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Marton Fucsovics v Lorenzo Musetti

Every number combines what Marton Fucsovics does well with what Lorenzo Musetti allows, each measured against the tour average and shrunk toward it when the sample is thin. Flip perspective

Forecast

Marton Fucsovics wins, best of 3 30%90%: 10%–59% · best of 5: 25%
Serve points won 58.9% / 63.0% Marton / Lorenzo · tour 63.5%
Strengths only, no similarity priors 27%serve 58.9% / 63.7%

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 Marton Fucsovics's record against Lorenzo Musetti's tactical lookalikes and in their charted head-to-heads (lookalikes: −3.1 on serve, +2.7 on return vs expectation (484 points); head-to-head: +10.1 on serve, +8.5 on return vs expectation (123 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

CareerMartonLorenzo
Direction choice−0.08 ±0.08
better than 36%
−0.02 ±0.04
better than 50%
Shot selection−0.45 ±0.12
better than 13%
−0.57 ±0.10
better than 9%
Execution−0.38 ±0.31
better than 49%
+0.48 ±0.22
better than 83%
Points left on the table2.57 ±0.09
lower than 53%
2.74 ±0.06
lower than 35%

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: Marton Fucsovics −0.93, Lorenzo Musetti −0.15. 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.

Marton Fucsovics serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowMarton winsv LorenzoMatchupOptimal
Wide39%69%72%67.8%±4.052% ▲
Body14%68%61%65.8%±6.81% ▼
T47%69%71%64.4%±4.147%

Optimal v Lorenzo Musetti: +0.1±0.7 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +1.9 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowMarton winsv LorenzoMatchupOptimal
Wide54%68%68%62.5%±4.041% ▼
Body13%63%63%62.0%±7.513%
T33%71%71%70.6%±4.546% ▲

Optimal v Lorenzo Musetti: +0.5±0.5 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving T every time would read +5.5 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Lorenzo Musetti serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowLorenzo winsv MartonMatchupOptimal
Wide41%70%74%71.2%±3.754% ▲
Body9%64%56%56.7%±7.50% ▼
T49%72%72%68.7%±3.946% ▼

Optimal v Marton Fucsovics: +0.4±0.6 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +2.6 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowLorenzo winsv MartonMatchupOptimal
Wide55%69%69%64.8%±3.950% ▼
Body8%61%56%53.6%±8.80% ▼
T37%69%73%69.4%±4.250% ▲

Optimal v Marton Fucsovics: +0.8±0.6 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix. Serving T every time would read +3.8 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.

Marton Fucsovics returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv LorenzoValue
FH through the middle50%+4.3+0.8+0.8+5.9±1.6
FH down the line18%+1.7−1.8−2.1−2.2±3.3
FH slice through the middle14%−4.2−0.8+0.4−4.6±2.1
FH crosscourt11%+5.5−2.1+0.4+3.8±3.7
FH slice down the line5%−4.3−2.4+1.1−5.5±3.2

Lean FH through the middle: +4.0±1.1 per 100 returns v the current mix (913 returns charted)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv LorenzoValue
BH through the middle38%+6.4+2.0+0.5+8.9±1.5
BH crosscourt22%+8.8+1.8−0.9+9.7±2.2
BH slice through the middle19%−4.2−1.9−0.8−7.0±2.0
BH slice crosscourt8%+0.5−1.2−1.0−1.6±2.8
BH down the line7%+4.2+1.9−0.7+5.4±3.9

Lean BH crosscourt: +5.7±1.9 per 100 returns v the current mix (925 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv LorenzoValue
FH through the middle60%−3.5+0.5−0.8−3.7±2.2
FH down the line21%−1.8+2.2−0.5±0.0±3.9
FH crosscourt18%−0.2−0.7+1.1+0.2±3.8

Lean FH crosscourt: +2.4±3.5 per 100 returns v the current mix (197 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv LorenzoValue
BH through the middle43%−2.9+0.4+0.2−2.2±1.6
BH crosscourt35%+1.0+0.7−0.7+1.0±2.1
BH down the line11%−0.2−0.4−0.8−1.4±4.5
FH through the middle4%−2.9+0.9−0.8−2.7±1.9
FH inside-in3%+0.6−0.4+1.1+1.2±3.6

