Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Andy Roddick (USA) 6-2, 6-1 in the Olympic Games second round 2012, played on grass at Wimbledon
Djokovic would go onto lose in the semi-final to eventual winner Andy Murray (Great Britain)., and lose the Bronze medal match to Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) This was the last meeting between the pair, with Roddick leading the head-to-head 5-4
Djokovic won 53 points, Roddick 30
Serve Stats
Djokovic...
- 1st serve percentage (29/43) 67%
- 1st serve points won (25/29) 86%
- 2nd serve points won (8/14) 57%
- Aces 14
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (20/43) 47%
Roddick...
- 1st serve percentage (24/40) 60%
- 1st serve points won (12/24) 50%
- 2nd serve points won (8/16) 50%
- Aces 5 (1 second serve)
- Double Faults 1
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (10/40) 25%
Serve Patterns
Djokovic served...
- to FH 56%
- to BH 44%
Roddick served...
- to FH 46%
- to BH 51%
- to Body 3%
Return Stats
Djokovic made...
- 29 (16 FH, 13 BH)
- 2 Winners (1 FH, 1 BH)
- 5 Errors, comprising...
- 2 Unforced (1 FH, 1 BH)
- 3 Forced (3 BH)
- Return Rate (29/39) 74%
Roddick made...
- 23 (11 FH, 12 BH)
- 6 Errors, comprising...
- 4 Unforced (4 FH)
- 2 Forced (2 FH)
- Return Rate (23/43) 53%
Break Points
Djokovic 4/4
Roddick 0
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Djokovic 20 (11 FH, 8 BH, 1 BHV)
Roddick 7 (5 FH, 1 BH, 1 FHV)
Djokovic's FHs - 3 cc (1 return), 2 dtl, 3 inside-out, 2 inside-in and 1 drop shot
- BHs - 1 cc, 1 dtl, 1 inside-out pass at net, 1 longline/cc return, 1 drop shot, 1 lob, 1 running-down-drop-shot cc pass at net and 1 net chord dribbler
Roddick's FHs - 1 cc pass, 2 inside-out, 1 longline and 1 inside-in
- BH - 1 cc pass
- 1 from a serve-volley points, a first volley FHV
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Djokovic 13
- 10 Unforced (5 FH, 5 BH)
- 3 Forced (1 FH, 1 BH, 1 FHV)... with the FH being a challenge
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46
Roddick 12
- 10 Unforced (5 FH, 4 BH, 1 OH)
- 2 Forced (1 FH, 1 BHV)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46
(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 for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Djokovic was...
- 3/6 (50%) at net, including...
- 0/1 serve-volleying, a 1st serve
Roddick was...
- 2/7 (29%) at net, including...
- 1/1 serve-volleying, a 1st serve
Match Report
Complete thrashing as scoreline indicates. Djokovic goes in for shotmaking from off the FH with great success and returns ably against a strong serve. Roddick is slow of foot - particularly on the return - and just out of his weight class on a fast court
Eye catchingly stand out stats concern Djokovic's serving. 14 aces from 29 first serves. Unreturned rate of 47%, winning 86% first serves in. He serves... on the better side of his norm. The outrageous numbers are more down to Roddick's lead footed returning. Doesn't move at all for more than average wide serves... these balls are returnable, let alone sure fire aces. In the semis, Djokovic would serve about the same way to Andy Murray and the kinds of serves that go for aces here come back neutralizingly
Less eye catching but more impressive are the return numbers. Returns at 74% against Roddick serving at 60%. Whatever's off about his movement, Roddick's still hammering down serves, including seconds. Good lot of his 2nd serves are forceful, let alone virtually the firsts. Even regulation placed ones are fast enough to be troubling. Djokovic moves into position swiftly and bops them back when they're wide or stands and delivers against the bullets... great job
20 winners from Djoko comes to 1.33 per game, which is extremely high given 47% unreturned rate. He's in FH shotmaking mode, goes for (and usually makes) the winner from near regulation positions. His serve also sets up balls that aren't obviously there to be hit for winners, but he goes for it - and makes it most of time. Roddick's lack of footspeed is a small factor in the high count, but overwhelming credit to Djoko here
Baseline rallies are firm hitting affairs, Djoko with hitting advantage off the BH and a smaller 1 on the FH. Roddick slices a fair bit and ball stays low enough to be potentially troublesome. Djoko's forced to slice back some of the time, though if he can take it on the FH, he's apt to attack with wide cc or go for a winner. Its shotmaking rather than rallying that sees Djoko shoot miles ahead in the rallies. His movement advantage is also very large - his hitting on the run effectively turns Roddick's would-be attacking wide FHs into neutral plays. Roddick again, is quite slow, though it doesn't matter too much. Djoko doesn't move him around, he hits winners into corners that shy of absolute top level speed, would end points anyway
Errors are virtually identical. 10 UEs for both - both with 5 FHs, Djoko with an extra BH and Roddick missing a not easy, back pedalling OH. Nature of UEs are identical
