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Roland Garros · R32 · Clay · 30 May 2026

Maria Sakkari v Maja Chwalinska

67–73 in points · Maja Chwalinska won

Why it went the way it did

Maja Chwalinska won 2.5 more points than Maria Sakkari relative to what the serve alone predicted. Maria Sakkari's biggest leaks: forehand execution −4.4, slice shot selection −2.9, slice execution −1.4.

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.

ShotMaria SakkariMaja Chwalinska
DirSelExecTotalDirSelExecTotal
Serve 1st +0.3 ±0.0 +0.4 +0.7 +0.4 ±0.0 +1.2 +1.5
Serve 2nd −0.1 ±0.0 −0.3 −0.4 +0.1 ±0.0 +1.0 +1.1
Return ±0.0 +1.1 +3.2 +4.3 −0.2 −0.4 +1.8 +1.2
Forehand −0.5 +4.4 −4.4 −0.6 −0.4 +3.0 −1.8 +0.8
Backhand −0.3 +0.6 +0.3 +0.6 −0.2 +0.9 +1.0 +1.6
Slice +0.4 −2.9 −1.4 −3.9 −0.7 −3.8 +0.4 −4.1
Net +0.3 +0.8 −1.3 −0.3 ±0.0 +0.4 +0.6 +1.0
Touch ±0.0 −0.3 −1.1 −1.3 ±0.0 −1.0 −0.5 −1.5
All shots ±0.0+3.7 −4.6−0.9 −1.0−1.1 +3.7+1.7

Set by set

SetMaria SakkariMaja ChwalinskaNet, Maria
1+5.1−2.4 +7.4
2−4.4−0.2 −4.2
3−1.5+4.2 −5.8

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.

Maria Sakkari serving

SetWideBodyT
1 50% 70% 10% 50% 40% 100%
2 39% 56% 9% 50% 52% 50%
3 37% 20% 11% 100% 52% 64%

Set to set +0.75 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +0.63 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games

Maja Chwalinska serving

SetWideBodyT
1 58% 45% 5% 0% 37% 43%
2 46% 77% 11% 33% 43% 67%
3 32% 57% 9% 100% 59% 85%

Set to set +1.31 per 100 first serves in sets 2+

Within sets +1.34 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.

Maria Sakkari

9.8 points left on the table across 368 shots 2.66 per 100 shots

  1. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×13; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.91 pts
  2. Serve +1: mid-depth return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×6; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.51 pts
  3. Return +1: drive to your backhand side hit FH through the middle ×4; FH inside-in rates higher · 0.46 pts
  4. Return of a 1st serve, T, deuce court hit FH through the middle ×2; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.43 pts

Maja Chwalinska

11.0 points left on the table across 359 shots 3.08 per 100 shots

  1. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×7; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.49 pts
  2. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×11; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.47 pts
  3. Return +1: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×9; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.43 pts
  4. Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×7; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.38 pts