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Shot quality metrics 2024 - FH, BH, Serve & ROS - Top 5 (post #1 mid Sept.; post #22 EOY)

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#1 ·


Guys in top 5 in multiple metrics:

Sinner: #1 FH, BH & ROS; not top 5 serve
Alcaraz: #2 FH & BH; #3 ROS; not top 5 serve
Djokovic: #3 FH & BH; #4 ROS; not top 5 serve
Zverev: #5 FH & ROS; #4 BH & serve (only one in top 5 in each metric)
Medvedev: #5 BH; #2 ROS; not top 5 FH & serve

Guys in top 5 in one metric:

Dimitrov: #4 FH
Mpetshi-Perricard: #1 serve
Raonic: #2 serve
Opelka: #3 serve
Hurkacz: #5 serve

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#3 ·
Thanks for posting. This is all very interesting.

Does anyone have the shot quality data for this time last year for comparison? For example, from watching the game, Sinner seems to have improved in all areas, Djokovic's serve and Medvedev's serve have both declined, and Zverev's FH has improved. Just wondering whether the data bears that out.
 
#5 ·


Roughly as you note yes.

Sinner: #4 FH; #2 BH; #3 ROS (changes: now #1 in each)
Alcaraz: #2 FH; #5 BH; #6 ROS (changes: now #2 BH and #3 ROS; FH still #2, but now behind Sinner instead of Djokovic; has climbed in terms of his BH and ROS)
Djokovic: #1 FH, BH & ROS (= Sinner now; changes: now #3 FH & BH and #4 ROS; overtaken mainly by Sinneraz)
Zverev: not top 10 FH; #4 BH and ROS; #7 serve (changes: now #5 FH and ROS; #4 BH and serve; has improved almost across the board, but the FH indeed the most notable)
Medvedev: #6 FH; #3 BH; #2 ROS; not top 10 serve (changes: now #5 BH and #2 ROS; ROS remained the same; has dropped in the BH ranking; can't say anything about the serve or the FH since the 2024 list covers only top 5)
 
#16 ·
This data is not accurate. Compare it with the data of ATP statistics from the official site. There you realize that it must be impossible to be Top 5 return of serve with that statistics (Zverev). That is just plain wrong. He wins far too few return points to be considered #5.
 
#23 ·
EOY update

ROS:
 


Serve:
 


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Bonus: people were wondering how come Zverev is so high up in the FH category. His improvements for this year:
 

I have one POV on this though which I'll elaborate a little more later... Why I think this might not be the full picture. Basically the difference between your level and execution on key/pressure points and the rest.