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Pattern discovery · WTA · 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 47.9% 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 through the middle return, short → FH down the linewon 64.2% · +16.4 vs average · 598 points
  2. T serve → BH slice through the middle return, mid → FH crosscourtwon 63.9% · +16.0 vs average · 573 points
  3. Wide serve → BH slice through the middle return, mid → FH crosscourtwon 62.8% · +14.9 vs average · 516 points
  4. T serve → BH slice through the middle return, deep → FH down the linewon 61.0% · +13.2 vs average · 503 points
  5. Wide serve → BH crosscourt return, mid → FH inside-inwon 60.2% · +12.3 vs average · 530 points
  6. Wide serve → BH through the middle return, short → FH crosscourtwon 60.0% · +12.2 vs average · 1,163 points
  7. T serve → BH through the middle return, short → FH down the linewon 59.5% · +11.7 vs average · 1,006 points
  8. Wide serve → FH through the middle return, short → FH crosscourtwon 59.3% · +11.5 vs average · 703 points
  9. Wide serve → FH through the middle return, short → FH down the linewon 59.0% · +11.1 vs average · 836 points
  10. T serve → BH down the line return, short → FH crosscourtwon 58.4% · +10.6 vs average · 688 points
  11. T serve → BH slice through the middle return, deep → FH crosscourtwon 58.4% · +10.5 vs average · 550 points
  12. T serve → FH slice through the middle return, mid → FH crosscourtwon 58.0% · +10.2 vs average · 696 points

Return openings

  1. FH crosscourt return, deep → FH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 57.3% · +9.4 vs average · 747 points
  2. BH through the middle return, deep → FH through the middle → FH down the linewon 56.0% · +8.1 vs average · 1,428 points
  3. BH through the middle return, deep → BH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 55.7% · +7.9 vs average · 1,609 points
  4. FH down the line return, mid → BH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 55.3% · +7.5 vs average · 712 points
  5. FH down the line return, deep → BH through the middle → FH down the linewon 55.2% · +7.4 vs average · 601 points
  6. BH crosscourt return, deep → BH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 55.0% · +7.1 vs average · 1,344 points
  7. FH down the line return, deep → BH through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 54.9% · +7.1 vs average · 690 points
  8. FH crosscourt return, deep → FH through the middle → FH down the linewon 54.9% · +7.1 vs average · 692 points
  9. FH crosscourt return, deep → FH crosscourt → FH down the linewon 54.8% · +6.9 vs average · 586 points
  10. FH through the middle return, deep → FH through the middle → FH down the linewon 54.4% · +6.5 vs average · 1,420 points
  11. FH through the middle return, deep → BH through the middle → FH down the linewon 54.4% · +6.5 vs average · 1,056 points
  12. BH crosscourt return, mid → BH through the middle → FH down the linewon 54.3% · +6.4 vs average · 875 points

Rally patterns

  1. FH crosscourt → FH slice through the middle → FH down the line + approachwon 74.7% · +26.8 vs average · 596 points
  2. FH crosscourt → FH through the middle → FH down the line + approachwon 71.5% · +23.6 vs average · 869 points
  3. FH down the line + approach → BH through the middle → FH volley crosscourtwon 69.7% · +21.8 vs average · 603 points
  4. FH crosscourt → FH crosscourt → FH down the line + approachwon 67.9% · +20.0 vs average · 956 points
  5. FH crosscourt → FH through the middle → BH crosscourt + approachwon 67.8% · +19.9 vs average · 549 points
  6. FH down the line → BH slice through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 64.5% · +16.7 vs average · 2,247 points
  7. FH crosscourt → FH slice through the middle → BH crosscourtwon 62.5% · +14.6 vs average · 752 points
  8. FH crosscourt → FH slice through the middle → FH down the linewon 62.1% · +14.2 vs average · 1,483 points
  9. BH down the line → FH slice through the middle → FH down the linewon 62.1% · +14.2 vs average · 846 points
  10. BH down the line → FH slice through the middle → FH crosscourtwon 61.7% · +13.9 vs average · 972 points
  11. FH down the line → BH slice through the middle → FH down the linewon 61.5% · +13.7 vs average · 1,980 points
  12. FH down the line → BH slice down the line → FH crosscourtwon 61.5% · +13.6 vs average · 810 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 crosscourt → FH down the line → BH slice down the linewon 27.1% · −20.8 vs average · 613 points
  2. BH crosscourt → BH down the line → FH slice through the middlewon 28.0% · −19.9 vs average · 1,311 points
  3. FH through the middle → FH crosscourt → FH slice through the middlewon 29.0% · −18.8 vs average · 1,254 points
  4. FH down the line → BH down the line → FH slice through the middlewon 29.8% · −18.0 vs average · 516 points
  5. FH crosscourt → FH crosscourt → FH slice crosscourtwon 30.1% · −17.7 vs average · 747 points
  6. FH crosscourt → FH down the line → BH slice through the middlewon 30.9% · −16.9 vs average · 2,643 points
  7. FH crosscourt → FH crosscourt → FH slice through the middlewon 31.3% · −16.6 vs average · 1,761 points
  8. FH through the middle → BH down the line → FH slice through the middlewon 31.3% · −16.6 vs average · 591 points

Better against lefties

  1. BH crosscourt return, mid → FH crosscourt → BH through the middle+13.9 v lefties compared with righties · 500 points
  2. FH crosscourt → BH slice crosscourt → FH crosscourt+9.3 v lefties compared with righties · 910 points
  3. Body serve → FH through the middle return, mid → FH through the middle+9.0 v lefties compared with righties · 2,689 points
  4. Body serve → FH through the middle return, mid → FH down the line+8.9 v lefties compared with righties · 2,258 points
  5. BH through the middle return, deep → FH crosscourt → BH crosscourt+8.9 v lefties compared with righties · 519 points
  6. FH crosscourt → BH down the line → BH slice through the middle+7.6 v lefties compared with righties · 531 points
  7. FH down the line → FH through the middle → FH crosscourt+7.5 v lefties compared with righties · 1,135 points
  8. BH through the middle → FH through the middle → FH through the middle+7.4 v lefties compared with righties · 4,846 points

Worse against lefties

  1. Wide serve → BH crosscourt return, deep → FH down the line−11.2 v lefties compared with righties · 458 points
  2. T serve → BH through the middle return, short → FH crosscourt−9.8 v lefties compared with righties · 1,438 points
  3. Wide serve → BH through the middle return, deep → FH crosscourt−6.8 v lefties compared with righties · 2,874 points
  4. BH through the middle → BH through the middle → FH down the line−5.5 v lefties compared with righties · 3,504 points
  5. FH through the middle → BH through the middle → FH crosscourt−4.4 v lefties compared with righties · 3,738 points
  6. FH down the line → FH through the middle → FH down the line−4.2 v lefties compared with righties · 816 points
  7. BH through the middle → BH through the middle → FH crosscourt−3.8 v lefties compared with righties · 4,989 points
  8. BH crosscourt → FH crosscourt → BH crosscourt−3.6 v lefties compared with righties · 4,090 points