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Daniel Altmaier v Laslo Djere

Every number combines what Daniel Altmaier does well with what Laslo Djere allows, each measured against the tour average and shrunk toward it when the sample is thin. Flip perspective

Forecast

Daniel Altmaier wins, best of 3 33%90%: 16%–56% · best of 5: 30%
Serve points won 62.9% / 66.3% Daniel / Laslo · tour 63.8%
Strengths only, no similarity priors 34%serve 63.3% / 66.6%

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 At least one of them is no longer active or has too little charted in the last three seasons, so both are compared on their careers.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 Daniel Altmaier's record against Laslo Djere's tactical lookalikes and in their charted head-to-heads (lookalikes: −8.8 on serve, +5.5 on return vs expectation (148 points)). 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

CareerDanielLaslo
Direction choice−0.17 ±0.12
better than 18%
+0.03 ±0.08
better than 64%
Shot selection−0.98 ±0.22
better than 3%
−0.48 ±0.14
better than 12%
Execution+0.23 ±0.64
better than 77%
−0.84 ±0.42
better than 31%
Points left on the table3.13 ±0.20
lower than 14%
2.32 ±0.17
lower than 82%

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.

Structural compatibility

Expected edge per 100 rally shots from style alone: Daniel Altmaier −0.69, Laslo Djere −1.89. Each player's shot mix weighted by their own skill with each shot and by how much the other gives up against it. This is why some rankings gaps don't hold in a given matchup.

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.

Daniel Altmaier serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowDaniel winsv LasloMatchupOptimal
Wide44%69%75%70.9%±5.658% ▲
Body3%60%68%65.1%±13.40% ▼
T53%75%73%72.9%±5.642% ▼

Optimal v Laslo Djere: +0.1±0.7 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving T every time would read +1.1 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowDaniel winsv LasloMatchupOptimal
Wide57%71%74%72.0%±5.548% ▼
Body4%62%65%64.0%±13.30% ▼
T39%67%77%72.4%±6.152% ▲

Optimal v Laslo Djere: +0.4±0.7 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving T every time would read +0.5 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Laslo Djere serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowLaslo winsv DanielMatchupOptimal
Wide48%72%76%75.6%±5.161% ▲
Body8%61%68%66.3%±11.80% ▼
T44%74%77%76.6%±5.439% ▼

Optimal v Daniel Altmaier: +0.4±0.7 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving T every time would read +1.4 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowLaslo winsv DanielMatchupOptimal
Wide50%71%78%76.3%±5.564% ▲
Body8%65%60%62.6%±12.50% ▼
T41%70%75%73.1%±5.736% ▼

Optimal v Daniel Altmaier: +0.4±0.7 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +2.4 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.

Daniel Altmaier returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv LasloValue
FH through the middle31%+4.3+1.2−0.5+5.0±2.5
FH slice through the middle31%−4.2−0.3−0.6−5.1±2.2
FH slice down the line15%−4.3+0.8−2.9−6.4±3.1
FH down the line12%+1.7−3.3+0.8−0.8±4.4
FH crosscourt7%+5.5−4.2−1.1+0.2±4.2

Lean FH through the middle: +6.3±2.0 per 100 returns v the current mix (398 returns charted)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv LasloValue
BH slice through the middle43%−4.2+1.5−2.3−5.0±2.3
BH slice crosscourt24%+0.5−1.6−2.4−3.5±3.0
BH through the middle12%+6.4+0.1−1.3+5.3±2.5
BH slice down the line8%−8.4+0.3+0.6−7.5±3.3
BH crosscourt8%+8.8−2.8−0.3+5.7±3.2
BH down the line5%+4.2+2.5±0.0+6.7±4.3

Lean BH down the line: +8.9±4.3 per 100 returns v the current mix (327 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv LasloValue
FH through the middle52%−3.5−0.3+1.3−2.5±2.7
FH down the line23%−1.8+1.2−3.5−4.1±4.6
FH crosscourt19%−0.2−0.2−3.0−3.5±4.2
FH slice through the middle6%−12.7+0.9+0.8−10.9±1.7

Lean FH through the middle: +1.1±1.9 per 100 returns v the current mix (114 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv LasloValue
BH through the middle40%−2.9+0.9+2.4+0.5±2.1
BH crosscourt25%+1.0+0.1−0.4+0.6±3.0
BH down the line13%−0.2−1.2−0.7−2.1±4.9
FH through the middle9%−2.9−0.3+1.3−1.9±2.2
FH inside-out7%+1.0−0.1−3.5−2.6±3.5

