ATP · Right-handed · 5 charted matches · 2022–2025
Filip Misolic
Against an average opponent
Serve and return points won, refitted against every opponent at once so a record built on weak or strong opposition is put on the same scale. Career, all surfaces, with a 90% margin. Raw is the plain share of points won.
Value per 100 shots
Points gained per 100 shots compared with an average tour player in the same position, adjusted for the strength of the opponents faced, with a 90% margin (shots clustered by match). Raw is before the opponent adjustment. Built on 2,363 shots.
Shot expected value
The share of points Filip Misolic goes on to win after each option in the positions they face most often, shrunk toward tour average when the sample is small. Showing the 8 most-used options; teal marks the best one with at least 30 shots.
Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side
position worth 46% to the average player · 141 shots
| Option | Used | Win % | Tour |
|---|---|---|---|
| BH crosscourt | 34% | 53.7%±9.9 | 47.6% |
| BH through the middle | 24% | 42.1%±11.1 | 43.7% |
| BH slice crosscourt | 13% | 42.3%±13.0 | 42.5% |
| BH down the line | 11% | 57.9%±13.7 | 46.4% |
Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side
position worth 44% to the average player · 119 shots
| Option | Used | Win % | Tour |
|---|---|---|---|
| FH crosscourt | 52% | 53.6%±9.2 | 46.6% |
| FH through the middle | 30% | 45.0%±11.1 | 41.5% |
| FH down the line | 12% | 52.8%±14.1 | 44.7% |
Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle
position worth 51% to the average player · 118 shots
| Option | Used | Win % | Tour |
|---|---|---|---|
| FH crosscourt | 36% | 50.9%±10.4 | 52.7% |
| FH down the line | 28% | 62.8%±10.9 | 51.5% |
| FH through the middle | 16% | 54.9%±13.1 | 47.0% |
| BH through the middle | 11% | 52.6%±14.3 | 46.8% |
| BH crosscourt | 9% | 54.3%±14.7 | 49.1% |
Long rally, 9+: drive to your backhand side
position worth 46% to the average player · 80 shots
| Option | Used | Win % | Tour |
|---|---|---|---|
| BH crosscourt | 36% | 46.1%±11.7 | 48.0% |
| BH through the middle | 24% | 43.0%±13.0 | 43.8% |
| BH slice crosscourt | 15% | 45.1%±14.5 | 42.1% |
Serve under pressure
Pressure predictability index +10 How much less varied Filip Misolic's first-serve direction gets on break points. Positive means easier to read. Based on 40 break-point first serves.
Deuce court
| 1st serve | Usage | Break pt | Won when in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide | 31% | 25% | 76% / 73% |
| Body | 8% | 0% | 68% / 63% |
| T | 61% | 75% ▲ | 68% / 75% |
212 normal · 12 break-point 1st serves
Ad court
| 1st serve | Usage | Break pt | Won when in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide | 51% | 54% | 73% / 73% |
| Body | 7% | 7% | 68% / 63% |
| T | 43% | 39% | 77% / 72% |
178 normal · 28 break-point 1st serves
Is the serve mix in equilibrium?
Game theory says a well-mixed server wins equally often with every direction they use. If one direction wins more, it's underused and points are being left behind. This is the minimax test Walker and Wooders ran on Wimbledon finals, applied to every charted first serve. Win rates include faults. "Optimal" allows for returners reading a habit. No measurable response (−0.05 ± 0.15 points per 100 serves for every 10 points of habitual usage), measured from ATP servers whose mix drifted between matches. Shifts stay within the range servers' habits actually vary, the only range that response was measured over.
Deuce court
| 1st serve | Usage | Points won | Optimal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide | 31% | 67.2%±7.8 n=69 | 44% ▲ |
| Body | 7% | 61.2%±11.8 n=16 | 0% ▼ |
| T | 62% | 56.0%±6.3 n=139 | 56% ▼ |
Consistent with an optimal mix (p = 0.08).
Optimal mix: +0.7 per 100 first serves.
Ad court
| 1st serve | Usage | Points won | Optimal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide | 51% | 64.7%±6.8 n=105 | 45% ▼ |
| Body | 7% | 68.1%±11.6 n=14 | 0% ▼ |
| T | 42% | 68.0%±7.1 n=87 | 55% ▲ |
Consistent with an optimal mix (p = 0.73).
