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Anna Lena Friedsam v Jil Teichmann

Every number combines what Anna Lena Friedsam does well with what Jil Teichmann allows, each measured against the tour average and shrunk toward it when the sample is thin. Flip perspective

Forecast

Anna Lena Friedsam wins, best of 3 43%90%: 16%–74% · best of 5: 42%
Serve points won 55.5% / 56.8% Anna / Jil · tour 56.3%
Strengths only, no similarity priors 43%serve 55.5% / 56.8%

Each player's serve and return strength is fitted against every opponent they were charted against, so a record built on weak opponents counts for less. At least one of them is no longer active or has too little charted in the last three seasons, so both are compared on their careers. The result is then nudged by Anna Lena Friedsam's record against Jil Teichmann's tactical lookalikes and in their charted head-to-heads. A game-by-game Markov chain turns point odds into match odds; the 90% range covers the uncertainty in the two strengths, not the nudges. Charted matches lean toward big events, so treat this as a scouting estimate, not a betting line.

Head to head, per 100 shots

CareerAnnaJil
Direction choice±0.00 ±0.15
better than 52%
−0.19 ±0.09
better than 18%
Shot selection−0.47 ±0.33
better than 12%
+0.14 ±0.14
better than 60%
Execution−0.06 ±1.00
better than 58%
−0.19 ±0.42
better than 51%
Points left on the table2.54 ±0.20
lower than 61%
3.14 ±0.15
lower than 6%

Each player's career against an average tour player in the same position, adjusted for opponent strength, with a 90% margin (shots clustered by match). Points left on the table is the gap to the best-value direction for the same stroke, so lower is better. Percentiles are within each player's own tour. A side is highlighted only when the gap is larger than the margin on the difference.

Serve plan

The share of points the server wins when a first serve lands in that direction (hover a rate for its 90% interval; ± is the 90% margin). "Matchup" combines the server's rate with how this returner handles that serve. "Optimal" is the mix that wins most against this returner once they start reading a habit, at the response measured across the tour, and only within the range servers' habits actually vary. The gain over the current mix is how exploitable that mix is.

Anna Lena Friedsam serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowAnna winsv JilMatchupOptimal
Wide37%62%65%60.6%±8.337%
Body29%62%57%61.3%±9.614% ▼
T34%58%67%57.1%±9.449% ▲

Optimal v Jil Teichmann: +0.3±1.1 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving body every time would read +1.7 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowAnna winsv JilMatchupOptimal
Wide49%69%65%68.7%±8.064% ▲
Body20%51%60%54.8%±10.85% ▼
T31%63%60%58.9%±9.431%

Optimal v Jil Teichmann: +0.7±1.1 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +5.8 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Jil Teichmann serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowJil winsv AnnaMatchupOptimal
Wide31%61%60%54.6%±10.029% ▼
Body25%56%60%58.7%±11.012% ▼
T44%61%64%57.1%±8.859% ▲

Optimal v Anna Lena Friedsam: +0.3±1.0 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving body every time would read +2.0 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowJil winsv AnnaMatchupOptimal
Wide52%64%71%69.1%±8.152%
Body23%57%64%65.2%±11.08% ▼
T24%66%70%71.9%±9.140% ▲

Optimal v Anna Lena Friedsam: +0.8±1.2 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving T every time would read +3.0 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Return plan

Value of each return, in points per 100 returns against an average return of the same serve (direction, court, surface): the tour's result with that return, the returner's own edge with it, and what this server gives up when it comes back to that side. Returns with no charted direction are left out, so values compare with each other rather than with zero. Depth isn't a choice here: missed returns have no depth. Serve quality isn't charted, so a block through the middle partly reflects the serve that forced it.

Anna Lena Friedsam returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JilValue
FH through the middle48%+4.2−1.9+1.4+3.6±2.8
FH crosscourt18%+5.3+3.5+2.1+11.0±4.0
FH slice through the middle15%−6.7+0.1−1.1−7.7±2.4
FH down the line14%+1.5−2.7−3.9−5.0±4.4
FH slice down the line5%−10.5+0.6−0.7−10.6±2.1

Lean FH crosscourt: +9.7±3.6 per 100 returns v the current mix (119 returns charted)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JilValue
BH through the middle39%+6.0+1.7+0.3+8.0±2.5
BH crosscourt24%+7.7−1.5+3.3+9.5±3.5
BH slice through the middle19%−6.2−0.7+0.3−6.6±2.5
BH down the line7%+2.2−1.0−1.4−0.3±3.9
BH slice crosscourt5%−4.2−0.4−0.1−4.6±2.4