Lean FH inside-in: +2.3±3.6 per 100 returns v the current mix (602 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

Lorenzo Musetti returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv MartonValue
FH through the middle40%+4.3−0.5+0.1+3.9±1.7
FH down the line24%+1.7−1.4−3.3−3.0±3.4
FH slice through the middle15%−4.2−0.4+1.1−3.5±2.0
FH crosscourt10%+5.5+2.3+2.3+10.2±3.7
FH slice down the line8%−4.3+0.2+0.7−3.5±2.8

Lean FH crosscourt: +9.3±3.5 per 100 returns v the current mix (2257 returns charted)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv MartonValue
BH slice through the middle27%−4.2+1.4−1.5−4.3±1.7
BH through the middle25%+6.4+1.1+0.3+7.8±1.6
BH crosscourt20%+8.8+1.4+0.4+10.6±2.3
BH slice crosscourt11%+0.5−0.6−1.6−1.7±2.5
BH down the line9%+4.2±0.0−2.8+1.4±4.0

Lean BH crosscourt: +8.4±2.0 per 100 returns v the current mix (2587 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv MartonValue
FH through the middle47%−3.5+1.1−0.2−2.6±2.2
FH down the line25%−1.8−1.0−3.6−6.3±4.3
FH crosscourt23%−0.2−1.2+0.9−0.5±4.1
FH slice through the middle3%−12.7−0.7±0.0−13.4±1.9
FH slice down the line2%−9.4+1.2±0.0−8.3±1.7

Lean FH crosscourt: +3.0±3.5 per 100 returns v the current mix (600 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv MartonValue
BH through the middle33%−2.9+1.0+1.2−0.7±1.5
BH crosscourt27%+1.0+1.4−1.6+0.8±2.0
BH down the line14%−0.2−1.8+1.6−0.4±4.2
FH through the middle10%−2.9+1.2−0.2−1.8±1.9
FH inside-out6%+1.0−1.1−3.6−3.7±3.5
FH inside-in3%+0.6+1.7+0.9+3.2±4.3

Lean FH inside-in: +4.4±4.3 per 100 returns v the current mix (1827 returns charted)

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.

Marton Fucsovics

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH volley to their forehand · rally+5.6±5.3+4.8+0.8
BH to the middle · return+3.2±1.1+1.8+1.4
FH to the middle · return+1.9±1.3+1.5+0.4
BH to the middle · return +1+1.6±1.7+1.3+0.3
BH to their backhand · return+1.5±1.5+1.5±0.0
FH to their forehand · return+1.2±3.1+0.6+0.5

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH slice to their forehand · return +1−8.1±3.4−4.1−4.0
BH to their forehand · rally−6.9±2.4−4.4−2.5
BH to their forehand · return +1−6.2±3.9−3.3−2.9
BH volley to their backhand · rally−5.5±5.4−2.9−2.6
FH to their forehand · return +1−4.7±2.5−2.3−2.4

Lorenzo Musetti

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their backhand · return +1+3.2±2.0+2.8+0.4
FH to their forehand · return+2.6±3.2+0.5+2.1
FH to the middle · rally+2.5±1.0+1.7+0.8
BH to the middle · return+1.8±1.2+1.0+0.7
FH to their forehand · return +1+1.6±2.6+1.5+0.1
BH to their backhand · rally+1.4±1.0+1.8−0.4

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
FH volley to their forehand · rally−7.0±5.3−4.1−2.9
BH to their forehand · return +1−6.6±3.9−2.5−4.1
FH to their backhand · return−5.7±2.7−1.6−4.0
BH volley to their forehand · rally−4.1±5.4−2.8−1.3
BH slice to their forehand · rally−3.2±2.7+0.5−3.7

Against Lorenzo Musetti-like opponents

Marton Fucsovics vMatchesServe pts wonReturn pts won
All charted opponents–60.3%38.2%
Players most similar to Lorenzo Musetti3 55.6%38.2%
Lorenzo Musetti (charted head-to-head)1 70.7%47.7%

Similar by tactical fingerprint: Learner Tien, Novak Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov, Pedro Martinez, Dusan Lajovic, Dominic Thiem, Robin Haase, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Guillermo Garcia Lopez. When two players have rarely met, their records against these lookalikes fill the gap.

Charted head-to-head