Jack Sock beat Filip Krajinovic 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 in the Paris final, 2017 on indoor hard court
To date, its the only Masters final for both players. Sock was seeded 16th, Krajinovic was a qualifier
Sock won 100 points, Krajinovic 77
Serve Stats
Sock...
- 1st serve percentage (39/72) 54%
- 1st serve points won (31/39) 79%
- 2nd serve points won (20/33) 61%
- Aces 9, Service Winners 2
- Double Faults 3
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (24/72) 33%
Krajinovic...
- 1st serve percentage (72/105) 69%
- 1st serve points won (43/72) 60%
- 2nd serve points won (13/33) 39%
- Aces 5 (1 second serve), Service Winners 1
- Double Faults 5
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (22/105) 21%
Serve Pattern
Sock served...
- to FH 39%
- to BH 51%
- to Body 10%
Krajinovic served...
- to FH 41%
- to BH 54%
- to Body 5%
Return Stats
Sock made...
- 78 (40 FH, 38 BH), including 6 runaround FHs
- 16 Errors, comprising...
- 10 Unforced (6 FH, 4 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 6 Forced (3 FH, 3 BH)
- Return Rate (78/100) 78%
Krajinovic made...
- 45 (17 FH, 28 BH), including 1 runaround FH & 1 runaround BH
- 13 Errors, comprising...
- 4 Unforced (3 FH, 1 BH)
- 9 Forced (5 FH, 4 BH)
- Return Rate (45/69) 65%
Break Points
Sock 6/8 (6 games)
Krajinovic 3/4 (3 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Sock 26 (20 FH, 3 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)
Krajinovic 22 (9 FH, 1 BH, 6 FHV, 3 BHV, 3 OH)
Sock's FHs - 3 cc, 1 cc/inside-in, 1 dtl pass, 11 inside-out, 1 inside-out/dtl, 1 inside-in, 1 longline, 1 drop shot
- BHs - 2 cc (1 slice at net, 1 pass), 1 dtl pass
- 2 from serve-volley points - a first volley FHV & a second volley BHV
- 1 other OH was was on the bounce
Krajinovic's FHs - 1 cc, 1 cc/inside-in, 1 dtl, 3 inside-out, 1 inside-out/dtl, 2 inside-in/cc
- BH - 1 drop shot
- 1 FHV was a non-net, swinging inside-out and another can reasonably be called an OH
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Sock 30
- 22 Unforced (17 FH, 5 BH)
- 8 Forced (3 FH, 5 BH)
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 49.1
Krajinovic 45
- 35 Unforced (14 FH, 20 BH, 1 FHV)… 1 FH was a challenge on a shot he made & 1 BH at net
- 10 Forced (4 FH, 5 BH, 1 FHV)
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46.6
(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
Sock was...
- 11/12 (92%) at net, including...
- 4/4 (100%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 2/2 off 1st serve and...
- 2/2 off 2nd serve
Krajinovic was...
- 17/25 (68%) at net, including...
