic Van De Zandschulp
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st +0.2 −0.1 −2.0 −1.9 −0.5 −0.1 −1.0 −1.6
Serve 2nd −0.1 −0.1 +1.1 +0.9 ±0.0 ±0.0 −1.8 −1.9
Return −0.2 −1.1 −2.4 −3.7 ±0.0 −0.7 +0.1 −0.6
Forehand +0.1 +1.8 −3.5 −1.7 −0.3 +2.0 +0.7 +2.4
Backhand −0.2 +0.2 −3.4 −3.4 −0.3 +1.6 −1.9 −0.7
Slice +0.1 −0.8 −0.5 −1.2 +0.1 −1.8 −1.1 −2.7
Net ±0.0 +0.3 −1.8 −1.5 +0.1 +0.4 +0.3 +0.9
Touch +0.1 ±0.0 −3.2 −3.2 −0.1 −0.9 −1.2 −2.2
Other ±0.0 −0.2 −0.3 −0.5 ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0 ±0.0
All shots −0.2+0.1 −16.2−16.2 −1.0+0.6 −6.0−6.4

Set by set

SetLuka PavlovicBotic Van De ZandschulpNet, Luka
1−12.0−5.3 −6.7
2−4.3−1.1 −3.2

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.

Luka Pavlovic serving

SetWideBodyT
1 41% 55% 4% 50% 56% 57%
2 64% 43% 9% 100% 27% 50%

Set to set −0.68 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +0.40 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Botic Van De Zandschulp serving

SetWideBodyT
1 33% 58% 33% 58% 33% 92%
2 52% 63% 16% 40% 32% 80%

Set to set +2.50 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +0.26 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.

Luka Pavlovic

5.1 points left on the table across 216 shots 2.34 per 100 shots

  1. Return +1: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.23 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: lob to your middle, you at net hit Smash through the middle ×1; Smash crosscourt rates higher · 0.19 pts
  3. Return of a 1st serve, wide, ad court hit BH slice down the line ×1; BH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.17 pts
  4. Serve +1: deep return to your middle hit BH through the middle ×4; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.17 pts

Botic Van De Zandschulp

5.2 points left on the table across 213 shots 2.44 per 100 shots

  1. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×9; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.46 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×7; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.27 pts
  3. Rally, shots 5–8: volley to your middle, opponent at net, you at net hit BH volley through the middle ×1; BH volley down the line rates higher · 0.25 pts
  4. Return +1: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.23 pts