Match Stats/Report - Agassi vs Chesnokov, Wimbledon first round, 1992

[Waspsting]

Andre Agassi beat Andrei Chesnokov 5-7, 6-1, 7-5, 7-5 in the Wimbledon first round, 1992 on grass

Agassi would go onto win the event for the only time, beating Goran Ivanisevic in the final. It would be his maiden Slam title. Chesnokov would lose all 7 matches he played at this event

Agassi won 155 points, Chesnokov 140

Agassi serve-volleyed about a third off the time off first serves

(Note: I’m missing serve direction and corresponding return error type info for 1 point
Set 4, Game 7, Point 1 - a Chesnokov first serve that drew a return error)

Serve Stats
Agassi...
- 1st serve percentage (80/136) 59%
- 1st serve points won (56/80) 70%
- 2nd serve points won (31/56) 55%
- Aces 4
- Double Faults 5
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (28/136) 21%

Chesnokov....
- 1st serve percentage (85/159) 53%
- 1st serve points won (58/85) 68%
- 2nd serve points won (33/74) 45%
- Aces 16 (2 second serves), Service Winners 3
- Double Faults 6
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (55/159) 35%

Serve Patterns
Agassi served...
- to FH 40%
- to BH 60%

Chesnokov served...
- to FH 49%
- to BH 44%
- to Body 7%

Return Stats
Agassi made...
- 98 (55 FH, 43 BH), including 1 runaround FH & 3 return-approaches
- 3 Winners (2 FH, 1 BH)
- 36 Errors, comprising...
- 22 Unforced (13 FH, 9 BH)
- 13 Forced (6 FH, 7 BH)
- 1 ?? (against a first serve)
- Return Rate (98/153) 64%

Chesnokov made...
- 103 (37 FH, 66 BH), including 2 runaround FHs & 3 return-approaches
- 3 Winners (3 BH)
- 24 Errors, comprising...
- 10 Unforced (7 FH, 3 BH)
- 14 Forced (9 FH, 5 BH)
- Return Rate (103/131) 79%

Break Points
Agassi 7/24 (11 games)
Chesnokov 4/14 (7 games)

Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Agassi 40 (11 FH, 9 BH, 8 FHV, 6 BHV, 1 BH1/2V, 5 OH)
Chesnokov 18 (3 FH, 10 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BHV, 2 OH, 1 BHOH)

Agassi's FHs - 2 cc, 1 cc/longline, 1 dtl pass, 5 inside-out (2 passes), 2 inside-in returns
- BHs - 2 cc (1 pass), 1 cc/down-the-middle return pass (that went under Chesnokov's racquet), 4 dtl (3 passes - 1 at net), 1 inside-out, 1 net chord dribbler

- 10 from serve-volley points -
- 7 first 'volleys' (3 FHV, 3 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)... 1 BHV was a net chord dribbler
- 3 second volleys (1 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)

- 2 from return-approach points (1 FHV, 1 BHV)

- 1 other OH was on the bounce

Chesnokov's FHs - 2 inside-out, 1 inside-out/dtl pass
- BHs - 2 cc (1 pass), 2 dtl (1 pass), 4 inside-out (2 returns), 1 inside-in return-pass, 1 longline

- 1 from a serve-volley points, a second volley FHV

- 1 from a return-approach point, an OH

Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Agassi 62
- 35 Unforced (20 FH, 12 BH, 2 FHV, 1 BHV)
- 27 Forced (8 FH, 11 BH, 5 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 Sky Hook, 1 BHOH)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 44.3

Chesnokov 81
- 51 Unforced (22 FH, 26 BH, 2 BHV, 1 OH)
- 30 Forced (12 FH, 14 BH, 2 FHV, 2 BHV)... with 1 baseline FHV
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46.9

(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)

(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)

Net Points & Serve-Volley
Agassi was...
- 44/61 (72%) at net, including...
- 20/30 (67%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 18/28 (64%) off 1st serve and...
- 2/2 off 2nd serve
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- 3/3 (100%) return-approaching
- 0/1 forced back

Chesnokov was...
- 18/33 (55%) at net, including...
- 4/9 (44%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 3/7 (43%) off 1st serve and...
- 1/2 off 2nd serve
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- 3/3 (100%) return-approaching
- 1/2 forced back

Match Report
Fun and interesting (mostly) baseline match, where Agassi in time gets better of back court action

