Federer Karlovic Wimbledon 2009 QF

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Federer def. Karlovic 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3)

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From the ATP site :

Federer served at 62% (53/85)
Karlovic at 70% (57/82)

Federer won 50/53 points on 1st serve (94%)
Karlovic won 46/57 points on 1st serve (81%)

Federer won 24/32 points on 2nd serve(75%)
Karlovic won 15/25 points on 2nd serve (60%)
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(In 3rd set, 2 points missing at 1-1, with Karlovic serving at 30-0 and 2 more points missing at 2-2, 30-30 with Karlovic serving. 2 of those were aces going by the final ace count. so included those as aces - assuming both were first serves )

Aces :
Federer : 7 (including 2 on 2nd serves in the 2nd set)
Karlovic : 23 (including 2 2nd serves, one each in the 1st and 2nd set)

DFs:
Federer : 2, Karlovic : 2

SWs:
Federer : 3
Karlovic : 1

FHWs:
Federer : 13 (including 2 return passing shots and 2 passing shots)
Karlovic : 2 (including 1 passing shot)

BHWs:
Federer : 6 (including 3 returning passing shots and 3 passing shots)
Karlovic : 0

FHV:
Federer : 0, Karlovic : 1

OH:
Federer : 3, Karlovic : 1

FH wing UEs:
Federer : 3
Karlovic : 7 (including 2 volley errors and 1 return error)

BH wing UEs:
Federer : 0
Karlovic : 9 (including 2 volley errors and 2 return errors)

FH wing FEs:
Federer: 16, Karlovic : 15

BH wing FEs:
Federer: 21, Karlovic : 28

Net points :
Federer : 13/15 (86.7%)
Karlovic : 37/64 (57.81%)

SnV points :
1st serve:
Federer : 2/3 (66.7%)
Karlovic : 23/34 (67.65%)

2nd serve:
Federer: 2/2 (100%)
Karlovic: 12/20 (60%)

Unreturned serves (excluding aces and service winners):

1st serve :
Federer : 26, Karlovic : 19

2nd serve :
Federer : 6, Karlovic : 7

All unreturned serves :

1st serve :
Federer : 34, Karlovic : 40 (assuming missing 2 aces in the 3rd set were 1st serves)

2nd serve :
Federer : 8, Karlovic : 9

Unreturned serves% :
Federer: 42/85 (49.41%)
Karlovic : 49/80 (61.25%) (2 serves are missing)

BPs:
Federer : 2/2, Karlovic : 0/0

Games with BP chances :
Federer : 2/2, Karlovic : 0/0

In summary :

Winners:
Federer : 31, Karlovic : 28

UEs:
Federer : 5, Karlovic : 18

FEs:
Federer : 37, Karlovic : 53

Points :
Federer : 95
Karlovic : 70 (2 points unaccounted for in the 3rd set)

 

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Set by set stats :

(In 3rd set, 2 points missing at 1-1, with Karlovic serving at 30-0 and 2 more points missing at 2-2, 30-30 with Karlovic serving. 2 of those were aces going by the final ace count. so included those as aces - assuming both were first serves )

Aces :
Federer : 2,3,2 ........total = 7
Karlovic : 3,7,13......total = 23

DFs:
Federer : 0,1,1........total = 2
Karlovic : 0,0,2.......total = 2

SWs:
Federer : 2,0,1 ....total = 3
Karlovic : 0,0,1 ....total = 1

FHWs:
Federer : 4,6,3 ....total = 13
Karlovic : 0,0,2 ....total = 2

BHWs:
Federer : 2,3,1 ....total = 6
Karlovic : 0,0,0 ....total = 0

FHV:
Federer : 0,0,0 ....total = 0
Karlovic : 1,0,0 ....total = 1

OH:
Federer : 0,3,0 ....total = 3
Karlovic : 0,1,0 ....total = 1

FH wing UEs:
Federer : 2,1,0 ....total = 3
Karlovic : 1,0,6 .....total = 7

BH wing UEs:
Federer : 0,0,0 ....total = 0
Karlovic : 1,5,3 ...total = 9

FH wing FEs:
Federer: 5,7,4 ....total = 16
Karlovic : 4,4,7 ....total = 15

BH wing FEs:
Federer: 5,8,8 ....total = 21
Karlovic : 8,8, 12 ...total = 28

Net points :
Federer : 3/4,7/7,3/4 .....total = 13/15 (86.7%)
Karlovic : 11/17,14/25,12/22 ....total = 37/64 (57.81%)

SnV points :
1st serve:
Federer : 0/0,1/1,1/2 ....total = 2/3 (66.7%)
Karlovic : 6/9, 9/12,8/13 ....total = 23/34 (67.65%)

2nd serve:
Federer: 2/2,0/0,0/0 ...total = 2/2 (100%)
Karlovic: 4/6,5/10,3/4 ...total = 12/20 (60%)

Unreturned serves (excluding aces and service winners):

1st serve :
Federer : 7,7,12 ...total = 26
Karlovic : 6,7,6 ....total = 19

2nd serve :
Federer : 1,2,3 ...total = 6
Karlovic : 1,4,2 ...total = 7

All unreturned serves :