- neutral UEs - both 6
- attacking UEs - both 2
- winner attempt UEs - both 2
and FEs are negligible and virtually identical too (Djoko 3, Rod 2... Rod with 1 groundstroke, 1 volley, Djoko 2 groundstrokes and a volley)
So in play, its just Djokovic's shot making and 20-7 lead in winners that's the difference. And the bulk of them are in return games since his scope to shine on serve is curtailed by so few returns coming back. Again, much credit to Djoko's sure returning for opening the possibility for it
Roddick wins exactly 50% of his service points and exactly the same off both first and second serves. Since he's got 4 first serve aces (also 1 2nd) and 1 double fault, Djoko's winning more rallies against the first serve than 2nd. If Djoko can get the return back, it takes him a shot or 2 to neutralize dynamics, with Roddick unable to maintain initiative against deep-ish and/or firm returns. And from neutral... he can move smack winners from not-strong (as opposed to weak) balls, let alone balls asking to be putaway
When Roddick's serve is returned, he wins just 10/29 points or 34%... great credit to Djoko for putting so many returns in play and after that... action is a mismatch. Nothing seriously wrong with Roddick's groundgame, but Djoko is a couple of classes above
Match Progression
Match starts normally enough with strong serves setting up easy points for server and 5 holds in, its 3-2 Djokovic
He wins the next 7 games, including 3 breaks and reels of 10/11 games from there
First break comes with Djokovic striking a very sharp FH cc winner to even game at 30-30, before 2 Roddick FH errors. Next 1 also has a pair of Roddick FH errors, another Djoko FH cc winner (this time against a good low slice) and ends with a Djoko net chord dribbling winner
Djoko breaks first chance in 2nd set, wrapping up with a BH cc winner from regulation position and on break point, a flawless BH lob that Roddick gives up on instantly. After Roddick holds (2 aces - 1 a second serve) next chance, Djoko adds a 2nd break, wrapping up with consecutive return winners (1 of each wing)
Djoko's taken to deuce for only time in match as he serves it out. 4 aces and a perfect net-to-net BH running-down-drop-shot cc winner sees him hold
Summing up, good serving, even better returning and excellent shotmaking (especially off FH) supported by typical fast court coverage from Djokovic. Roddick is slow of foot (especially on the return) and just out of his weight division trading groundies, but he doesn't play badly either
Stats for Djokovic's semi with Andy Murray - (1) Match Stats/Report - Murray vs Djokovic, Wimbledon final, 2013 | Talk Tennis (tennis-warehouse.com)
Stats for the final between Murray and Roger Federer - (5) Match Stats/Report - Murray vs Federer, Olympic Games final, 2012 | Talk Tennis (tennis-warehouse.com)
Djokovic would go onto lose in the semi-final to eventual winner Andy Murray (Great Britain)., and lose the Bronze medal match to Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) This was the last meeting between the pair, with Roddick leading the head-to-head 5-4
Djokovic won 53 points, Roddick 30
Serve Stats
Djokovic...
- 1st serve percentage (29/43) 67%
- 1st serve points won (25/29) 86%
- 2nd serve points won (8/14) 57%
- Aces 14
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (20/43) 47%
Roddick...
- 1st serve percentage (24/40) 60%
- 1st serve points won (12/24) 50%
- 2nd serve points won (8/16) 50%
- Aces 5 (1 second serve)
- Double Faults 1
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (10/40) 25%
Serve Patterns
Djokovic served...
- to FH 56%
- to BH 44%
Roddick served...
- to FH 46%
- to BH 51%
- to Body 3%
Return Stats
Djokovic made...
- 29 (16 FH, 13 BH)
- 2 Winners (1 FH, 1 BH)
- 5 Errors, comprising...
- 2 Unforced (1 FH, 1 BH)
- 3 Forced (3 BH)
- Return Rate (29/39) 74%
Roddick made...
- 23 (11 FH, 12 BH)
- 6 Errors, comprising...
- 4 Unforced (4 FH)
- 2 Forced (2 FH)
- Return Rate (23/43) 53%
Break Points
Djokovic 4/4
Roddick 0
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Djokovic 20 (11 FH, 8 BH, 1 BHV)
Roddick 7 (5 FH, 1 BH, 1 FHV)
Djokovic's FHs - 3 cc (1 return), 2 dtl, 3 inside-out, 2 inside-in and 1 drop shot
- BHs - 1 cc, 1 dtl, 1 inside-out pass at net, 1 longline/cc return, 1 drop shot, 1 lob, 1 running-down-drop-shot cc pass at net and 1 net chord dribbler
Roddick's FHs - 1 cc pass, 2 inside-out, 1 longline and 1 inside-in
- BH - 1 cc pass
- 1 from a serve-volley points, a first volley FHV
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Djokovic 13
- 10 Unforced (5 FH, 5 BH)
- 3 Forced (1 FH, 1 BH, 1 FHV)... with the FH being a challenge
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46
Roddick 12
- 10 Unforced (5 FH, 4 BH, 1 OH)
- 2 Forced (1 FH, 1 BHV)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46
(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 for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Djokovic was...
- 3/6 (50%) at net, including...