Gets better of back court action and serve-volleys 37% off first serves, so not all baseline stuff. And while successful doing so, not more so than staying back. He wins 64% first serve-volley points, 71% not serve-volleying (small 4 aces excluded from both counts)

Agassi winning 53% of the points, while serving 46% of them
Break points - Agassi 7/24 (11 games), Ches 4/14 (7 games)

Clear enough superiority that it seems bit surprising that this isn’t straight sets or that 2 of the sets Agassi wins are 7-5. Sans the breadstick, figures shift to -

Agassi winning 51% of points, while serving 44% of them
Break points - Agassi 5/15 (8 games), Ches 4/11 (5 games)

Not much change in the trend of points won (and its not affected by a big outlier game), along with games with break points in them still strongly favour Agassi. Actual breaks - the critical part - is what keeps sets close of scoreline

Ches is up an early break in 3/4 sets (including the one he wins - there are more breaks in that one afterwards). Not too important, as its not a server dominated match at all, with Ches facing break points in 11/21 service games, and Agassi breaks back at once in two of them, before going onto dominate the sets in question

Chesnokov statistically comes off as some kind of serve-bot and Agassi a ravishing court player. Latter is fair, former not at all

Unreturned serves - Agassi 21%, Ches 35%, and even more tellingly…
Aces/Service Winners - Agassi 4, Ches 19 (‘Service Winner’ hereafter referred to as ‘SW’)
First serve Ace/SW rate - Agassi 5%, Ches 20%
Ches has 2 second serve aces also, which is exactly the sort of thing you see from serve-bots (meaning players relying almost entirely on the serve shot to win points)

Lot of aces from Ches, lot of unreturned serves, not much from Agassi. And after return is made -
Agassi with 40 winners, forcing 30 errors, 35 UEs
Ches 18 winners, forcing 27 errors, 51 UEs

Winner/UE differential - Agassi +5, Ches -33
Aggressively ended points/UE differential - Agassi +35, Ches -6

Ches sure looks like a serve-bot going on those. In conjunction with the points won/points served figures and games with break points in them, this looks like a serve-bot vs a good player with a small serve, and serve-bot just about holding off better player to keep things close

Amusingly deceptive. Ches is only slightly better stock server than Agassi, though a strange one, who, when he’s not sending down aces and service winners, is sending down routine, in swing zone serves. His typical first serve is only slightly faster than Agassi’s. He does gun down the wide aces though - and with 19 of them, that’s not a rare thing

And Ches is a fine court player. Baseline rallies are good, not far from even contest even. It takes Agassi time to eventually get on top of them
To be clear, Ches is better server than Agassi and Agassi is better court player than Ches… but not to the extent suggested by stats

Agassi’s showing (and the numbers springing from it) are typical of him. Relatively low return rate, but very good winner/UE differential. His serve and return are tailored for this

Both generally and here, Agassi -
- doesn’t get many freebies, but gets good starting point for rally on service points
- gives away many freebies, at value of good starting points for rally on return points

With good starting points - lead position or neutral at worst - quite often, he has base to have a good winner/UE differentials with unreturned serves and double faults excluded

Someone like Mats Wilander, who makes a lot of tough returns and so starts a lot of rallies in defensive position, is the opposite of this. Wilander tends to be on receiving end of very high winner counts consequently and rely on opponents UEs to get ahead, while Agassi tends to have high winners and errors forced among point he wins

Serve & Return
Breakdown of unreturned serves (from returner’s point of view) -
Aced/Service Winner’d - Agassi 19, Ches 4
Return FE - Agassi 13, Ches 14
Return UE - Agassi 22, Ches 10
(Agassi also has an unknown error against a first serve, which with Ches’ serve, doesn’t promise to be either UE or FE for sure)

Agassi’s breakdown is weird. Aced/SW’d 19 times, but just 13 return FEs can happen though it’d be strange. Djokovic has something like that in ‘22 Wimby final
But 22 UEs makes little sense. If server can dash down 19 aces/SWs, its very, very peculiar for 63% of the return errors he draws to be marked UEs
Agassi returning from just behind baseline. Normal for him. Tends to lead to good few aces, which partially explains it

Other than that, Ches being one of those servers, who when he’s not serving aces, sends down in swing zone serves. Not particularly fast ones either. His pace is average at best, a little faster than Agassi’s, which is below average of power

Breakdown of Agassi’s return errors by serve type
- FEs - 13 first serves
- UEs - 9 first serves, 13 second serves
- Aced/SW’d - 17 first serves, 2 second serves