Lean BH crosscourt: +1.5±2.5 per 100 returns v the current mix (257 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

Laslo Djere returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv DanielValue
FH through the middle46%+4.3−3.4+0.7+1.5±2.4
FH crosscourt20%+5.5+0.2+1.8+7.5±4.1
FH slice through the middle15%−4.2−1.3+1.7−3.8±2.3
FH down the line11%+1.7−7.8+1.2−4.9±4.5
FH slice crosscourt5%−4.3−1.6+0.6−5.3±2.3

Lean FH crosscourt: +6.8±3.5 per 100 returns v the current mix (571 returns charted)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv DanielValue
BH through the middle37%+6.4−1.4+1.4+6.4±2.3
BH crosscourt25%+8.8−3.0−0.1+5.7±3.2
BH slice through the middle16%−4.2−0.5±0.0−4.7±2.4
BH slice crosscourt9%+0.5−1.2−0.2−0.9±3.0
BH down the line7%+4.2+0.5+2.8+7.5±4.6

Lean BH down the line: +4.5±4.5 per 100 returns v the current mix (626 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv DanielValue
FH through the middle53%−3.5−2.6+0.4−5.6±2.8
FH crosscourt34%−0.2+1.3+0.7+1.7±4.4
FH down the line13%−1.8+3.2−0.9+0.5±4.5

Lean FH crosscourt: +4.0±3.3 per 100 returns v the current mix (151 returns charted)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv DanielValue
BH through the middle43%−2.9−0.2+1.2−1.8±2.1
BH crosscourt40%+1.0−2.6+1.2−0.3±2.9
BH down the line8%−0.2−4.3−1.6−6.1±4.9
FH through the middle3%−2.9−0.9+0.4−3.3±2.1
FH inside-out3%+1.0+0.9−0.9+1.0±3.3

Lean BH crosscourt: +1.2±2.0 per 100 returns v the current mix (413 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 on hard. Each player's hard record is shrunk toward their all-surface one, so a thin sample on it moves the numbers only a little.

Daniel Altmaier

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
FH to the middle · rally+4.3±2.4+2.8+1.4
FH slice to the middle · rally+4.2±4.3+1.3+2.9
BH to the middle · return +1+3.1±3.4+1.5+1.6
FH to the middle · return +1+1.9±3.7+0.3+1.6
BH to their backhand · rally+1.9±2.6+1.2+0.7
FH to the middle · serve +1+1.7±3.4+1.0+0.7

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their forehand · rally−6.8±5.0−5.9−0.8
FH to their backhand · return−5.0±5.4−4.8−0.2
BH slice to the middle · return +1−4.6±3.4−3.6−1.0
FH to their forehand · return−4.6±6.4−2.2−2.3
BH to the middle · serve +1−4.0±3.4−1.7−2.3

Laslo Djere

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their forehand · return +1+9.7±7.1+2.9+6.8
BH to the middle · serve +1+5.0±3.6+2.7+2.3
FH to their forehand · return +1+3.3±5.4+2.0+1.3
FH to their forehand · return+1.7±5.8+0.7+1.0
BH slice to their backhand · rally+0.6±3.3−2.0+2.6
BH to their forehand · return+0.2±6.4−1.5+1.7

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
FH to their backhand · return−8.6±5.7−8.8+0.2
BH to their forehand · rally−6.2±5.1−2.5−3.7
BH to their backhand · return +1−5.6±4.3−6.7+1.1
BH to their backhand · serve +1−5.3±4.1−1.7−3.6
FH to their forehand · rally−3.9±2.9−1.6−2.4

Against Laslo Djere-like opponents

Daniel Altmaier vMatchesServe pts wonReturn pts won
All charted opponents–61.2%32.8%
Players most similar to Laslo Djere1 53.9%35.6%

Similar by tactical fingerprint: Learner Tien, Hubert Hurkacz, Tommy Paul, Karen Khachanov, Alexander Shevchenko, Roman Safiullin, Fabio Fognini, Kei Nishikori, Dominic Thiem, Gregoire Barrere. When two players have rarely met, their records against these lookalikes fill the gap.