Roger Federer beat Michael Chang 6-4, 6-3 in the Monte Carlo first round, 2001 on clay
Federer was seeded 15th and would go onto lose Sebastien Grosjean in the quarter-final. This was Chang's third and last entry in the event and he never won a match there
Federer won 75 points, Chang 64
Serve Stats
Federer...
- 1st serve percentage (48/78) 62%
- 1st serve points won (34/48) 71%
- 2nd serve points won (10/30) 33%
- Aces 7 (2 not clean - 1 bad bounce related), Service Winners 2
- Double Faults 2
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (11/78) 14%
Chang...
- 1st serve percentage (35/61) 57%
- 1st serve points won (21/35) 60%
- 2nd serve points won (9/26) 35%
- Double Faults 5
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (9/61) 15%
Serve Pattern
Federer served...
- to FH 33%
- to BH 62%
- to Body 5%
Chang served...
- to FH 21%
- to BH 75%
- to Body 4%
Return Stats
Federer made...
- 47 (19 FH, 28 BH), including 10 runaround FHs & 2 return-approaches
- 9 Errors, comprising...
- 5 Unforced (2 FH, 3 BH)
- 4 Forced (1 FH, 3 BH)
- Return Rate (47/56) 84%
Chang made...
- 65 (21 FH, 44 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- Errors, both unforced...
- 2 Unforced (2 FH)
- Return Rate (65/76) 86%
Break Points
Federer 5/10 (6 games)
Chang 3/13 (5 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Federer 29 (14 FH, 3 BH, 5 FHV, 5 BHV, 2 OH)
Chang 11 (2 FH, 3 BH, 4 FHV, 2 OH)
Federer's FHs - 3 cc (2 passes), 1 dtl, 5 inside-out (1 not clean), 3 inside-in and 2 lobs
- BHs - 1 cc pass, 1 dtl and 1 drop shot
- 4 from serve-volley points
- 1 first volley (1 FHV), a swinging shot
- 3 BHV (1 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)
- 1 from a return-approach point, a BHV
- 1 other FHV was a swinging shot, 1 BHV was a drive pass from near the baseline and 1 OH was on the bounce
Chang's FHs - 1 dtl and 1 inside-out
- BHs - 1 inside-out pass, 1 lob and 1 running-down-drop-shot cc pass at net
- 1 OH was on the bounce from no-man's land
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Federer 42
- 25 Unforced (15 FH, 6 BH, 1 FHV, 3 BHV)... with 1 non-net drive BHV pass attempt
- 17 Forced (9 FH, 7 BH, 1 BHV)
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 54
Chang 30
- 13 Unforced (9 FH, 4 BH)
- 17 Forced (6 FH, 9 BH, 2 FHV)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 47.7
(Note 1: all half-volleys refer to such shots played at net. Half -volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke counts)
(Note 2: The 'Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is a measure of how aggressive of intent the average UE made was. 60 is maximum, 20 is minimum. This match has been scored using a four point scale - 2 defensive, 4 neutral, 5 attacking, 6 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Federer was...
- 18/28 (64%) at net, including...
- 6/12 (50%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 6/11 (55%) off 1st serve and...
- 0/1 off 2nd serve
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- 2/2 return-approaching
- 0/1 forced back
Chang was...
- 19/29 (66%) at net, with...
- 1/2 forced back
Match Report
Fun, very lively and competitive match, despite the routine scoreline with Federer attacking relentlessly and Chang eventually returning in kind
In first set, Federer's in 5th gear all through - especially from the back (though not exclusively) and particularly off the FH (though not exclusively). Soon as rally begins - serve or return - he's whipping FHs and looking for winners. Chang returns with great steadiness all match, and leaves things on Fed's racquet
Fed hits winners. Or makes errors trying to hit winners. He's got 13 winners, 16 UEs for the set - and 9 of those UEs are winner attempts, with a further 5 attacking and just 2 neutral.
