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Jack Draper v Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Every number combines what Jack Draper does well with what Tomas Martin Etcheverry allows, each measured against the tour average and shrunk toward it when the sample is thin. Flip perspective

Forecast

Jack Draper wins, best of 3 80%90%: 53%–94% · best of 5: 85%
Serve points won 67.2% / 60.6% Jack / Tomas · tour 63.5%
Strengths only, no similarity priors 80%serve 67.4% / 60.6%

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. Both were charted enough in the last three seasons, so those carry the most weight. The result is then nudged by Jack Draper's record against Tomas Martin Etcheverry's tactical lookalikes and in their charted head-to-heads (lookalikes: −2.8 on serve, +0.8 on return vs expectation (198 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

CareerJackTomas
Direction choice+0.10 ±0.07
better than 81%
−0.03 ±0.09
better than 49%
Shot selection+0.26 ±0.13
better than 77%
+0.41 ±0.17
better than 87%
Execution+1.21 ±0.65
better than 98%
+0.75 ±0.38
better than 90%
Points left on the table2.75 ±0.11
lower than 35%
2.46 ±0.11
lower than 66%

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: Jack Draper +2.25, Tomas Martin Etcheverry +1.57. 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.

Jack Draper serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowJack winsv TomasMatchupOptimal
Wide41%71%73%71.1%±5.933% ▼
Body5%60%58%54.8%±13.20% ▼
T54%73%77%75.2%±5.367% ▲

Optimal v Tomas Martin Etcheverry: +0.3±0.6 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving T every time would read +2.6 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowJack winsv TomasMatchupOptimal
Wide51%76%71%74.7%±5.564% ▲
Body6%65%64%65.4%±12.10% ▼
T43%73%68%68.9%±6.436% ▼

Optimal v Tomas Martin Etcheverry: +0.6±0.7 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +3.1 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Tomas Martin Etcheverry serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowTomas winsv JackMatchupOptimal
Wide54%76%72%74.9%±4.967% ▲
Body11%62%62%60.2%±11.90% ▼
T35%71%71%67.5%±6.833% ▼

Optimal v Jack Draper: +0.8±0.8 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +4.2 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowTomas winsv JackMatchupOptimal
Wide44%72%75%73.5%±5.838% ▼
Body7%60%66%62.9%±12.70% ▼
T49%73%71%72.2%±5.762% ▲

Optimal v Jack Draper: +0.3±0.7 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +1.4 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.

Jack Draper returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv TomasValue
FH through the middle51%+4.3+0.3−1.0+3.6±2.3
FH crosscourt27%+5.5+0.1−1.0+4.6±4.1
FH down the line14%+1.7−1.2+0.5+1.0±4.4
FH slice through the middle6%−4.2+0.9−1.7−4.9±2.3
FH slice crosscourt2%−4.3+1.5+0.7−2.1±2.1

Lean FH crosscourt: +1.8±3.3 per 100 returns v the current mix (427 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv TomasValue
BH through the middle46%+6.4+1.0+0.3+7.7±2.2
BH crosscourt28%+8.8−1.6−1.5+5.7±3.4
BH down the line12%+4.2+2.7−2.2+4.7±4.4
BH slice through the middle8%−4.2−1.0±0.0−5.2±2.5
BH slice down the line3%−8.4+0.6+0.2−7.6±3.2

Lean BH through the middle: +2.8±1.6 per 100 returns v the current mix (581 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv TomasValue
FH through the middle46%−3.5−0.7+0.1−4.2±2.7
FH crosscourt31%−0.2−0.3+1.5+1.0±4.4
FH down the line18%−1.8+3.0−0.7+0.6±4.7
FH slice through the middle4%−12.7−2.1±0.0−14.7±1.2

Lean FH crosscourt: +3.1±3.4 per 100 returns v the current mix (179 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv TomasValue
BH through the middle45%−2.9+2.0+1.1+0.2±2.1
BH crosscourt27%+1.0−1.7−0.8−1.6±3.2
FH through the middle9%−2.9+1.5+0.1−1.3±2.3
BH down the line8%−0.2+0.3−0.5−0.4±4.6
FH inside-in6%+0.6−0.3+1.5+1.7±4.2