- 1/2 serve-volleying, both 1st serves
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- 0/1 forced back
Match Report
Sock dominates with his FH and Krajinovic’s BH falls apart in a slightly strange baseline match on slowish court
Sock wins 56% of the points, serving 41% of them
Would think the scoreline would be 2 & 3 looking at that, not of 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Sock winning 79% first serve points and 61% seconds. Even with below par 54% in count, wouldn’t think he’d get broken 3 times in 3 sets with that going on either
2 ways of identifying the same thing; Sock holding very easily most of the time. Other than when he doesn’t and gets broken. Kraj struggling to hold regularly
Sock has 5 holds apiece to love and 15 respectively, Kraj manages to hold to 15 once
1 Sock game goes to deuce (a break). 6 Kraj ones do (2 breaks)
Would think this was a Sock cruising on serve (other than getting broken), Kraj constantly struggling to hold encounter - but that’s not quite accurate either
Its more Kraj plays with (inappropriately) lower effort in return games, going through motions if he loses first point and certainly the first 2. Pete Sampras used to play this way often, but usually not in conditions like this. It’s a slow court where returning isn’t difficult and returners can look to make regular inroads. He’s not a very good returner and is sizably outplayed much of the time, so how much is due to pseudo-tanking return games and how much his just not being good enough to make returning inroads isn’t clear. Interest in defending, let alone ability, doesn’t seem to be his strong suit, but he doesn’t have a lot of firepower either. That’s a strange game…. what does that leave him with, exactly? - he uses net effectively from advantageous position, but doesn’t do it a lot
Whatever Kraj’s shortcomings, Sock with an impressive 26 winners, 22 UE, to go with forcing 10 errors and healthy 33% unreturned serves showing. A fine effort. Kraj has 22 winners (12 at net), poor 35 UEs, not good 8 errors forced, to go with small 21% freebies. Not so fine
Sock plays FHs as much as he can from all parts of the court. It’s got match high 20 winners. Next highest shot has 9 and all other shots put together by both players total 28
Kraj plays dual winged game, with FH usually relegated to reacting by Sock’s heavy shot and BH there to hold the fort. It doesn’t do it and ends up with match high 20 UEs (Sock’s has 5), to go with solitary winner
Along with Sock’s FH, Kraj’s BH, third eye-catching feature of match is Kraj’s half-heartedness in defending. His reactions being a little slow come out more on the return than in play, but its there. Take him a mini-second to pick up the ball and respond to Sock’s shots
Action & Stats
Sock better server (more damaging serves) but not categorically, Sock better returner (movement to get into position) considerably
On serve alone, wouldn’t be clear whose getting better of it with the given in-counts (Sock 54%, Kraj 69%). I’d say Kraj. Throw in return, and Sock getting better of serve-return comfily
First serve ace/service winner rate - Sock 28%, Kraj 7%
That’s a flattering gap. Sock isn’t that much the better server, and Kraj’s movements for return has large hand in gap being so big. Kraj’s low rate speaks to court being on slow side. 7% is weak server territory, and he’s more than that
Unreturned serves - Sock 33%, Kraj 21%
Very handy advantage for Sock. Kraj’s rate is low enough that its safe to say Sock’s been commendably steady on second shot
Then they rally
To date, its the only Masters final for both players. Sock was seeded 16th, Krajinovic was a qualifier
Sock won 100 points, Krajinovic 77
Serve Stats
Sock...
- 1st serve percentage (39/72) 54%
- 1st serve points won (31/39) 79%
- 2nd serve points won (20/33) 61%
- Aces 9, Service Winners 2
- Double Faults 3
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (24/72) 33%
Krajinovic...
- 1st serve percentage (72/105) 69%
- 1st serve points won (43/72) 60%
- 2nd serve points won (13/33) 39%
- Aces 5 (1 second serve), Service Winners 1
- Double Faults 5
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (22/105) 21%
Serve Pattern
Sock served...
- to FH 39%
- to BH 51%
- to Body 10%
Krajinovic served...
- to FH 41%
- to BH 54%
- to Body 5%
Return Stats
Sock made...
- 78 (40 FH, 38 BH), including 6 runaround FHs
- 16 Errors, comprising...
- 10 Unforced (6 FH, 4 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 6 Forced (3 FH, 3 BH)
- Return Rate (78/100) 78%
Krajinovic made...
- 45 (17 FH, 28 BH), including 1 runaround FH & 1 runaround BH
- 13 Errors, comprising...
- 4 Unforced (3 FH, 1 BH)
- 9 Forced (5 FH, 4 BH)
- Return Rate (45/69) 65%
Break Points
Sock 6/8 (6 games)
Krajinovic 3/4 (3 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Sock 26 (20 FH, 3 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)
Krajinovic 22 (9 FH, 1 BH, 6 FHV, 3 BHV, 3 OH)
Sock's FHs - 3 cc, 1 cc/inside-in, 1 dtl pass, 11 inside-out, 1 inside-out/dtl, 1 inside-in, 1 longline, 1 drop shot
- BHs - 2 cc (1 slice at net, 1 pass), 1 dtl pass
- 2 from serve-volley points - a first volley FHV & a second volley BHV
- 1 other OH was was on the bounce
Krajinovic's FHs - 1 cc, 1 cc/inside-in, 1 dtl, 3 inside-out, 1 inside-out/dtl, 2 inside-in/cc
- BH - 1 drop shot
- 1 FHV was a non-net, swinging inside-out and another can reasonably be called an OH
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Sock 30
- 22 Unforced (17 FH, 5 BH)
- 8 Forced (3 FH, 5 BH)
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 49.1
Krajinovic 45
- 35 Unforced (14 FH, 20 BH, 1 FHV)… 1 FH was a challenge on a shot he made & 1 BH at net
- 10 Forced (4 FH, 5 BH, 1 FHV)
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46.6
(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
Sock was...
