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Fabrice Santoro v Jaume Munar

Every number combines what Fabrice Santoro does well with what Jaume Munar allows, each measured against the tour average and shrunk toward it when the sample is thin. Flip perspective

Forecast

Fabrice Santoro wins, best of 3 33%90%: 11%–63% · best of 5: 29%
Serve points won 58.5% / 61.9% Fabrice / Jaume · tour 63.4%
Strengths only, no similarity priors 33%serve 58.5% / 61.9%

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 At least one of them is no longer active or has too little charted in the last three seasons, so both are compared on their careers.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 Fabrice Santoro's record against Jaume Munar'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

CareerFabriceJaume
Direction choice+0.19 ±0.11
better than 93%
−0.01 ±0.08
better than 53%
Shot selection−1.89 ±0.57
better than 0%
−0.31 ±0.21
better than 22%
Execution+2.60 ±0.69
better than 100%
+0.60 ±0.36
better than 86%
Points left on the table2.94 ±0.21
lower than 23%
2.55 ±0.11
lower than 55%

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.

Fabrice Santoro serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowFabrice winsv JaumeMatchupOptimal
Wide49%61%72%60.1%±6.862% ▲
Body10%58%54%49.1%±12.10% ▼
T41%64%71%59.8%±8.038% ▼

Optimal v Jaume Munar: +0.6±0.8 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +1.2 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowFabrice winsv JaumeMatchupOptimal
Wide56%65%70%61.4%±6.769% ▲
Body9%62%63%62.3%±12.89%
T35%61%69%57.8%±8.522% ▼

Optimal v Jaume Munar: +0.3±0.8 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving body every time would read +2.1 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Jaume Munar serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowJaume winsv FabriceMatchupOptimal
Wide55%68%73%67.9%±6.551% ▼
Body10%65%59%61.6%±12.40% ▼
T35%73%79%77.3%±6.849% ▲

Optimal v Fabrice Santoro: +0.5±0.8 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving T every time would read +6.7 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowJaume winsv FabriceMatchupOptimal
Wide51%68%76%71.2%±6.864% ▲
Body14%64%56%56.9%±13.01% ▼
T35%66%66%59.0%±7.935%

Optimal v Fabrice Santoro: +0.4±0.9 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +6.3 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.

Fabrice Santoro returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JaumeValue
FH slice through the middle32%−4.2+3.1−0.5−1.6±2.3
FH through the middle20%+4.3+0.8+1.2+6.3±2.6
FH slice down the line17%−4.3+5.4+1.2+2.4±3.2
FH slice crosscourt15%−4.3+1.9−0.7−3.1±2.8
FH down the line12%+1.7+1.6+0.3+3.6±4.2

Lean FH through the middle: +4.8±2.3 per 100 returns v the current mix (263 returns charted)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JaumeValue
BH through the middle42%+6.4+1.4−0.8+7.0±2.4
BH crosscourt37%+8.8−1.9+0.3+7.3±3.2
BH down the line10%+4.2−1.7+1.6+4.0±4.3
BH slice down the line4%−8.4+1.3−0.8−7.9±2.9
BH slice through the middle4%−4.2+0.6−1.1−4.8±2.2

Lean BH crosscourt: +1.8±2.3 per 100 returns v the current mix (214 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JaumeValue
FH through the middle27%−3.5+1.6+1.1−0.8±2.5
FH slice through the middle23%−12.7+2.5±0.0−10.2±1.6
FH slice crosscourt20%−12.5+2.6±0.0−9.9±2.1
FH slice down the line15%−9.4+1.1±0.0−8.4±1.9
FH down the line10%−1.8+1.4−0.2−0.5±3.9

Lean FH through the middle: +5.1±2.0 per 100 returns v the current mix (106 returns charted)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JaumeValue
BH crosscourt48%+1.0+2.3−1.1+2.3±3.1
BH through the middle42%−2.9+0.2−1.6−4.3±2.4
BH down the line11%−0.2+4.0+3.3+7.1±4.6

