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Pattern discovery · ATP · sequences seen in at least 500 points

Tennis openings

Every run of three shots in which one player hits, the opponent replies and the first player hits again was counted across all charted points, with no templates. The chooser wins 48.9% of these points on average; here are the sequences that beat that, the traps, and the ones that change against a left-hander.

Serve openings

  1. Wide serve → BH slice through the middle return → FH volley crosscourtwon 83.8% · +34.9 vs average · 727 points
  2. Wide serve → BH slice through the middle return, short → FH crosscourtwon 79.1% · +30.3 vs average · 996 points
  3. T serve → BH slice through the middle return, short → FH down the linewon 78.5% · +29.7 vs average · 951 points
  4. Wide serve → FH through the middle return, short → FH down the line + approachwon 77.7% · +28.8 vs average · 1,676 points
  5. Wide serve → BH slice through the middle return, short → FH down the linewon 77.6% · +28.8 vs average · 688 points
  6. T serve → BH slice through the middle return, short → FH crosscourtwon 77.4% · +28.5 vs average · 1,083 points
  7. Wide serve → FH crosscourt return, short → FH down the line + approachwon 77.1% · +28.3 vs average · 1,232 points
  8. Wide serve → BH slice through the middle return, short → FH volley crosscourtwon 77.0% · +28.1 vs average · 560 points
  9. Wide serve → FH slice through the middle return, short → FH down the line + approachwon 76.9% · +28.0 vs average · 648 points
  10. Wide serve → BH slice through the middle return → FH crosscourtwon 76.1% · +27.2 vs average · 539 points
  11. Wide serve → FH through the middle return, mid → FH down the line + approachwon 75.7% · +26.8 vs average · 2,207 points
  12. Wide serve → FH slice through the middle return, mid → FH down the line + approachwon 75.4% · +26.5 vs average · 792 points

Return openings

  1. FH down the line return, deep → BH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 58.0% · +9.2 vs average · 734 points
  2. FH through the middle return, deep → BH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 54.8% · +6.0 vs average · 1,098 points
  3. FH crosscourt return, deep → FH through the middle → FH down the linewon 54.5% · +5.6 vs average · 558 points
  4. FH down the line return, deep → BH through the middle → FH down the linewon 54.4% · +5.6 vs average · 647 points
  5. BH crosscourt return, deep → BH through the middle → FH down the linewon 54.1% · +5.2 vs average · 1,123 points
  6. FH through the middle return, mid → BH through the middle → FH down the linewon 54.0% · +5.1 vs average · 882 points
  7. BH crosscourt return, deep → BH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 53.9% · +5.1 vs average · 1,383 points
  8. BH through the middle return, deep → BH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 53.9% · +5.0 vs average · 1,218 points
  9. FH down the line return, mid → BH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 53.8% · +4.9 vs average · 779 points
  10. FH down the line return, mid → BH through the middle → FH down the linewon 53.6% · +4.7 vs average · 640 points
  11. BH crosscourt return, short → BH slice crosscourt → BH crosscourtwon 53.4% · +4.6 vs average · 539 points
  12. FH through the middle return, deep → FH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 53.2% · +4.4 vs average · 2,013 points

