Rome · R128 · Clay · 6 May 2026
Yulia Putintseva v Tereza Valentova
47–66 in points · Tereza Valentova won
Why it went the way it did
Tereza Valentova won 10.3 more points than Yulia Putintseva relative to what the serve alone predicted. Yulia Putintseva's biggest leaks: backhand execution −2.8, forehand execution −2.7, slice shot selection −1.6.
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 | Yulia Putintseva | Tereza Valentova | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | |
| Serve 1st | +0.2 | ±0.0 | −0.5 | −0.3 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.4 |
| Serve 2nd | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.4 | +0.4 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −1.3 | −1.3 |
| Return | −0.2 | +0.5 | −0.1 | +0.1 | −0.4 | +0.8 | −0.1 | +0.3 |
| Forehand | +0.6 | +1.4 | −2.7 | −0.7 | −0.2 | +1.3 | +3.7 | +4.8 |
| Backhand | +0.1 | −0.3 | −2.8 | −3.0 | −0.1 | +0.4 | +3.6 | +3.8 |
| Slice | +0.2 | −1.6 | −0.4 | −1.8 | −0.2 | −1.9 | −0.3 | −2.5 |
| Net | −0.1 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.7 | −0.1 | +0.4 | −0.5 | −0.2 |
| Touch | −0.1 | −0.4 | +0.6 | +0.1 | +0.2 | −0.9 | +1.1 | +0.5 |
| All shots | +0.8 | +0.1 | −5.4 | −4.5 | −0.8 | +0.1 | +6.4 | +5.8 |
Set by set
| Set | Yulia Putintseva | Tereza Valentova | Net, Yulia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | −1.4 | +2.7 | −4.1 | |
| 2 | −3.1 | +3.1 | −6.2 |
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.
Yulia Putintseva serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 58% 42% | 9% 100% | 33% 45% |
| 2 | 60% 50% | 17% 20% | 23% 57% |
Set to set −0.71 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets −0.37 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Tereza Valentova serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55% 75% | 18% 50% | 27% 50% |
| 2 | 56% 73% | 11% 33% | 33% 78% |
Within sets −0.68 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.
Yulia Putintseva
5.0 points left on the table across 234 shots 2.12 per 100 shots
- Return of a 1st serve, wide, deuce court hit FH down the line ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.35 pts
- Return +1: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle hit BH through the middle ×5; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.24 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH down the line ×12; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.22 pts
Tereza Valentova
6.7 points left on the table across 235 shots 2.83 per 100 shots
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×11; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.47 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×6; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.33 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH volley through the middle ×1; FH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.32 pts
- Return of a 1st serve, wide, ad court hit BH through the middle ×12; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.32 pts