RallyIQ

Indian Wells Masters · R16 · Hard · 11 Mar 2026

Novak Djokovic v Jack Draper

99–98 in points · Jack Draper won

Why it went the way it did

Novak Djokovic won 1.9 more points than Jack Draper relative to what the serve alone predicted. Jack Draper's biggest leaks: slice shot selection −2.0, serve 2nd execution −1.2, touch execution −0.8.

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.

ShotNovak DjokovicJack Draper
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st +0.4 ±0.0 −2.5 −2.1 +0.2 −0.1 +0.2 +0.3
Serve 2nd +0.1 ±0.0 +0.4 +0.4 ±0.0 −0.1 −1.2 −1.3
Return −0.1 −0.1 +0.8 +0.7 +0.1 +0.3 −0.7 −0.3
Forehand +0.5 +2.8 +6.9 +10.2 ±0.0 +1.9 +1.5 +3.4
Backhand −0.4 +0.3 −2.3 −2.3 −0.2 +1.4 +1.6 +2.8
Slice ±0.0 −1.2 +1.5 +0.4 −0.6 −2.0 +0.9 −1.6
Net ±0.0 ±0.0 −0.7 −0.8 +0.1 +1.3 +0.1 +1.5
Touch ±0.0 ±0.0 −0.6 −0.6 ±0.0 ±0.0 −0.8 −0.8
All shots +0.5+1.9 +3.5+5.9 −0.3+2.8 +1.6+4.0

Set by set

SetNovak DjokovicJack DraperNet, Novak
1+2.9−1.5 +4.3
2−0.1+0.8 −0.9
3+3.2+4.7 −1.5

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.

Novak Djokovic serving

SetWideBodyT
1 43% 100% – 57% 77%
2 54% 50% – 46% 58%
3 44% 60% 4% 50% 51% 61%

Set to set +0.17 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +0.53 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Jack Draper serving

SetWideBodyT
1 32% 50% 8% 50% 60% 80%
2 40% 56% 5% 50% 55% 64%
3 47% 61% 5% 100% 47% 61%

Set to set −0.41 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets −0.64 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.

Novak Djokovic

8.6 points left on the table across 402 shots 2.14 per 100 shots

  1. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×10; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.51 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×10; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.39 pts
  3. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side, you at net hit FH volley through the middle ×1; FH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.28 pts
  4. Long rally, 9+: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.27 pts

Jack Draper

12.1 points left on the table across 413 shots 2.93 per 100 shots

  1. Return of a 2nd serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×7; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.64 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×15; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.58 pts
  3. Return of a 1st serve, T, deuce court hit FH through the middle ×5; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.53 pts
  4. Return of a 1st serve, wide, deuce court hit BH slice through the middle ×5; BH slice inside-in rates higher · 0.39 pts