Stan Wawrinka beat Novak Djokovic 6-7(1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in the US Open final, 2016 on hard court
It was Wawrinka's third Slam title. Djokovic was going for his third Slam of the year (following wins in Australia and France) and third US Open title
Wawrinka won 144 points, Djokovic 143
Serve Stats
Wawrinka...
- 1st serve percentage (92/164) 56%
- 1st serve points won (65/92) 71%
- 2nd serve points won (37/72) 51%
- Aces 9
- Double Faults 3
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (37/164) 23%
Djokovic...
- 1st serve percentage (63/123) 51%
- 1st serve points won (49/63) 78%
- 2nd serve points won (32/60) 53%
- Aces 6, Service Winners 1
- Double Faults 7
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (33/123) 27%
Serve Pattern
Wawrinka served...
- to FH 30%
- to BH 49%
- to Body 20%
Djokovic served...
- to FH 35%
- to BH 61%
- to Body 3%
Return Stats
Wawrinka made...
- 83 (30 FH, 53 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 26 Errors, comprising...
- 18 Unforced (9 FH, 9 BH)
- 8 Forced (2 FH, 6 BH)
- Return Rate (83/116) 72%
Djokovic made...
- 124 (46 FH, 78 BH), including 1 return-approach
- 1 Winner (1 FH)
- 28 Errors, comprising...
- 17 Unforced (4 FH, 13 BH)
- 11 Forced (5 FH, 6 BH)
- Return Rate (124/161) 77%
Break Points
Wawrinka 6/10 (7 games)
Djokovic 3/17 (9 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Wawrinka 36 (18 FH, 12 BH, 4 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)
Djokovic 20 (9 FH, 4 BH, 1 FHV, 6 OH)
Wawrinka's FHs - 4 cc (1 pass), 2 cc/inside-in, 5 dtl (1 pass), 2 inside-out, 4 inside-in and 1 running-down-drop-shot cc at net
- BHs - 2 cc (1 pass) and 10 dtl (1 pass)
Djokovic's FHs - 4 cc (1 return), 1 cc/inside-in at net, 2 inside-out (1 pass), 1 inside-out/dtl and 1 inside-in
- BHs - 1 cc, 2 dtl (1 pass) and 1 drop shot
- 2 OHs were on the bounce from the baseline
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Wawrinka 87
- 67 Unforced (33 FH, 34 BH)... with 2 BH at net (1 pass attempt)
- 20 Forced (6 FH, 12 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BH1/2V)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 45.3
Djokovic 64
- 50 Unforced (28 FH, 21 BH, 1 BHV)
- 14 Forced (8 FH, 6 BH)
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46
(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 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
Wawrinka was...
- 10/19 (53%) at net, with...
- 0/2 forced back/retreated
Djokovic was...
- 20/28 (71%) at net, including...