There are 5 breaks in the set and both players face break points in 1 additional game. And Chang's always the one that's ahead by a break, all the way to the end
Fed's broken in game 3 (2 double faults, 2 FH winner attempt UEs). Two trade long holds saving break points. Fed breaks back (wins 3 points at net, including with a return approach). Chang breaks right back (2 winner attempt UEs). Fed breaks right back again (3 winners and an FE). Its flammable stuff
Ending is very disappointing. Chang's broken in 8 point game where he double faults 3 times. Particularly disappointing because the return is the one shot on which Fed hadn't been aggressive - just putting ball in play stuff on second shot by Fed in first set - so no pressure to go for much on second serve
Second set is a different kettle of fish and Chang comes out swinging too. He hits with power and comes to net behind it
In first set, Chang had 2 winners and was 4/7 at net
In second set, Chang has 9 winners and is 15/22 at net
Power groundie + approach and finish at net is his new game - and he's very good at it. Fed continues to attack, but scope to do so is cut drastically due to being forced on defensive with Chang playing so. And Fed does go in for more attacking returning, particularly the runaround FH
This time, there are 3 breaks, all in a row starting at 1-0 Federer. 3 breaks later, Fed stops the rot with a 14 point hold, saving 4 break points. Its the longest game of the match. No more breaks or games with break points in them, though play is remains lively
So a pretty close match or at least, not a one sided one. Break points figures read Fed 5/10 (6 games), Chang 3/13 (5 games)
And some crazy numbers coming out of it, as befits such wildly attacking play
- Just 2 return errors from Chang all match. Fed has 7 aces and 2 service winners too. Almost literally, he doesn't miss anything short of completely unreturnable and as Fed's large lot of unreturnable indicates, he serves very well
One of Fed's aces is a bad bounce related body serve and isn't clean. Chang gets a little nick as ball goes through
Fed has 29 winners, forces 17 errors and makes 25 UEs at off the charts UEFI of 54
29 winners comes to extremely high 1.53 winners per game. +4 winners/UE differential and +21 points ended aggressively are also high end
This is the most aggressive showing I've seen from him. He plays with maniacal aggression, scarcely hitting a neutral groundstroke. Just a few routine BH shots. Almost every FH cc is whipped at least attackingly hard and angled. Goes for BH dtl winner amidst what would normally be routine BH-BH rallies. Continues going for BH dtl winners when Chang plays FH inside-outs. Moves over to play FHs as much as possible. Initially leading with FH inside-in and usually missing, so he switches to inside-out with more success. 3 winners inside-in and 5 inside out
Not even 1-2 combinations, let alone point construction to draw short balls. Fed just goes for the winner - whatever the position
Then there's serve-volleys and a couple of return approaches and drive volleys from close to baseline and on the run, attempts at counter-attacking winners
Breakdown of UEs are 2 neutral, 11 attacking and 12 winner attempts to yield UEFI of 54
Chang leaves things on Fed's racquet in first set. Smart enough and its only a 3 double fault game that sees him lose the set after leading throughout. Then decides to throw some of Fed's medicine back at him
Chang with 11 winners, 13 UEs and forcing 17 errors is also a very good showing, coming to +15 points ended forcefully. His attacks are based on powerful groundstrokes that he follows to net
19/29 at net for Chang - 1 more approach than Fed and a whopping, more than double 29-14 just rallying forward. That excludes 3-5 'approaches' where the approach shot is strong enough to have drawn error without the 'approach' having been a factor
6/11 winners are net shots and 3 others are passes, leaving just 2 baseline-to-baseline winners. In baseline to baseline scenario, his most effective shots are power FH cc's that force FH errors out of a running Fed (who usually tries to hit counter-attacking shots while on the run against them). Fed's got 10 FH FEs (most baseline to baseline) and 7 BHs (most would be passing attempts)
Chang's attacking play is hectic enough, though made to look tame by Fed's outrageous one
Other standout is Chang's 86% return rate with just 2 errors. He's typically thorough in chasing down everything he can in play too, though usually to no avail
All kinds of memorable plays and shots. A drive BHV pass winner from near baseline by Fed, a needle threading BH inside-out pass winner from Chang and a lovely FH lob winner by Fed where he hits the ball straight up as much as with top spin stand out - but its tip of the iceberg in a shot-making and attacking fest
Not much in result - Chang double faulting 3 times to get broken and lose first set having been up a break for most of it. And Fed holding of 4 break points to end a 3 game breaking run to retain break advantage in second set. Chang choosing that game and a break point to miss a routien 2nd serve return is ironic given that's one of just 2 returns he misses all match
Summing up, high octane, exciting match with a manical attacking play from Federer - from front and back, off FH and BH - with baseline and FH on the frontline. He barely plays a neutral shot, let alone engages in a neutral rally and when Chang ups the aggression, extends attacking to the return too. Chang lets Federer have at it for a set - and Fed misses enough that set is very close - before deciding to hit first with powerful groundstrokes coupled with net approaches. Not much between the two with that dynamic either - Federer good enough on the pass to pinch a few points with Chang at net in particularly shifts things his way a bit
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Federer was seeded 15th and would go onto lose Sebastien Grosjean in the quarter-final. This was Chang's third and last entry in the event and he never won a match there
Federer won 75 points, Chang 64
Serve Stats
Federer...
