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Game plan

Victor Pecci v Nishesh Basavareddy

Every number combines what Victor Pecci does well with what Nishesh Basavareddy allows, each measured against the tour average and shrunk toward it when the sample is thin. Flip perspective

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.

Victor Pecci serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowVictor winsv NisheshMatchupOptimal
Wide32%77%72%75.9%±12.245% ▲
Body8%62%61%59.3%±16.00% ▼
T60%70%69%63.4%±14.255% ▼

Optimal v Nishesh Basavareddy: +0.6±0.9 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +8.9 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Ad court

1st serveNowVictor winsv NisheshMatchupOptimal
Wide78%66%74%67.1%±12.567% ▼
Body2%64%61%62.4%±16.60% ▼
T20%67%72%67.2%±14.333% ▲

Optimal v Nishesh Basavareddy: +0.1±1.0 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving T every time would read +0.2 per 100 first serves in before the returner adjusts.

Nishesh Basavareddy serving

Deuce court

1st serveNowNishesh winsv VictorMatchupOptimal
Wide53%76%75%77.7%±9.466% ▲
Body10%69%59%65.0%±15.00% ▼
T37%78%79%81.1%±11.434% ▼

Optimal v Victor Pecci: +0.8±0.9 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 serveNowNishesh winsv VictorMatchupOptimal
Wide50%76%73%75.6%±12.363% ▲
Body8%60%58%55.0%±16.50% ▼
T42%72%67%67.0%±12.537% ▼

Optimal v Victor Pecci: +0.6±0.9 per 100 first serves (faults included) over the current mix, inside the 90% margin. Serving wide every time would read +5.2 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.

Victor Pecci returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv NisheshValue
FH slice through the middle39%−4.2+1.2+0.4−2.6±2.1
FH through the middle30%+4.3−0.7−0.9+2.7±2.5
FH crosscourt20%+5.5+1.3+2.8+9.6±3.9
FH slice down the line11%−4.3+1.0+0.2−3.0±2.3

Lean FH slice through the middle: −4.0±1.7 per 100 returns v the current mix (44 returns charted, inside the 90% margin)

Nishesh Basavareddy returning

1st serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv VictorValue
FH through the middle44%+4.3−0.9+0.9+4.2±2.5
FH crosscourt31%+5.5+1.5±0.0+7.0±3.1
FH down the line10%+1.7−3.5±0.0−1.8±3.0
FH slice through the middle6%−4.2+0.4±0.0−3.8±1.4
FH slice crosscourt5%−4.3−2.9±0.0−7.2±1.7

Lean FH crosscourt: +4.0±2.4 per 100 returns v the current mix (262 returns charted)

1st serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv VictorValue
BH crosscourt31%+8.8−0.7+2.1+10.3±3.0
BH through the middle27%+6.4+2.0±0.0+8.4±2.6
BH slice through the middle18%−4.2+1.6−0.2−2.8±2.0
BH slice crosscourt12%+0.5−2.5±0.0−2.0±2.1
BH slice down the line8%−8.4−0.4±0.0−8.8±2.3

Lean BH crosscourt: +6.2±2.2 per 100 returns v the current mix (253 returns charted)

2nd serve to the forehand

ReturnNowTourOwnv VictorValue
FH crosscourt52%−0.2+1.1+1.5+2.4±4.1
FH through the middle35%−3.5+0.5+0.3−2.7±2.7
FH down the line7%−1.8+0.8−0.4−1.4±2.9
FH slice through the middle6%−12.7−0.3±0.0−12.9±1.0

Lean FH crosscourt: +2.9±2.2 per 100 returns v the current mix (86 returns charted)

2nd serve to the backhand

ReturnNowTourOwnv VictorValue
BH crosscourt58%+1.0+2.9±0.0+3.9±2.3
BH through the middle35%−2.9−1.0±0.0−3.9±1.8
BH down the line7%−0.2−3.2±0.0−3.4±2.4

Lean BH crosscourt: +3.3±1.2 per 100 returns v the current mix (113 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.

Victor Pecci

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH slice to their backhand · rally+3.5±2.5+2.7+0.7
FH to their backhand · rally+1.6±3.3±0.0+1.6

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
FH to their backhand · rally+1.6±3.3±0.0+1.6
BH slice to their backhand · rally+3.5±2.5+2.7+0.7

Nishesh Basavareddy

Favour

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
FH to their forehand · rally+4.6±3.3+1.9+2.8
BH to their backhand · rally+2.3±2.4+2.5−0.2

Avoid

ShotEdgeOwnTheirs
BH to their backhand · rally+2.3±2.4+2.5−0.2
FH to their forehand · rally+4.6±3.3+1.9+2.8

Against Nishesh Basavareddy-like opponents

Victor Pecci vMatchesServe pts wonReturn pts won
All charted opponents–53.6%38.5%

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