Lean BH crosscourt: +2.2±1.9 per 100 returns v the current mix (130 returns charted)

Jaume Munar returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv FabriceValue
FH through the middle44%+4.3−0.4−1.2+2.6±2.5
FH slice through the middle22%−4.2+0.7±0.0−3.5±1.8
FH down the line13%+1.7−0.2+2.1+3.6±4.4
FH crosscourt11%+5.5+2.3+3.6+11.4±4.3
FH slice down the line7%−4.3+1.8±0.0−2.4±2.3

Lean FH crosscourt: +9.6±4.1 per 100 returns v the current mix (701 returns charted)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv FabriceValue
BH through the middle42%+6.4+2.3+0.2+8.9±2.4
BH crosscourt27%+8.8+1.2+2.9+12.9±3.2
BH slice through the middle13%−4.2−0.1+1.4−2.9±2.4
BH down the line10%+4.2+1.9+3.1+9.3±4.5
BH slice crosscourt6%+0.5−1.6+1.6+0.5±3.0

Lean BH crosscourt: +5.2±2.6 per 100 returns v the current mix (760 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv FabriceValue
FH through the middle44%−3.5+2.5+1.0±0.0±2.9
FH crosscourt25%−0.2+0.4−0.6−0.4±4.4
FH down the line21%−1.8+0.8+5.5+4.5±4.7
FH slice through the middle6%−12.7+0.8±0.0−11.9±1.3
FH slice down the line4%−9.4+0.6±0.0−8.8±1.4

Lean FH down the line: +4.8±4.1 per 100 returns v the current mix (170 returns charted)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv FabriceValue
BH through the middle47%−2.9−0.7+0.1−3.5±2.3
BH crosscourt29%+1.0+1.3+0.6+2.9±3.1
BH down the line13%−0.2+2.2+2.2+4.1±5.0
FH through the middle6%−2.9−1.1+1.0−3.0±2.4
FH inside-in3%+0.6−0.1−0.6−0.1±4.1

Lean BH down the line: +4.4±4.6 per 100 returns v the current mix (456 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.

Fabrice Santoro

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their forehand · rally+5.6±3.3+3.2+2.5
FH slice to their backhand · rally+5.4±3.4+5.3+0.1
BH to their forehand · serve +1+5.2±4.5+4.0+1.2
FH slice to the middle · rally+4.4±2.7+5.4−1.0
FH to the middle · rally+3.8±2.0+2.7+1.2
FH to the middle · return+3.1±2.3+2.0+1.0

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to the middle · serve +1+1.5±2.5+2.3−0.9
BH to the middle · return+1.5±2.0+1.7−0.2
FH to their backhand · rally+1.8±2.4+1.1+0.7
BH to their backhand · return+1.9±2.6+1.6+0.3
BH to their backhand · return +1+1.9±2.9+1.2+0.7

Jaume Munar

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
FH to their forehand · return +1+6.6±3.5+3.3+3.3
FH to their backhand · return+6.1±3.7+1.3+4.8
BH to their forehand · return +1+6.1±4.8+2.4+3.7
FH to their backhand · return +1+5.4±3.8+0.9+4.5
BH to their backhand · return+5.1±2.7+2.1+2.9
BH to their forehand · return+4.8±4.1+1.8+3.0

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their backhand · rally+0.1±1.7+2.1−2.0
FH to their backhand · serve +1+0.4±3.0−1.8+2.2
FH to the middle · return+0.5±2.2+0.6−0.1
FH to their forehand · rally+0.7±1.9−0.2+0.9
FH to the middle · rally+0.9±2.1+1.3−0.3

Against Jaume Munar-like opponents

Fabrice Santoro vMatchesServe pts wonReturn pts won
All charted opponents–54.6%36.7%

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