- 11/12 (92%) at net, including...
- 4/4 (100%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 2/2 off 1st serve and...
- 2/2 off 2nd serve
Krajinovic was...
- 17/25 (68%) at net, including...
- 1/2 serve-volleying, both 1st serves
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- 0/1 forced back
Match Report
Sock dominates with his FH and Krajinovic’s BH falls apart in a slightly strange baseline match on slowish court
Sock wins 56% of the points, serving 41% of them
Would think the scoreline would be 2 & 3 looking at that, not of 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Sock winning 79% first serve points and 61% seconds. Even with below par 54% in count, wouldn’t think he’d get broken 3 times in 3 sets with that going on either
2 ways of identifying the same thing; Sock holding very easily most of the time. Other than when he doesn’t and gets broken. Kraj struggling to hold regularly
Sock has 5 holds apiece to love and 15 respectively, Kraj manages to hold to 15 once
1 Sock game goes to deuce (a break). 6 Kraj ones do (2 breaks)
Would think this was a Sock cruising on serve (other than getting broken), Kraj constantly struggling to hold encounter - but that’s not quite accurate either
Its more Kraj plays with (inappropriately) lower effort in return games, going through motions if he loses first point and certainly the first 2. Pete Sampras used to play this way often, but usually not in conditions like this. It’s a slow court where returning isn’t difficult and returners can look to make regular inroads. He’s not a very good returner and is sizably outplayed much of the time, so how much is due to pseudo-tanking return games and how much his just not being good enough to make returning inroads isn’t clear. Interest in defending, let alone ability, doesn’t seem to be his strong suit, but he doesn’t have a lot of firepower either. That’s a strange game…. what does that leave him with, exactly? - he uses net effectively from advantageous position, but doesn’t do it a lot
Whatever Kraj’s shortcomings, Sock with an impressive 26 winners, 22 UE, to go with forcing 10 errors and healthy 33% unreturned serves showing. A fine effort. Kraj has 22 winners (12 at net), poor 35 UEs, not good 8 errors forced, to go with small 21% freebies. Not so fine
Sock plays FHs as much as he can from all parts of the court. It’s got match high 20 winners. Next highest shot has 9 and all other shots put together by both players total 28
Kraj plays dual winged game, with FH usually relegated to reacting by Sock’s heavy shot and BH there to hold the fort. It doesn’t do it and ends up with match high 20 UEs (Sock’s has 5), to go with solitary winner
Along with Sock’s FH, Kraj’s BH, third eye-catching feature of match is Kraj’s half-heartedness in defending. His reactions being a little slow come out more on the return than in play, but its there. Take him a mini-second to pick up the ball and respond to Sock’s shots
Action & Stats
Sock better server (more damaging serves) but not categorically, Sock better returner (movement to get into position) considerably
On serve alone, wouldn’t be clear whose getting better of it with the given in-counts (Sock 54%, Kraj 69%). I’d say Kraj. Throw in return, and Sock getting better of serve-return comfily
First serve ace/service winner rate - Sock 28%, Kraj 7%
That’s a flattering gap. Sock isn’t that much the better server, and Kraj’s movements for return has large hand in gap being so big. Kraj’s low rate speaks to court being on slow side. 7% is weak server territory, and he’s more than that
Unreturned serves - Sock 33%, Kraj 21%
Very handy advantage for Sock. Kraj’s rate is low enough that its safe to say Sock’s been commendably steady on second shot
Then they rally
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That other one even I had forgotten ever happened...