Rally patterns

  1. FH crosscourt + approach → FH lob through the middle → Smash down the linewon 89.8% · +40.9 vs average · 617 points
  2. FH down the line + approach → BH lob through the middle → Smash crosscourtwon 89.4% · +40.5 vs average · 1,835 points
  3. FH volley down the line → BH lob through the middle → Smash crosscourtwon 89.0% · +40.2 vs average · 584 points
  4. FH down the line + approach → BH lob down the line → Smash crosscourtwon 88.9% · +40.1 vs average · 632 points
  5. FH down the line + approach → BH lob crosscourt → Smash inside-inwon 86.9% · +38.1 vs average · 680 points
  6. BH crosscourt + approach → BH slice through the middle → FH volley crosscourtwon 85.8% · +36.9 vs average · 598 points
  7. FH down the line + approach → BH slice through the middle → FH volley crosscourtwon 85.7% · +36.8 vs average · 1,418 points
  8. FH down the line + approach → BH lob through the middle → Smash down the linewon 84.7% · +35.8 vs average · 1,453 points
  9. FH volley down the line → BH down the line → FH volley crosscourtwon 81.1% · +32.3 vs average · 673 points
  10. FH volley crosscourt → FH down the line → BH volley crosscourtwon 79.0% · +30.2 vs average · 591 points
  11. FH down the line + approach → BH lob crosscourt → Smash inside-outwon 78.8% · +30.0 vs average · 576 points
  12. BH volley crosscourt → BH down the line → FH volley crosscourtwon 76.9% · +28.0 vs average · 856 points

Win rates include the third shot's own outcome, like any shot value. Sequences that end in a drop shot or approach score high partly because players choose them on short balls.

Traps

The lowest-winning common sequences for the player who starts them.

  1. FH through the middle → FH down the line + approach → BH lob through the middlewon 14.7% · −34.1 vs average · 578 points
  2. FH crosscourt → FH down the line + approach → BH lob through the middlewon 15.4% · −33.5 vs average · 605 points
  3. FH crosscourt → FH down the line + approach → BH slice through the middlewon 18.6% · −30.3 vs average · 787 points
  4. FH through the middle → FH down the line + approach → BH slice through the middlewon 19.8% · −29.0 vs average · 857 points
  5. BH slice crosscourt → FH inside-in → FH slice through the middlewon 21.5% · −27.4 vs average · 596 points
  6. BH crosscourt → FH down the line → FH slice through the middlewon 22.7% · −26.1 vs average · 607 points
  7. BH slice through the middle → FH crosscourt → FH slice through the middlewon 22.8% · −26.0 vs average · 684 points
  8. FH through the middle → FH down the line + approach → BH slice crosscourtwon 23.3% · −25.6 vs average · 597 points

Better against lefties

  1. T serve → FH through the middle return, mid → BH crosscourt+11.1 v lefties compared with righties · 1,722 points
  2. BH slice crosscourt → FH crosscourt → BH slice crosscourt+9.3 v lefties compared with righties · 571 points
  3. Wide serve → FH crosscourt return, mid → BH through the middle+8.6 v lefties compared with righties · 710 points
  4. Wide serve → FH crosscourt return, mid → FH through the middle+8.6 v lefties compared with righties · 2,940 points
  5. FH down the line → FH crosscourt → BH slice crosscourt+7.9 v lefties compared with righties · 622 points
  6. FH down the line → FH through the middle → BH crosscourt+7.6 v lefties compared with righties · 665 points
  7. BH through the middle → BH slice through the middle → FH crosscourt+7.5 v lefties compared with righties · 1,477 points
  8. BH slice crosscourt → FH down the line → FH crosscourt+7.2 v lefties compared with righties · 699 points

Worse against lefties

  1. BH through the middle return, mid → FH through the middle → BH through the middle−9.9 v lefties compared with righties · 1,372 points
  2. BH down the line → BH down the line → BH through the middle−9.6 v lefties compared with righties · 817 points
  3. FH down the line + approach → FH crosscourt → BH volley down the line−9.1 v lefties compared with righties · 508 points
  4. FH crosscourt return, short → BH crosscourt → FH crosscourt−8.9 v lefties compared with righties · 402 points
  5. BH down the line → BH down the line → BH down the line−8.8 v lefties compared with righties · 782 points
  6. BH through the middle return, deep → FH crosscourt → BH crosscourt−8.4 v lefties compared with righties · 1,091 points
  7. BH through the middle return, deep → FH crosscourt → BH through the middle−8.3 v lefties compared with righties · 785 points
  8. FH down the line → FH slice through the middle → FH crosscourt−8.2 v lefties compared with righties · 545 points