- 0/1 serve-volleying, a 1st serve
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- 1/1 return-approaching
- 1/3 (33%) forced back/retreated
Match Report
A 'who-plays-the-big-points-better' match on a slow-ish hard court. Wawrinka does - and needs to substantially because Djokovic has considerably the better of play overall in a less than well played match
Stan wins just 1 more point in the match - despite serving 41 more and winning 5 more games (counting the tiebreak he lost as a game). Break points stats read -
- Wawrinka 6/10 (7 games), Djokovic 3/17 (9 games)
Action is baseline based and unreturned serve rates are on low side. Stan is the aggressor or at least, looks to push towards it while Djokovic counter-punches for most part
Does Stan 'clutch'? Or Djoko 'chokes'? Given playing dynamic, I'd say more the former - though not in an overt way
Playing dynamics are such that Stan gives up sloppy errors regularly. Despite being the aggressor (he leads winners 36-20), his UEFI is low 45.3. In other words, missing neutral and/or regulation shots is his problem, not inefficiency in attacking. 43/67 or 64% of his UEs are neutral shots (to compare, 52% of Djoko's are)
On the important points though, he's able to keep ball in play and prolong rallies, usually while leading if not controlling them. Given the playing dynamics, that's clutching. He doesn't win break points (his own or Djokovic's) by hitting winners or forcing errors... he does it by outlasting or mildly outmanuvering Djokovic. Something he can't do at most other times
Its not a good match. Stan has 36 winners, 67 UEs. Throwing in errors forced with his winners, he wins 50 points aggressively to still finish -17. Some of that is due to Djokovic defending well. On the other side, Djoko has 20 winners, forces 20 errors and makes 50 UEs to finish -10
Serve & Return
Mild serving from Djokovic. His first serve is like a good second serve and his second serve is something an aggressive returner might lick their lips thinking of getting stuck into
Its not just pace of serve that's down. Djoko serves where Stan can reach the ball easily. When he goes particularly wide, he slows slower still. 18/26 of Stan's return errors have been marked UEs and the 8 FEs are on the mild side too. In effect, Djokovic plays should be getting minimal advantage from his serve. Almost like a clay court match
He still gets something out of it because Stan returns passively - from well behind baseline and content to poke and push returns in play. Against second serves, he sometimes takes a decent cut, but from even further behind the baseline. Return rate of 72% without being particularly damaging against this kind of serving on this court is a blackmark against Stan
On flip side, Wawrinka serves much more strongly and wide. He uses serve to open court and looks to hit third balls into open court. Some good returning by Djokovic - both in getting tough wide serves back and hitting others hard, deep and down the middle
Half way into match, Wawrinka switches to serving much more to the body. He's served 20% of the time there, almost all of it in second half. Djoko's returning against it is surprisingly off. His close-in returning position invites it, but generally, he's quick as a flash to make room and strike the ball cleanly. Here, he struggles
In nutshell, below par serving from Djokovic balanced out by below par returning from Stan... to leave things about normal. Blackmark against both. Normal, good serving from Wawrinka, good returning against the strong stuff from Djokovic, decent number of threatening deep returns but also, a little off against regulation serves, including ones to his body
It was Wawrinka's third Slam title. Djokovic was going for his third Slam of the year (following wins in Australia and France) and third US Open title
Wawrinka won 144 points, Djokovic 143
Serve Stats
Wawrinka...
- 1st serve percentage (92/164) 56%
- 1st serve points won (65/92) 71%
- 2nd serve points won (37/72) 51%
- Aces 9
- Double Faults 3
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (37/164) 23%
Djokovic...
- 1st serve percentage (63/123) 51%
- 1st serve points won (49/63) 78%
- 2nd serve points won (32/60) 53%
- Aces 6, Service Winners 1
- Double Faults 7
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (33/123) 27%
Serve Pattern
Wawrinka served...
- to FH 30%
- to BH 49%
- to Body 20%
Djokovic served...
- to FH 35%
- to BH 61%
- to Body 3%
Return Stats
Wawrinka made...
- 83 (30 FH, 53 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 26 Errors, comprising...
- 18 Unforced (9 FH, 9 BH)
- 8 Forced (2 FH, 6 BH)
- Return Rate (83/116) 72%
Djokovic made...
- 124 (46 FH, 78 BH), including 1 return-approach
- 1 Winner (1 FH)
- 28 Errors, comprising...
- 17 Unforced (4 FH, 13 BH)
- 11 Forced (5 FH, 6 BH)
- Return Rate (124/161) 77%
Break Points
Wawrinka 6/10 (7 games)
Djokovic 3/17 (9 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Wawrinka 36 (18 FH, 12 BH, 4 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)
Djokovic 20 (9 FH, 4 BH, 1 FHV, 6 OH)
Wawrinka's FHs - 4 cc (1 pass), 2 cc/inside-in, 5 dtl (1 pass), 2 inside-out, 4 inside-in and 1 running-down-drop-shot cc at net
- BHs - 2 cc (1 pass) and 10 dtl (1 pass)
Djokovic's FHs - 4 cc (1 return), 1 cc/inside-in at net, 2 inside-out (1 pass), 1 inside-out/dtl and 1 inside-in
- BHs - 1 cc, 2 dtl (1 pass) and 1 drop shot
- 2 OHs were on the bounce from the baseline
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Wawrinka 87
- 67 Unforced (33 FH, 34 BH)... with 2 BH at net (1 pass attempt)
- 20 Forced (6 FH, 12 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BH1/2V)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 45.3
Djokovic 64
- 50 Unforced (28 FH, 21 BH, 1 BHV)
- 14 Forced (8 FH, 6 BH)
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46
(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 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
Wawrinka was...