- 1st serve percentage (48/78) 62%
- 1st serve points won (34/48) 71%
- 2nd serve points won (10/30) 33%
- Aces 7 (2 not clean - 1 bad bounce related), Service Winners 2
- Double Faults 2
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (11/78) 14%
Chang...
- 1st serve percentage (35/61) 57%
- 1st serve points won (21/35) 60%
- 2nd serve points won (9/26) 35%
- Double Faults 5
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (9/61) 15%
Serve Pattern
Federer served...
- to FH 33%
- to BH 62%
- to Body 5%
Chang served...
- to FH 21%
- to BH 75%
- to Body 4%
Return Stats
Federer made...
- 47 (19 FH, 28 BH), including 10 runaround FHs & 2 return-approaches
- 9 Errors, comprising...
- 5 Unforced (2 FH, 3 BH)
- 4 Forced (1 FH, 3 BH)
- Return Rate (47/56) 84%
Chang made...
- 65 (21 FH, 44 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- Errors, both unforced...
- 2 Unforced (2 FH)
- Return Rate (65/76) 86%
Break Points
Federer 5/10 (6 games)
Chang 3/13 (5 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Federer 29 (14 FH, 3 BH, 5 FHV, 5 BHV, 2 OH)
Chang 11 (2 FH, 3 BH, 4 FHV, 2 OH)
Federer's FHs - 3 cc (2 passes), 1 dtl, 5 inside-out (1 not clean), 3 inside-in and 2 lobs
- BHs - 1 cc pass, 1 dtl and 1 drop shot
- 4 from serve-volley points
- 1 first volley (1 FHV), a swinging shot
- 3 BHV (1 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)
- 1 from a return-approach point, a BHV
- 1 other FHV was a swinging shot, 1 BHV was a drive pass from near the baseline and 1 OH was on the bounce
Chang's FHs - 1 dtl and 1 inside-out
- BHs - 1 inside-out pass, 1 lob and 1 running-down-drop-shot cc pass at net
- 1 OH was on the bounce from no-man's land
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Federer 42
- 25 Unforced (15 FH, 6 BH, 1 FHV, 3 BHV)... with 1 non-net drive BHV pass attempt
- 17 Forced (9 FH, 7 BH, 1 BHV)
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 54
Chang 30
- 13 Unforced (9 FH, 4 BH)
- 17 Forced (6 FH, 9 BH, 2 FHV)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 47.7
(Note 1: all half-volleys refer to such shots played at net. Half -volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke counts)
(Note 2: The 'Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is a measure of how aggressive of intent the average UE made was. 60 is maximum, 20 is minimum. This match has been scored using a four point scale - 2 defensive, 4 neutral, 5 attacking, 6 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Federer was...
- 18/28 (64%) at net, including...
- 6/12 (50%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 6/11 (55%) off 1st serve and...
- 0/1 off 2nd serve
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- 2/2 return-approaching
- 0/1 forced back
Chang was...
- 19/29 (66%) at net, with...
- 1/2 forced back
Match Report
Fun, very lively and competitive match, despite the routine scoreline with Federer attacking relentlessly and Chang eventually returning in kind
In first set, Federer's in 5th gear all through - especially from the back (though not exclusively) and particularly off the FH (though not exclusively). Soon as rally begins - serve or return - he's whipping FHs and looking for winners. Chang returns with great steadiness all match, and leaves things on Fed's racquet
Fed hits winners. Or makes errors trying to hit winners. He's got 13 winners, 16 UEs for the set - and 9 of those UEs are winner attempts, with a further 5 attacking and just 2 neutral.