He’s little rushed on some first returns, more often, doesn’t have excess time to wind up is better way of describing it. Returns firmly and willing to go attackingly wide with it (he’s got 3 winners - just 1 pass, which goes under Ches’ racquet) and looks to thump them whenever possible, particularly second serves

That’s a lot of return UEs. Is it worth it?
Numerically, yes as he wins such a high lot of points when makes the return
When returning first serves, Agassi goes on to win 27/46 points or 59% of points
When returning second serve, Agassi goes on to win 35/53 points or 66% of points (excluding double faults. Including them, 69%)

 

[Waspsting]

Practically? First serves, probably not. Ches isn’t collaring action from third ball and just getting return in play with a block likely wouldn’t see him win abnormal high lot of first serve rally points. Second serves, perhaps. 66% is a lot of points, but 13 missed returns isn’t small either

Putting it altogether - freebies and rally points - Ches wins 68% first serve points, 45% seconds. It’s the firsts that seem more problematically low. And Ches suffering consequences of those 17 first serve ace/SWs with in count of just 53%

Agassi doesn’t have many aces, but his typical first serve is probably better than Ches’. Its better, wider placed and not too far less powerful. Ches swings at returns from a pace and half behind baseline, and is moved off to side to do so regularly

79% return rate is very good. He doesn’t return weakly, leaving normal, minor initiative for server. He gets fair few returns against serve-volleys down to Agassi’s feet

Gist - unreturneds Agassi 21%, Ches 35%, with Agassi with some more thumping, winning or pressuring returns to counter-balance, but Ches not weak. Ches has better of serve-return contest and not by small amount. 14% difference or 37 points is no small matter and a bigger one than being forced onto defence or reactive position at start of some portion of rallies

Play - Baseline & Net
The bounce is typically shin high. Anything above the knee is a comfy shot
Action is baseline based, but Agassi’s being at net 61 times - only half of it serve-volleying - speaks to all court nature of match

Lets start with minority serve-volleying
Agassi first serve-volleys 37% of the time, winning 64% (staying back, he wins higher 71%)
Also wins 2/2 second serve-volleying

His serve-volleying is as classic of structure as can be; serve out wide to open court, volley cc to other end. Especially serve out wide to BH, and FHV cc. If returner comes back wider, he line BHVs

Courts open and volleys aren’t difficult, but efficiently done by Agassi. 7/10 serve-volleying winners are first ‘volleys’ (including a perfect BH1/2V). Points he loses aren’t due to volley, but Ches returning to feet and following up with winning pass

Agassi makes the initial shoelace or half-volley in these situations. Repeatedly. Its follow up pass that wins points for Ches, though return is good enough to have done so

Agassi serve-volleys in clusters. About once every three service games, serve-volleys constantly. Or maybe 2 games in a row. Then goes back to normal until next cycle. He doesn’t mix and match serve-volley and not within a game often. One of 2 second serve-volleys comes during spell when he’s constantly missing first serves

Not having much luck from the back, Ches reluctantly turns to serve-volley some himself. He’d be good poster child for “uncomfortable at net”, winning 4/9 so doing (just 3/7 behind first serves). Something he’s driven to when baseline action turns against him

Baseline action is fluid, dual winged stuff. Power is secondary to hitting wide, though its not lacking by any means. Its not corner to corner running and there’s plenty of stock cc exchanges with neutral line change-ups, but calling it neutral rallying action would be highly deceptive

Both players hit well, consistency of shots shift across match and it takes awhile for Agassi to gain supremacy

Neutral UEs - Agassi 23, Ches 28
Relatively difficult ‘neutral’ UEs due to the bounce. Most balls are hit under the knee

Early on, Ches’ BH is rock of match and his FH the most wobbly. Its not bad and rallies go on for awhile, with action shifting within rallies between neutral and moderately attacking running play before the FH gives up errors, but it is the shot that’s most apt to miss
That change over time too

UE breakdown by shot -
- Agassi BH 12
- Agassi FH 20, Ches FH 22
- Ches BH 26

Agassi’s BH staying steadiest. Throws in a few flourishing slices when on move or ball is wide and rarely, when he has time for normal shot. After Ches starts getting squeezed out, he turns to BH to hit wide and try to lead action. He plays good few BH inside-outs casually. Couple of winners with the rare shot, but they’re not all winner attempts; some are closer to neutral shots than attacking ones

Agassi tends to hit wider and get Ches on the move. Wider FH cc or BH line chief initiative grabbing shot