1st serve :
Federer : 11,8,15 ...total = 34
Karlovic : 8,13,19 ...total = 40 (assuming missing 2 aces in the 3rd set were 1st serves)

2nd serve :
Federer : 1,4,3 ...total = 8
Karlovic : 2,5,2 ...total = 9

BPs:
Federer : 1/1, 1/1,0/0 ....total = 2/2
Karlovic : 0/0,0/0,0/0 ....total = 0/0

Games with BP chances :
Federer : 1/1, 1/1,0/0 ....total = 2/2
Karlovic : 0/0,0/0,0/0 ....total = 0/0

In summary :

Winners:
Federer : 11,15,8 ...total = 31
Karlovic : 4,8,16 ...total = 28

UEs:
Federer : 2,2,1 ...total = 5
Karlovic : 2,5,11 ...total = 18

FEs:
Federer : 10,15,12 .... total = 37
Karlovic : 12,12,29 .... total = 53

Points :
Federer : 25,32,38 ....total = 95
Karlovic : 16,25,29 ....total = 70 (2 points unaccounted for in the 3rd set)

 

[Druss]

That Wimbledon (2009) was the best I’ve ever seen Karlovic play! Fed had 2 BP chances and he took them, I thought it was quite a ‘clean’ performance from the Swiss Maestro back then...now looking at the stats; 31/5 W/UFE and 42 unreturnables on serves vs 49 for Karlovic, that’s pretty good.

 

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Comments :

1. Karlovic had come into this match hitting 135 aces in 4 matches at Wimbledon, including 47 aces in 4 sets vs Tsonga and 36 aces in 4 sets vs Verdasco.
He was unbroken on grass as well in 2009 coming to the match ( 8 matches)

2. Federer played 2 great return games to break : one of them early in the 1st set and one of them late in the 2nd set.
No other games with BPs, though he did have a game with 0-30 at the start of the 3rd set.

3. Federer was too solid in his service games. No BP chance for Karlovic.

4. Karlovic's unreturned serve% in this match (>60%) is pretty high.
Wonder how much it was in the Tsonga match in 3R. He served at 78% (!!) (102/130), had 47 aces in that match.

5. The early break by Federer set the tone for the match. Made Karlovic a tad nervous, that showed in the rallies. Karlovic was rock solid on serve though.

6. I don't think Fed was going full throttle for aces/service winners/unreturned serves. Else would've had a higher% of unreturned serves. Some of them, he was going for the serve+fh combo. The Federer-Soderling match in 4R was also a servefest. Would be interesting to see the unreturned serves % for that match as well.

 

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That Wimbledon (2009) was the best I’ve ever seen Karlovic play! Fed had 2 BP chances and he took them, I thought it was quite a ‘clean’ performance from the Swiss Maestro back then...now looking at the stats; 31/5 W/UFE and 42 unreturnables on serves vs 49 for Karlovic, that’s pretty good.

yeah, a pretty clean performance and 2 great return games to break.

 

[Moose Malloy]

Intersting that Fed would only serve and volley 5 times on a fast surface vs a guy with as poor a return as Karlovic.

 

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Intersting that Fed would only serve and volley 5 times on a fast surface vs a guy with as poor a return as Karlovic.

He was an aggressive baseliner at this point in time.

Plus given the massive advantage he had over Karlovic from the baseline , it makes sense. Rather than risk giving Karlovic a shot at connecting 2-3 returns in a row and passing him, he preferred to stay back.

The one vs Roddick is more surprising. He SnVed only 4 times in that match:
https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/federer-roddick-wimbledon-2009-final-stats.601418/

 

[Moose Malloy]

He was an aggressive baseliner at this point in time.

Plus given the massive advantage he had over Karlovic from the baseline , it makes sense. Rather than risk giving Karlovic a shot at connecting 2-3 returns in a row and passing him, he preferred to stay back.

The one vs Roddick is more surprising. He SnVed only 4 times in that match:
https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/federer-roddick-wimbledon-2009-final-stats.601418/

I guess I find the Karlovic stat more surprising since Karlovic was serve and volleying on both serves throughout while Roddick was staying back. Did Karlovic attempt to come in off Feds serve at all? I know we are comparing very different eras, and Fed is of course a rare talent, but this sort of stat would be mind boggling in the 80s or 90s. Playing a serve and volleyer and staying back on almost every serve. And still winning in straight sets. It would be almost impossible for anyone not named Agassi.

 

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I guess I find the Karlovic stat more surprising since Karlovic was serve and volleying on both serves throughout while Roddick was staying back. Did Karlovic attempt to come in off Feds serve at all? I know we are comparing very different eras, and Fed is of course a rare talent, but this sort of stat would be mind boggling in the 80s or 90s. Playing a serve and volleyer and staying back on almost every serve. And still winning in straight sets. It would be almost impossible for anyone not named Agassi.

Karlovic wasn't coming in that much on the return.

As you can see above, 54 of the 64 net points were SnV points for Karlovic.

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Federer came in quite a bit in the next match vs Haas to take the net away from Haas.