Lean BH crosscourt: +6.2±2.9 per 100 returns v the current mix (157 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JilValue
FH through the middle56%−3.2−4.0+2.7−4.6±2.8
FH crosscourt44%+0.5−1.2+0.6−0.1±4.1

Lean FH crosscourt: +2.5±2.8 per 100 returns v the current mix (41 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JilValue
BH crosscourt52%+1.5+0.4−2.8−0.8±3.5
BH through the middle33%−2.6−0.7+2.0−1.3±2.5
BH down the line15%−0.5−3.0+0.3−3.3±4.7

Lean BH crosscourt: +0.5±2.0 per 100 returns v the current mix (79 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

Jil Teichmann returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv AnnaValue
FH through the middle50%+4.2+1.2+0.8+6.2±2.9
FH crosscourt27%+5.3+2.6−2.3+5.7±4.2
FH down the line13%+1.5−0.2+1.0+2.4±4.6
FH slice through the middle6%−6.7−0.3+0.5−6.6±2.4
FH slice crosscourt4%−6.6+1.6±0.0−5.0±1.6

Lean FH through the middle: +2.0±1.9 per 100 returns v the current mix (400 returns charted)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv AnnaValue
BH through the middle55%+6.0±0.0+2.0+8.0±2.4
BH crosscourt22%+7.7+1.1−1.6+7.2±3.5
BH down the line13%+2.2−0.2+1.8+3.8±4.7
BH slice through the middle7%−6.2−0.9−0.3−7.5±2.5
BH slice crosscourt2%−4.2−0.8−1.1−6.0±2.3

Lean BH through the middle: +2.6±1.5 per 100 returns v the current mix (570 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv AnnaValue
FH through the middle44%−3.2−2.1+1.5−3.7±3.1
FH crosscourt41%+0.5−1.4−0.4−1.2±4.1
FH down the line16%−0.6+1.3+0.7+1.4±4.8

Lean FH down the line: +3.3±4.6 per 100 returns v the current mix (116 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv AnnaValue
BH through the middle39%−2.6−0.4+0.6−2.5±2.7
BH crosscourt36%+1.5−0.4+0.3+1.3±3.2
FH inside-in9%+0.7+2.2−0.4+2.6±4.2
FH through the middle8%−2.7+1.2+1.5+0.1±2.6
BH down the line6%−0.5−2.2−0.7−3.4±4.9

Lean FH inside-in: +2.9±4.1 per 100 returns v the current mix (244 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

Rally plan

Edge, in points per 100 shots: the hitter's skill with the shot (own) plus how much the receiver usually gives up against it (theirs), both measured against the tour average.

Anna Lena Friedsam

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their forehand · rally+3.5±3.9+2.4+1.2
BH to their backhand · serve +1+2.7±3.5+0.7+2.0
FH to the middle · serve +1+2.6±2.5+0.3+2.2
BH to their backhand · rally+2.5±2.7+1.9+0.6
BH to the middle · rally+1.3±2.0+0.9+0.3
BH to the middle · serve +1+1.1±2.5±0.0+1.1

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH slice to their backhand · rally−7.2±2.9−2.2−5.1
FH to their backhand · serve +1−5.3±3.7−5.1−0.2
BH to their forehand · return−2.3±4.1−2.2−0.1
FH to the middle · rally−1.7±2.1−1.4−0.3
BH to their backhand · return−1.6±3.3−1.5−0.1

Jil Teichmann

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to the middle · return +1+4.4±2.4+1.9+2.5
FH to their backhand · rally+4.2±2.9+0.5+3.7
BH to the middle · return+3.8±2.1+1.7+2.2
FH to their forehand · serve +1+3.1±3.6+3.1±0.0
BH to their forehand · rally+2.2±3.7+1.3+0.9
FH to their forehand · return +1+1.7±3.9+3.0−1.3

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
FH to their forehand · rally−5.9±2.7−4.9−1.0
BH to their backhand · rally−4.2±2.8−2.1−2.0
BH to their backhand · return−2.5±3.5−3.4+0.9
BH to their backhand · serve +1−2.0±3.8−1.5−0.6
BH to the middle · serve +1−0.6±2.4−0.2−0.5

Against Jil Teichmann-like opponents

Anna Lena Friedsam vMatchesServe pts wonReturn pts won
All charted opponents–55.8%42.4%

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