There are 5 breaks in the set and both players face break points in 1 additional game. And Chang's always the one that's ahead by a break, all the way to the end
Fed's broken in game 3 (2 double faults, 2 FH winner attempt UEs). Two trade long holds saving break points. Fed breaks back (wins 3 points at net, including with a return approach). Chang breaks right back (2 winner attempt UEs). Fed breaks right back again (3 winners and an FE). Its flammable stuff
Ending is very disappointing. Chang's broken in 8 point game where he double faults 3 times. Particularly disappointing because the return is the one shot on which Fed hadn't been aggressive - just putting ball in play stuff on second shot by Fed in first set - so no pressure to go for much on second serve
Second set is a different kettle of fish and Chang comes out swinging too. He hits with power and comes to net behind it
In first set, Chang had 2 winners and was 4/7 at net
In second set, Chang has 9 winners and is 15/22 at net
Power groundie + approach and finish at net is his new game - and he's very good at it. Fed continues to attack, but scope to do so is cut drastically due to being forced on defensive with Chang playing so. And Fed does go in for more attacking returning, particularly the runaround FH
This time, there are 3 breaks, all in a row starting at 1-0 Federer. 3 breaks later, Fed stops the rot with a 14 point hold, saving 4 break points. Its the longest game of the match. No more breaks or games with break points in them, though play is remains lively
So a pretty close match or at least, not a one sided one. Break points figures read Fed 5/10 (6 games), Chang 3/13 (5 games)
And some crazy numbers coming out of it, as befits such wildly attacking play
- Just 2 return errors from Chang all match. Fed has 7 aces and 2 service winners too. Almost literally, he doesn't miss anything short of completely unreturnable and as Fed's large lot of unreturnable indicates, he serves very well
One of Fed's aces is a bad bounce related body serve and isn't clean. Chang gets a little nick as ball goes through
Fed has 29 winners, forces 17 errors and makes 25 UEs at off the charts UEFI of 54
29 winners comes to extremely high 1.53 winners per game. +4 winners/UE differential and +21 points ended aggressively are also high end
This is the most aggressive showing I've seen from him. He plays with maniacal aggression, scarcely hitting a neutral groundstroke. Just a few routine BH shots. Almost every FH cc is whipped at least attackingly hard and angled. Goes for BH dtl winner amidst what would normally be routine BH-BH rallies. Continues going for BH dtl winners when Chang plays FH inside-outs. Moves over to play FHs as much as possible. Initially leading with FH inside-in and usually missing, so he switches to inside-out with more success. 3 winners inside-in and 5 inside out
Not even 1-2 combinations, let alone point construction to draw short balls. Fed just goes for the winner - whatever the position
Then there's serve-volleys and a couple of return approaches and drive volleys from close to baseline and on the run, attempts at counter-attacking winners
Breakdown of UEs are 2 neutral, 11 attacking and 12 winner attempts to yield UEFI of 54
Chang leaves things on Fed's racquet in first set. Smart enough and its only a 3 double fault game that sees him lose the set after leading throughout. Then decides to throw some of Fed's medicine back at him
Chang with 11 winners, 13 UEs and forcing 17 errors is also a very good showing, coming to +15 points ended forcefully. His attacks are based on powerful groundstrokes that he follows to net
19/29 at net for Chang - 1 more approach than Fed and a whopping, more than double 29-14 just rallying forward. That excludes 3-5 'approaches' where the approach shot is strong enough to have drawn error without the 'approach' having been a factor
6/11 winners are net shots and 3 others are passes, leaving just 2 baseline-to-baseline winners. In baseline to baseline scenario, his most effective shots are power FH cc's that force FH errors out of a running Fed (who usually tries to hit counter-attacking shots while on the run against them). Fed's got 10 FH FEs (most baseline to baseline) and 7 BHs (most would be passing attempts)
Chang's attacking play is hectic enough, though made to look tame by Fed's outrageous one
Other standout is Chang's 86% return rate with just 2 errors. He's typically thorough in chasing down everything he can in play too, though usually to no avail
All kinds of memorable plays and shots. A drive BHV pass winner from near baseline by Fed, a needle threading BH inside-out pass winner from Chang and a lovely FH lob winner by Fed where he hits the ball straight up as much as with top spin stand out - but its tip of the iceberg in a shot-making and attacking fest
Not much in result - Chang double faulting 3 times to get broken and lose first set having been up a break for most of it. And Fed holding of 4 break points to end a 3 game breaking run to retain break advantage in second set. Chang choosing that game and a break point to miss a routien 2nd serve return is ironic given that's one of just 2 returns he misses all match
Summing up, high octane, exciting match with a manical attacking play from Federer - from front and back, off FH and BH - with baseline and FH on the frontline. He barely plays a neutral shot, let alone engages in a neutral rally and when Chang ups the aggression, extends attacking to the return too. Chang lets Federer have at it for a set - and Fed misses enough that set is very close - before deciding to hit first with powerful groundstrokes coupled with net approaches. Not much between the two with that dynamic either - Federer good enough on the pass to pinch a few points with Chang at net in particularly shifts things his way a bit
Stats for the final between Gustavo Kuerten and Hicham Arazi - Match Stats/Report - Kuerten vs Arazi, Monte Carlo final, 2001 | Talk Tennis (tennis-warehouse.com)