Lean FH inside-in: +2.0±4.2 per 100 returns v the current mix (412 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

Tomas Martin Etcheverry returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JackValue
FH through the middle50%+4.3+0.5+2.1+6.9±2.5
FH down the line23%+1.7+1.3+0.9+3.9±4.4
FH crosscourt19%+5.5−0.3+2.4+7.6±4.2
FH slice through the middle6%−4.2−0.9±0.0−5.2±2.3
FH slice down the line2%−4.3−1.4+0.6−5.1±2.7

Lean FH crosscourt: +2.2±3.8 per 100 returns v the current mix (491 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JackValue
BH through the middle42%+6.4−0.3+1.9+7.9±2.3
BH crosscourt26%+8.8−2.0+1.2+7.9±3.3
BH down the line16%+4.2−0.6−0.2+3.4±4.6
BH slice through the middle7%−4.2−0.1−0.8−5.0±2.4
BH slice crosscourt5%+0.5−1.3+1.8+1.0±2.8

Lean BH through the middle: +2.9±1.7 per 100 returns v the current mix (415 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JackValue
FH through the middle54%−3.5+2.3−1.0−2.2±2.7
FH down the line25%−1.8+3.8+1.0+3.1±4.7
FH crosscourt21%−0.2−0.6+1.5+0.7±4.2

Lean FH down the line: +3.4±3.9 per 100 returns v the current mix (140 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv JackValue
BH through the middle37%−2.9+1.8+0.6−0.4±2.2
BH crosscourt29%+1.0+0.8−2.7−0.9±2.9
FH through the middle14%−2.9−1.8−1.0−5.7±2.3
FH inside-out10%+1.0−0.4+1.0+1.6±3.7
BH down the line6%−0.2−0.8−3.4−4.5±4.7

Lean FH inside-out: +2.8±3.6 per 100 returns v the current mix (334 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.

Jack Draper

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their forehand · rally+5.8±2.6+3.0+2.8
BH to their forehand · serve +1+5.6±4.4+3.1+2.5
FH to their backhand · return +1+5.4±3.4+4.2+1.2
BH to the middle · return +1+4.9±2.3+2.8+2.0
BH to their backhand · serve +1+4.2±2.9+4.0+0.2
BH to their forehand · return +1+3.8±4.5+2.3+1.5

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
FH to their forehand · return +1−0.8±3.8−1.8+1.1
FH to the middle · return−0.3±1.9+0.1−0.4
FH to their forehand · serve +1−0.2±2.8−1.3+1.1
FH to their forehand · return±0.0±4.2−0.2+0.2
BH to their forehand · return+0.1±3.8+1.7−1.5

Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
FH to their forehand · return +1+4.9±3.7+3.0+1.9
FH to their backhand · return+3.6±3.2+1.6+2.0
FH to their forehand · rally+3.4±1.9+2.1+1.3
FH to their backhand · return +1+3.3±3.2+1.1+2.2
BH to the middle · return+2.8±1.8+1.4+1.4
FH to the middle · rally+2.7±1.7+1.8+0.9

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their backhand · serve +1−4.7±3.2−0.5−4.1
BH slice to their backhand · rally−3.0±2.4−1.8−1.2
BH slice to the middle · rally−2.2±2.3−2.1−0.1
BH to their backhand · return−1.9±2.9−0.4−1.5
BH to their forehand · return−1.3±3.8+0.5−1.8

Against Tomas Martin Etcheverry-like opponents

Jack Draper vMatchesServe pts wonReturn pts won
All charted opponents–64.6%37.1%
Players most similar to Tomas Martin Etcheverry1 62.7%36.5%

Similar by tactical fingerprint: Casper Ruud, Sebastian Baez, Jaume Munar, Pablo Carreno Busta, Miomir Kecmanovic, Diego Schwartzman, Gilles Simon, Carlos Berlocq, David Ferrer, Guillermo Canas. When two players have rarely met, their records against these lookalikes fill the gap.