Optimal mix: +0.4 per 100 first serves.
Exploitability 0.54 points per 100 first serves What the optimal mix would win over the current one, both courts. More exploitable than 100% of ATP servers. Tested on matches they weren't fitted on, ATP mixes picked this way win 0.33 per 100 first serves on average.
Repeating the previous direction to the same court: +7.2±3.5 points per 100 against switching. Negative means returners read repeats. Tour-wide, repeating costs women about 0.4 points per 100 and costs men nothing, so men's returners don't measurably anticipate direction. (189 repeats, 231 switches.)
Return by serve direction
Return points won against each serve direction, compared with the tour average.
| Serve | Court | Direction | Points | Won | vs tour | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ad court | Body | 12 | 38% | +1.3±12.3 | |
| 1st | Ad court | T | 46 | 33% | +5.4±8.9 | |
| 1st | Ad court | Wide | 63 | 28% | +0.9±7.7 | |
| 1st | Deuce court | Body | 16 | 41% | +4.6±11.9 | |
| 1st | Deuce court | T | 49 | 26% | +0.9±8.1 | |
| 1st | Deuce court | Wide | 61 | 30% | +2.7±7.9 | |
| 2nd | Ad court | Body | 27 | 56% | +6.4±10.8 | |
| 2nd | Ad court | T | 15 | 55% | +5.8±12.2 | |
| 2nd | Ad court | Wide | 36 | 54% | +5.4±10.1 | |
| 2nd | Deuce court | Body | 28 | 39% | −9.9±10.5 | |
| 2nd | Deuce court | T | 48 | 55% | +5.3±9.3 | |
| 2nd | Deuce court | Wide | 20 | 45% | −3.2±11.6 |
Signature patterns
Recurring sequences that win more than Filip Misolic's own baseline, ranked by edge weighted by how often they're used.
Serve → +1
- T serve (deuce court) → FH crosscourt used 18.4% · won 59% · −12.6±10.0 vs own baseline
Return
- Not enough data
Rally, consecutive own shots
- FH crosscourt → FH down the line used 9.3% · won 59% · +4.1±11.0 vs own baseline
- FH crosscourt → FH crosscourt used 10.0% · won 57% · +2.0±10.8 vs own baseline
Discovered sequences
Mined from every me → opponent → me run of three shots, with no templates. Ranked by how much more often Filip Misolic wins the point once the sequence happens, weighted by how often it happens. Think of them as chess openings.
- FH down the line → BH through the middle → FH crosscourt used 1.6% · won 60% · +6.1±12.2 vs own baseline · +13.8 vs tour on the same sequence Disrupted by Otto Virtanen (10/14)
- FH crosscourt → FH crosscourt → FH down the line used 1.6% · won 60% · +6.1±12.2 vs own baseline · +21.7 vs tour on the same sequence Disrupted by Otto Virtanen (6/10), Novak Djokovic (5/6)
- FH crosscourt → FH crosscourt → FH crosscourt used 1.4% · won 56% · +1.8±12.6 vs own baseline · +10.0 vs tour on the same sequence Disrupted by Novak Djokovic (4/6), Otto Virtanen (4/6)
Strengths and vulnerabilities
Value per 100 shots compared with the average player hitting (strengths) or facing (vulnerabilities) the same shot. Only shot types seen at least 120 times.
Hurts opponents most with
| FH to their backhand · rally | +1.5 | 160 |
| FH to their forehand · rally | +1.5 | 170 |
| T 1st serve · deuce court | −1.5 | 139 |
Most exposed to
| FH to their forehand · rally | −2.4 | 159 |
| FH to their backhand · rally | +3.4 | 136 |
Active players who are best at the shot in the top weakness: Roberto Carballes Baena, Roberto Bautista Agut, Miomir Kecmanovic, Pedro Martinez, Camilo Ugo Carabelli
Charted matches
- Novak Djokovic v Filip Misolic L Roland Garros R32 · Clay · 31 May 2025
- Guy Den Ouden v Filip Misolic W Prague CH F · Clay · 11 May 2025
- Filip Misolic v Otto Virtanen W Roland Garros R128 · Clay · 27 May 2024
- Daniel Dutra Da Silva v Filip Misolic W Kitzbuhel R32 · Clay · 25 Jul 2022
- Filip Misolic v Mili Poljicak W Zagreb CH F · Clay · 14 May 2022