Ground to ground winners
- Agassi 11 (8 FH, 3 BH), 7 (Ches 2 FH, 5 BH)

Accurate indicator of which side each player looks to attack with. Ches’ FH is outsteadied but isn’t unsteady, but doesn’t pack much of a punch. Agassi slightly steadier but more importantly able to direct action and attack. More of Agassi’s FH UEs would be attacking shots, more of Ches’ neutrals to bring home the basic consistency gap beyond the negligible 20-22 advantage Agassi enjoys in UEs on that wing. Some punishing or pressuring move-over FH inside-outs from Agassi when appropriate

On the BH, Ches has his shot-making moments, but at cost of high errors. Agassi very steady, not bothered by Ches’ force (its closer to other way round), and attacks soundly and occasionally with net approaches. Either line approaches or cc from when well in court. Rarely, even manufactures an approach from a slice. He doesn’t go for a lot of winners off the BH

 

[Waspsting]

Ches is on the run more often and he’s good at it. First wide shot usually isn’t enough to draw error from him. Ches making balls on the run with fair authority from shin height is one of the best things in the match, but doing that just keeps him from losing point on that shot and he usually goes on to lose the point anyway in various ways (Agassi hitting winner or piling on with more wide shots until error comes or even rally resetting to neutral and Agassi winning that tussle). The running game isn’t one way traffic and Agassi has his fair share to do too. He’s not as good at Ches at it - but directing action more often, has to do less of it

Winner Attempt UEs - Agassi 3, Ches 12
(both have just 3 net UEs)

Great for Agassi, very poor for Ches. Agassi’s played a very sound, attacking game - attacking well, without ever getting close to over-doing it, and executing. Ches is somewhat driven by frustration of being outsteadied, pressured and moved-about to go for some low percentage winner attempts, which he misses

Rallying to net - Agassi 21/28 or 75%, Ches 11/21 or 52%

Ches looks like he’d rather be anywhere else than at net, but outmanuvered from back and with Agassi venturing forward with good judgment to finish, comes in just a little. Clumsy up there, and faced with good passing sees him not do well. Hold racquet out and hope ball lands somewhere far from Agassi (which it doesn’t often as not) is his volleying. He does strike a superb BHOH winner

On the ‘volley’ -
Winners - Agassi 20, Ches 5
UEs - both 3
FEs - Agassi 8, Ches 3
… in context of Agassi with 61 approaches, Ches 33

Passing winners - Agassi 8, Ches 4

As mentioned earlier, very classic volleying from Agassi to open court against net high or above stuff and he’s even good at the difficult low stuff. Wide and low-ish is bridge too far for him to handle, and Ches forces volleying errors with passes that present such shots. Agassi not directing volleys to a particular side, but to open court as much as possible

Finally, ground FEs read Agassi 19, Ches 26

These would be mix of passing errors and errors springing from baseline rallies
Agassi forcing a few more errors from baseline rallies, but Ches’ is probably a little harder to force errors out of, with neither player lacking defensive ability

Match Progression
First set is most competitive (despite scoreline, its basically only 1 that is) and action is similar to rest of match too. Ches edges it by having better of second serve points. Uniquely for the match

Agassi’s a little rushed returning sometimes. Ches returns from a pace further back and strikes some good, powerful and/or deep returns. Some fluid rallies, but more basic ones than match as whole. And in time, Agassi taking to serve-volleying considerably. Ches is excellent on the run, Agassi sound and good in picking when to hit wide to attack

Agassi holds opening game by ending with a first volley, FHV winner. His first serve-volley of the match. Takes Ches 14 points to draw level, saving 2 break points along the way. Some good serves (including 2 aces - 1 a second serve - and a service winner) and couple Agassi routine return misses in the game

Ches breaks for 2-1. Deep winning BH return and BH inside-out return winner sets Ches on the way and he seals the deal by stabbing a FH inside-out/dtl pass winner against Agassi’s serve-volley play
Ches saves a break point to consolidate and Agassi has to save 5 game after that. He turns to serve-volleying regularly to do it

Players trade breaks near the end. Agassi breaks aggressively (couple winning returns and big FH cc approach net point) for 5-5, but Ches breaks right back by winning edgy baseline rallies, and finishing with a FH inside-out winner after being on defensive for the point. He serves out to 15