- 10/19 (53%) at net, with...
- 0/2 forced back/retreated
Djokovic was...
- 20/28 (71%) at net, including...
- 0/1 serve-volleying, a 1st serve
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- 1/1 return-approaching
- 1/3 (33%) forced back/retreated
Match Report
A 'who-plays-the-big-points-better' match on a slow-ish hard court. Wawrinka does - and needs to substantially because Djokovic has considerably the better of play overall in a less than well played match
Stan wins just 1 more point in the match - despite serving 41 more and winning 5 more games (counting the tiebreak he lost as a game). Break points stats read -
- Wawrinka 6/10 (7 games), Djokovic 3/17 (9 games)
Action is baseline based and unreturned serve rates are on low side. Stan is the aggressor or at least, looks to push towards it while Djokovic counter-punches for most part
Does Stan 'clutch'? Or Djoko 'chokes'? Given playing dynamic, I'd say more the former - though not in an overt way
Playing dynamics are such that Stan gives up sloppy errors regularly. Despite being the aggressor (he leads winners 36-20), his UEFI is low 45.3. In other words, missing neutral and/or regulation shots is his problem, not inefficiency in attacking. 43/67 or 64% of his UEs are neutral shots (to compare, 52% of Djoko's are)
On the important points though, he's able to keep ball in play and prolong rallies, usually while leading if not controlling them. Given the playing dynamics, that's clutching. He doesn't win break points (his own or Djokovic's) by hitting winners or forcing errors... he does it by outlasting or mildly outmanuvering Djokovic. Something he can't do at most other times
Its not a good match. Stan has 36 winners, 67 UEs. Throwing in errors forced with his winners, he wins 50 points aggressively to still finish -17. Some of that is due to Djokovic defending well. On the other side, Djoko has 20 winners, forces 20 errors and makes 50 UEs to finish -10
Serve & Return
Mild serving from Djokovic. His first serve is like a good second serve and his second serve is something an aggressive returner might lick their lips thinking of getting stuck into
Its not just pace of serve that's down. Djoko serves where Stan can reach the ball easily. When he goes particularly wide, he slows slower still. 18/26 of Stan's return errors have been marked UEs and the 8 FEs are on the mild side too. In effect, Djokovic plays should be getting minimal advantage from his serve. Almost like a clay court match
He still gets something out of it because Stan returns passively - from well behind baseline and content to poke and push returns in play. Against second serves, he sometimes takes a decent cut, but from even further behind the baseline. Return rate of 72% without being particularly damaging against this kind of serving on this court is a blackmark against Stan
On flip side, Wawrinka serves much more strongly and wide. He uses serve to open court and looks to hit third balls into open court. Some good returning by Djokovic - both in getting tough wide serves back and hitting others hard, deep and down the middle
Half way into match, Wawrinka switches to serving much more to the body. He's served 20% of the time there, almost all of it in second half. Djoko's returning against it is surprisingly off. His close-in returning position invites it, but generally, he's quick as a flash to make room and strike the ball cleanly. Here, he struggles
In nutshell, below par serving from Djokovic balanced out by below par returning from Stan... to leave things about normal. Blackmark against both. Normal, good serving from Wawrinka, good returning against the strong stuff from Djokovic, decent number of threatening deep returns but also, a little off against regulation serves, including ones to his body