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Thomas Enqvist v Pedro Martinez

Every number combines what Thomas Enqvist does well with what Pedro Martinez allows, each measured against the tour average and shrunk toward it when the sample is thin. Flip perspective

Forecast

Thomas Enqvist wins, best of 3 77%90%: 51%–93% · best of 5: 83%
Serve points won 64.1% / 58.2% Thomas / Pedro · tour 61.3%
Strengths only, no similarity priors 77%serve 64.1% / 58.2%

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 At least one of them is no longer active or has too little charted in the last three seasons, so both are compared on their careers.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

CareerThomasPedro
Direction choice+0.16 ±0.14
better than 90%
−0.06 ±0.08
better than 43%
Shot selection−0.49 ±0.18
better than 11%
−0.06 ±0.23
better than 46%
Execution−0.02 ±0.73
better than 67%
+0.23 ±0.43
better than 77%
Points left on the table2.26 ±0.26
lower than 87%
2.66 ±0.12
lower than 43%

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.

Thomas Enqvist serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowThomas winsv PedroMatchupOptimal
Wide48%71%75%73.9%±5.843% ▼
Body8%63%70%69.7%±11.70% ▼
T44%79%76%79.4%±5.857% ▲

Optimal v Pedro Martinez: +0.5±0.7 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving T every time would read +3.4 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowThomas winsv PedroMatchupOptimal
Wide41%81%71%80.1%±6.654% ▲
Body10%67%56%60.6%±12.40% ▼
T49%74%73%75.3%±6.346% ▼

Optimal v Pedro Martinez: +0.7±0.8 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +4.4 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Pedro Martinez serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowPedro winsv ThomasMatchupOptimal
Wide41%65%74%66.3%±6.743% ▲
Body11%59%65%61.2%±11.90% ▼
T48%68%78%70.9%±6.657% ▲

Optimal v Thomas Enqvist: +0.2±0.7 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.

Ad court

1st serveNowPedro winsv ThomasMatchupOptimal
Wide54%63%72%61.7%±7.141% ▼
Body16%59%65%61.3%±11.516%
T30%62%75%66.2%±8.143% ▲

Optimal v Thomas Enqvist: +0.4±0.8 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving T every time would read +3.2 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.

Thomas Enqvist returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv PedroValue
FH through the middle50%+4.3±0.0+1.7+6.0±2.5
FH crosscourt29%+5.5−0.2+6.1+11.4±4.2
FH down the line22%+1.7+1.2+1.6+4.5±4.4

Lean FH crosscourt: +4.2±3.4 per 100 returns v the current mix (270 returns charted)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv PedroValue
BH through the middle39%+6.4−2.0+1.6+6.0±2.3
BH crosscourt32%+8.8−0.1+1.7+10.4±3.0
BH down the line16%+4.2−1.1+4.4+7.5±4.6
BH slice through the middle6%−4.2−1.6−1.4−7.2±2.3
BH slice down the line3%−8.4+0.4+1.5−6.5±2.6

Lean BH crosscourt: +4.2±2.4 per 100 returns v the current mix (272 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv PedroValue
FH through the middle42%−3.5−1.7+1.2−3.9±2.7
FH crosscourt37%−0.2−0.1−1.6−1.9±4.4
FH down the line21%−1.8−4.3−1.7−7.8±4.5

Lean FH crosscourt: +2.0±3.1 per 100 returns v the current mix (107 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv PedroValue
BH crosscourt45%+1.0−0.3+1.2+1.9±3.0
BH through the middle41%−2.9+0.9+1.0−1.0±2.4
BH down the line15%−0.2+2.7−0.8+1.7±4.9

Lean BH crosscourt: +1.2±2.1 per 100 returns v the current mix (219 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

Pedro Martinez returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv ThomasValue
FH through the middle43%+4.3+2.1+0.2+6.6±2.7
FH crosscourt21%+5.5+1.1+1.0+7.7±4.3
FH slice through the middle13%−4.2+1.7+2.2−0.3±2.1
FH down the line12%+1.7+1.9−3.0+0.6±4.5
FH slice crosscourt8%−4.3+0.6+0.7−3.0±2.3

Lean FH crosscourt: +3.5±3.7 per 100 returns v the current mix (426 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv ThomasValue
BH through the middle41%+6.4+2.2−2.7+5.8±2.6
BH crosscourt27%+8.8−3.4−1.3+4.1±3.4
BH down the line13%+4.2−0.4−3.1+0.7±4.3
BH slice through the middle12%−4.2−1.5−0.5−6.2±2.5
BH slice crosscourt4%+0.5−1.5+0.9−0.1±2.8

Lean BH through the middle: +3.3±1.9 per 100 returns v the current mix (517 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv ThomasValue
FH through the middle52%−3.5+1.2+0.3−1.9±2.9
FH crosscourt37%−0.2−0.4−0.1−0.8±4.3
FH down the line10%−1.8+0.6−1.0−2.1±4.2

Lean FH crosscourt: +0.8±3.1 per 100 returns v the current mix (107 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv ThomasValue
BH through the middle41%−2.9−0.2+0.3−2.8±2.3
BH crosscourt30%+1.0±0.0+1.8+2.8±3.1
BH down the line14%−0.2+5.2−3.2+1.8±5.0
FH inside-out7%+1.0−0.7−1.0−0.7±3.6
FH through the middle5%−2.9−0.7+0.3−3.3±2.3

Lean BH crosscourt: +3.0±2.5 per 100 returns v the current mix (340 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 on clay. Each player's clay record is shrunk toward their all-surface one, so a thin sample on it moves the numbers only a little.

Thomas Enqvist

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their forehand · return +1+9.3±5.9+1.1+8.2
BH to their forehand · serve +1+8.7±5.8+2.8+6.0
BH to their forehand · return+4.9±5.2−0.1+5.0
FH to their forehand · return+4.8±4.4+0.2+4.6
BH to their backhand · return+4.7±2.5+0.7+3.9
FH to their backhand · serve +1+3.1±3.5−0.1+3.2

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to the middle · serve +1−4.0±3.1−1.5−2.5
FH to their forehand · return +1−3.5±4.2−2.3−1.3
FH to the middle · rally−3.0±2.4−2.8−0.3
BH to the middle · rally−1.7±2.2−1.0−0.7
BH slice to their backhand · rally−1.4±2.9+0.2−1.6

Pedro Martinez

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their forehand · rally+6.3±4.5+5.6+0.7
BH to their backhand · serve +1+6.1±3.6+4.1+2.0
FH to their forehand · return +1+4.8±4.7+3.6+1.2
BH slice to their backhand · return +1+3.6±3.4+0.8+2.8
FH to the middle · serve +1+3.4±2.8+2.8+0.6
FH to their forehand · serve +1+2.9±4.2+2.9±0.0

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
FH to their backhand · return−2.8±4.3−0.2−2.6
FH to their backhand · rally−2.5±2.8−0.7−1.8
FH to their backhand · return +1−2.1±4.5−1.2−0.8
FH to their forehand · return−1.6±4.9−2.8+1.2
BH to their backhand · return−1.3±3.0−1.2−0.1

Against Pedro Martinez-like opponents

Thomas Enqvist vMatchesServe pts wonReturn pts won
All charted opponents–65.2%37.3%

Similar by tactical fingerprint: Lorenzo Musetti, Novak Djokovic, Marton Fucsovics, Roberto Bautista Agut, Nuno Borges, Robin Haase, Pablo Andujar, Filip Krajinovic, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Gaston Gaudio. When two players have rarely met, their records against these lookalikes fill the gap.