From 5-7 to 6-1 seems a huge shift, but action doesn’t change too much in second set. More moving-around baseline action, both players quick and good on shots on the move. Some aggressive returning - Ches knocks away the FH dtl return, Agassi thumps a few extra hard. Considerable net play and Agassi still serve-volleying fair bit

Break points for set read Agassi 2/9 (3 games), Ches 0/3 (2 games)

Agassi breaking once in a game of even rallies he comes out on top of, finishing with a BHV winner after coming in off an overpowering BH cc. Breaks again in bad game from Ches, the lowest point of which is missing an easy smash

Its third set that Agassi gains control of play. He serve-volleys less but gradually comes to control baseline rallies and is more pressuring, more consistent, leading rallies more often and occasionally, finishing with winners from the back
He serves 26 points in the set, Ches 54. Sans being broken once to love, Agassi loses 2 service points in 5 holds. Only 1 Ches service game doesn’t go to deuce by contrast

Ches breaks to love with wide passes, a deep return and an Agassi double for 3-1
Agassi hits back at once in 12 point game of good rallies ending with UEs. Unusual, FH dtl winner attempt UE from Ches ends it. In retrospect, it looks like the beginning of his feeling outdone from baseline

Still, he holds Agassi for a couple of games, before giving up the break for 5-6 in a 12 point. Agassi pinching a couple of points in the game with manufactured approach shots (as opposed to coming in from commanding position) stand out in the game

Agassi serves out to love, finishing with a lovely, low-ish BHV first volley inside-out winner; 1 of his best volleys in the match

Ches again goes up a break early in fourth set and Agassi answers at once to leave things 2-1 in Ches’ favour. Ches comes to net more than earlier, seemingly accepting he’s second best from the baseline

Unlike previous one, it’s a competitive set. After the trade of breaks, routine holds to near the end. Agassi holds deuce game with Ches attacking net for 5-5, and then breaking with some powerful returns and baseline shots before serving out to 30

An Agassi 1-2 BH dtl - BH cc ending with winner and a lovely first ‘volley’ BH1/2V winner from Agassi stand out as memorable. Very good BHOH winner by Ches too

Summing up, good match with number of interesting aspects. It takes Agassi time to gain ascendancy from the baseline against well-moving and steady play of Chesnokov, but once he does he keeps it. Throws in considerable serve-volleys and utilizes his ability to attack from the back with wider shots to take net to finish too, while being steadier off the ground

Some good serving from Chesnokov, who has a host of aces, and Agassi helps by missing good lot of routine returns he tries to spank and he’s not bad from the baseline; steady enough, very good movement, but Agassi’s considerably better still

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[Galvermegs]

The start of an amazing run in tennis but practically no one saw that coming. Image was not everything that fortnight.

Shame for ches just turning up to go home 7 times altogether.

 

[WCT]

Wow, I didn't think there was a grass court match, especially at 92 Wimbledon,where Agassi s/v that often. Or came to the net overall that much more than his opponent.

 

[HBK4life]

The start of an amazing run in tennis but practically no one saw that coming. Image was not everything that fortnight.

Shame for ches just turning up to go home 7 times altogether.

I watched all of Agassi’s matches from this tournament last year.
The first few are truly the definition of “playing your way into the tournament”.

 

[Galvermegs]

I watched all of Agassi’s matches from this tournament last year.
The first few are truly the definition of “playing your way into the tournament”.

Well he did have that drubbing from courier at RG and needed to just maybe try to rebuild his confidence, plus he had so little experience at the event. Defeated sf opponent mcenroe was very nice to help him during the event despite them being drawn against each other.

 

[Waspsting]

Image was not everything that fortnight.

not everything, but it was something at least

The wig no one knew about
Agassi keeps his cap on as he's changing shirts. It looks odd, because it is odd and I can't think of anyone else who changes shirts over their caps like that
Don't remember noticing at the time, but think I'd notice it as weird instantly now - and suspect something's not what it appears to be there

Shame for ches just turning up to go home 7 times altogether.

Was a bit surprised to see this. Though most proficient on clay, Ches isn't your long take back, big swing hitter as the out and out clay specialists tend to be
Wouldn't have been surprised to have found that he'd made a couple fourth rounds, with luck, maybe even a quarter, but no

Thierry Champion made the quarters the following year, in a run I remember as being a good one
Don't see why Champion could have a run like that, but Ches came away with a perfect 0/7 record at Wimby

Wow, I didn't think there was a grass court match, especially at 92 Wimbledon,where Agassi s/v that often. Or came to the net overall that much more than his opponent.