- 0/1 serve-volleying, a 1st serve
Roddick was...
- 2/7 (29%) at net, including...
- 1/1 serve-volleying, a 1st serve
Match Report
Complete thrashing as scoreline indicates. Djokovic goes in for shotmaking from off the FH with great success and returns ably against a strong serve. Roddick is slow of foot - particularly on the return - and just out of his weight class on a fast court
Eye catchingly stand out stats concern Djokovic's serving. 14 aces from 29 first serves. Unreturned rate of 47%, winning 86% first serves in. He serves... on the better side of his norm. The outrageous numbers are more down to Roddick's lead footed returning. Doesn't move at all for more than average wide serves... these balls are returnable, let alone sure fire aces. In the semis, Djokovic would serve about the same way to Andy Murray and the kinds of serves that go for aces here come back neutralizingly
Less eye catching but more impressive are the return numbers. Returns at 74% against Roddick serving at 60%. Whatever's off about his movement, Roddick's still hammering down serves, including seconds. Good lot of his 2nd serves are forceful, let alone virtually the firsts. Even regulation placed ones are fast enough to be troubling. Djokovic moves into position swiftly and bops them back when they're wide or stands and delivers against the bullets... great job
20 winners from Djoko comes to 1.33 per game, which is extremely high given 47% unreturned rate. He's in FH shotmaking mode, goes for (and usually makes) the winner from near regulation positions. His serve also sets up balls that aren't obviously there to be hit for winners, but he goes for it - and makes it most of time. Roddick's lack of footspeed is a small factor in the high count, but overwhelming credit to Djoko here
Baseline rallies are firm hitting affairs, Djoko with hitting advantage off the BH and a smaller 1 on the FH. Roddick slices a fair bit and ball stays low enough to be potentially troublesome. Djoko's forced to slice back some of the time, though if he can take it on the FH, he's apt to attack with wide cc or go for a winner. Its shotmaking rather than rallying that sees Djoko shoot miles ahead in the rallies. His movement advantage is also very large - his hitting on the run effectively turns Roddick's would-be attacking wide FHs into neutral plays. Roddick again, is quite slow, though it doesn't matter too much. Djoko doesn't move him around, he hits winners into corners that shy of absolute top level speed, would end points anyway
Errors are virtually identical. 10 UEs for both - both with 5 FHs, Djoko with an extra BH and Roddick missing a not easy, back pedalling OH. Nature of UEs are identical
- neutral UEs - both 6
- attacking UEs - both 2
- winner attempt UEs - both 2
and FEs are negligible and virtually identical too (Djoko 3, Rod 2... Rod with 1 groundstroke, 1 volley, Djoko 2 groundstrokes and a volley)
So in play, its just Djokovic's shot making and 20-7 lead in winners that's the difference. And the bulk of them are in return games since his scope to shine on serve is curtailed by so few returns coming back. Again, much credit to Djoko's sure returning for opening the possibility for it
Roddick wins exactly 50% of his service points and exactly the same off both first and second serves. Since he's got 4 first serve aces (also 1 2nd) and 1 double fault, Djoko's winning more rallies against the first serve than 2nd. If Djoko can get the return back, it takes him a shot or 2 to neutralize dynamics, with Roddick unable to maintain initiative against deep-ish and/or firm returns. And from neutral... he can move smack winners from not-strong (as opposed to weak) balls, let alone balls asking to be putaway
When Roddick's serve is returned, he wins just 10/29 points or 34%... great credit to Djoko for putting so many returns in play and after that... action is a mismatch. Nothing seriously wrong with Roddick's groundgame, but Djoko is a couple of classes above
Match Progression
Match starts normally enough with strong serves setting up easy points for server and 5 holds in, its 3-2 Djokovic
He wins the next 7 games, including 3 breaks and reels of 10/11 games from there
First break comes with Djokovic striking a very sharp FH cc winner to even game at 30-30, before 2 Roddick FH errors. Next 1 also has a pair of Roddick FH errors, another Djoko FH cc winner (this time against a good low slice) and ends with a Djoko net chord dribbling winner
Djoko breaks first chance in 2nd set, wrapping up with a BH cc winner from regulation position and on break point, a flawless BH lob that Roddick gives up on instantly. After Roddick holds (2 aces - 1 a second serve) next chance, Djoko adds a 2nd break, wrapping up with consecutive return winners (1 of each wing)
Djoko's taken to deuce for only time in match as he serves it out. 4 aces and a perfect net-to-net BH running-down-drop-shot cc winner sees him hold
Summing up, good serving, even better returning and excellent shotmaking (especially off FH) supported by typical fast court coverage from Djokovic. Roddick is slow of foot (especially on the return) and just out of his weight division trading groundies, but he doesn't play badly either
Stats for Djokovic's semi with Andy Murray - (1) Match Stats/Report - Murray vs Djokovic, Wimbledon final, 2013 | Talk Tennis (tennis-warehouse.com)
Stats for the final between Murray and Roger Federer - (5) Match Stats/Report - Murray vs Federer, Olympic Games final, 2012 | Talk Tennis (tennis-warehouse.com)
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