I thought of you when tallying up the stats, and the liklihood of your keying in on that

He has occasional bursts of serve-volleying, but I think off 37% first serves is the most I've seen from him
The style of play Agassi brings to this match in terms of mix of baseline and net play can be seen as net play toned down version of a Borg Wimby showing. Its a stretch, admittedly
By contrast, he was as almost completely baseline in last 3 rounds

 

[WCT]

not everything, but it was something at least

The wig no one knew about
Agassi keeps his cap on as he's changing shirts. It looks odd, because it is odd and I can't think of anyone else who changes shirts over their caps like that
Don't remember noticing at the time, but think I'd notice it as weird instantly now - and suspect something's not what it appears to be there


Was a bit surprised to see this. Though most proficient on clay, Ches isn't your long take back, big swing hitter as the out and out clay specialists tend to be
Wouldn't have been surprised to have found that he'd made a couple fourth rounds, with luck, maybe even a quarter, but no

Thierry Champion made the quarters the following year, in a run I remember as being a good one
Don't see why Champion could have a run like that, but Ches came away with a perfect 0/7 record at Wimby



I thought of you when tallying up the stats, and the liklihood of your keying in on that

He has occasional bursts of serve-volleying, but I think off 37% first serves is the most I've seen from him
The style of play Agassi brings to this match in terms of mix of baseline and net play can be seen as net play toned down version of a Borg Wimby showing. Its a stretch, admittedly
By contrast, he was as almost completely baseline in last 3 rounds

not everything, but it was something at least

The wig no one knew about
Agassi keeps his cap on as he's changing shirts. It looks odd, because it is odd and I can't think of anyone else who changes shirts over their caps like that
Don't remember noticing at the time, but think I'd notice it as weird instantly now - and suspect something's not what it appears to be there


Was a bit surprised to see this. Though most proficient on clay, Ches isn't your long take back, big swing hitter as the out and out clay specialists tend to be
Wouldn't have been surprised to have found that he'd made a couple fourth rounds, with luck, maybe even a quarter, but no

Thierry Champion made the quarters the following year, in a run I remember as being a good one
Don't see why Champion could have a run like that, but Ches came away with a perfect 0/7 record at Wimby



I thought of you when tallying up the stats, and the liklihood of your keying in on that

He has occasional bursts of serve-volleying, but I think off 37% first serves is the most I've seen from him
The style of play Agassi brings to this match in terms of mix of baseline and net play can be seen as net play toned down version of a Borg Wimby showing. Its a stretch, admittedly
By contrast, he was as almost completely baseline in last 3 rounds

Do you happen to remember any of those matches where he had bursts of s/v. I''d say this is very toned down Borg. He had numerous matches where he pretty much s/v on evert\y 1st serve. 37% is a ways from that. Still way more than I'd expect from Agassi.

I specified grass court, in my last post, because I know there have been a few ,on other surfaces, that you did where he came in more than the other player. For me, most surprisingly, that French Open match with Sampras.

 

[Waspsting]

I specified grass court, in my last post, because I know there have been a few ,on other surfaces (regarding high serve-volleying frequency for Agassi)

Missed that part, specifying grass courts
No, I don't think I've seen him serve-volley to anything I'd even describe as 'bursts of s/v' on grass. I think he had a burst, not 'bursts' in the '93 match with Sampras
And said bursts in this match is I think, higher than any match of his I've seen on any surface

He's at 23% in '92 Canada final with Lendl
19% in 1990 YEC final with Edberg
12% in the French match with Sampras you mentioned

Nothing close to the 37% here, and can't think of anything else that's likely to come close

 

[WCT]

Missed that part, specifying grass courts
No, I don't think I've seen him serve-volley to anything I'd even describe as 'bursts of s/v' on grass. I think he had a burst, not 'bursts' in the '93 match with Sampras
And said bursts in this match is I think, higher than any match of his I've seen on any surface

He's at 23% in '92 Canada final with Lendl
19% in 1990 YEC final with Edberg
12% in the French match with Sampras you mentioned

Nothing close to the 37% here, and can't think of anything else that's likely to come close

I tell ya, I find 23% of the time on a hard court vs Lendl more jarring than this match. And I didn't remember the s/v part of the Sampras French match. 12% isn't high, but sure higher than I'd ever expect from him on clay.

He was coached by Segura for a bit. My guess would be that he would envourage him to come in more. The partnership ended pretty quickly, though.

 

[HBK4life]

I think in his early teens he SV a lot.