Orange County Cup Stats: Gold Medal Matches
| July 11, 2023
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL:
Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns defeated Catherine Parenteau and Tyson McGuffin, 11-3, 11-6, 11-9.
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MATCH NOTES:
- Waters/Johns: #1 seed. Parenteau/McGuffin: #3 seed.
- Waters/Johns never trailed.
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RALLIES:
1,347 shots.
122 rallies.
11.04 shots per rally.
30.6 rallies per game.
70/122 rallies were 9 shots or less. (57%)
52/122 rallies were 10 shots or more. (43%)
Shortest: 1 shot (2), 2 shots (3), 3 shots (7), 4 shots (7).
(15% of the rallies were four shots or fewer.)
Longest: 36, 34, 33.
(6 rallies were 30 shots or more. 18 were 20+.)
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THIRD SHOTS:
Waters: 18 drops,11 drives. (62% drops)
Johns: 25 drops, 11 drives. (69% drops)
Waters/Johns: 43 drops, 22 drives. (66% drops)
Parenteau: 8 drops, 14 drives. (36% drops)
McGuffin: 15 drops, 15 drives (50% drops)
Parenteau/McGuffin: 23 drops, 29 drives. (44% drops)
Third Shot Totals: 66 drops, 51 drives (56% drops)
***Missed Serves/Returns/Third Shots***
Waters: (2). 1 return long, 1 third shot drop-net.
Johns: (6). 1 serve-net, 1 return-net, 1 return-long, 1 third shot drop-net, 1 third shot drive-net, 1 third shot drive-wide.
Parenteau: (2). 1 serve-long, 1 third shot drive-net.
McGuffin: (2). 1 third shot drive-long, 1 third shot drop-net.
***Third Shots Kept in Play***
Waters: 28/29 = 96%
Johns: 33/36 = 91%
Parenteau: 21/22 = 95%
McGuffin: 28/30 = 93%
(total: 110/117 = 94%)
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SPEED-UPS:
I counted the instances when a regular dinking rally or dinking opportunity was accelerated, and that shot or the ensuing hand-battle led directly to the end of the rally. (therefore, not including speedups that were eventually re-set during the same rally, or when a team became clearly defensive.) Here are those “starts”, and the ensuing result for that -team-.
Waters: initiated and won 4, initiated and lost 5.
Johns: initiated and won 16, initiated and lost 4.
Waters/Johns: initiated and won 20, initiated and lost 9. (68% success)
Parenteau: initiated and won 6, initiated and lost 4.
McGuffin: initiated and won 7, initiated and lost 9.
Parenteau/McGuffin: initiated and won 13, initiated and lost 13. (50% success rate)
Speed-up Totals: In the instances I counted, the team that initiated the speed-up won 33 and lost 22, for a 60% success rate.
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DINKS INTO THE NET OR WIDE: (Unstressed, “regular” dinks. Not speed-ups, blocks, etc.).
Waters: 4
Johns: 0
Parenteau: 0
McGuffin: 3
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RALLIES ENDING IN THREE SHOTS OR LESS (excluding winners): 12
GOOD FUNDAMENTALS: The two categories above accounted for only 15% of the rallies.
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CLEAN WINNERS: (No net-cord, no opponent’s paddle).
Waters: 6
Johns: 17
Parenteau: 2
McGuffin: 10
(28% of the rallies ended with a clean winner)
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HIGHLIGHT REEL: (ATPs, Ernes, etc.)
Waters: 1 ATP defended, 1 Erne.
Johns: 2 Ernes.
Parenteau: 1 ATP, 1 Erne defended.
McGuffin: 1 ATPs
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OFFENSIVE LOBS: 4.
Waters: (2). 1 on and lost rally, 1 out.
Johns: (2). 1 in and won rally, 1 i and lost rally.
Parenteau: none
McGuffin: none
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VOLLEYS INTO THE NET:
Waters: 5
Johns: 6
Parenteau: 7
McGuffin: 12
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GAME POINTS:
Waters/Johns: Won 3 out of 5.
Parenteau/McGuffin: none.
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TIME OUTS: Did the team that called time out win the next rally? (excluding video reviews)
Waters/Johns: Won 0, Lost 1.
Parenteau/McGuffin: Won 4, Lost 1.
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DVR ALERT:
- Game One, 10-3-2: Johns cross-court winner on game point.
- Game Two, 2-6-2: Johns semi-lob winner.
- Game Two, 7-2-1: Parenteau ATP.
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MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL:
Ben Johns and Collin Johns defeated Riley Newman and Matt Wright, 6-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-0, 11-1.
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MATCH NOTES:
- Johns/Johns scored 18 unanswered points in Games Four and Five.
- Ben Johns’ 29 clean winners is the second-most in any gold medal match since the start of 2022, trailing only his 31 at Red Rock in 2022.
- First time in a men’s final this year a player had 10-or-more clean winners and a 10-or-more speed-up differential (Ben Johns)
- Ten-minute delay between Games One and Game Two (wet court)
- Johns/Johns: #1 seed. Newman/Wright: #2 seed.
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RALLIES:
2,053 shots.
172 rallies.
11.9 shots per rally.
34.4 rallies per game.
93/172 rallies were 9 shots or less. (54%)
79/172 rallies were 10 shots or more. (46%)
Shortest: 1 shot (0), 2 shots (5), 3 shots (10), 4 shots 11).
(15% of the rallies were four shots or fewer.)
Longest: 70, 55, 52, 49.
(13 rallies were 30 shots or more. 18 were 20+.)
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THIRD SHOTS:
Ben Johns: 21 drops, 27 drives. (43% drops)
Collin Johns: 37 drops,6 drives. (86% drops)
Johns/Johns: 58 drops, 33 drives. (64% drops)
Newman: 17 drops, 47 drives. (26% drops)
Wright: 1 drop, 11 drives (8% drops)
Newman/Wright: 18 drops, 58 drives. (23% drops)
Third Shot Totals: 76 drops, 91 drives (46% drops)
***Missed Serves/Returns/Third Shots***
Ben Johns: (7). 2 returns-net, 2 third shot drives-net, 2 third shot drops-net, 1 third shot drop-wide.
Collin Johns: (2). 1 return-long, 1 third shot drive-net.
Newman: (3). 1 return-net, 1 third shot drive-net, 1 third shot drive-long.
Wright: (3). 1 return-long, 1 third shot drive-long, 1 third shot drive-net.
***Third Shots Kept in Play***
Ben Johns: 43/48 = 89%
Collin Johns: 42/43 = 97%
Newman: 62/64 = 96%
Wright: 10/12 = 83%
(total: 157/167 = 94%)
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SPEED-UPS:
I counted the instances when a regular dinking rally or dinking opportunity was accelerated, and that shot or the ensuing hand-battle led directly to the end of the rally. (therefore, not including speedups that were eventually re-set during the same rally, or when a team became clearly defensive.) Here are those “starts”, and the ensuing result for that -team-.
Ben Johns: initiated and won 14, initiated and lost 4.
Collin Johns: initiated and won 6, initiated and lost 2.
Johns/Johns: initiated and won 20, initiated and lost 6. (76% success)
Newman: initiated and won 21, initiated and lost 26.
Wright: initiated and won 6, initiated and lost 7.
Newman/Wright: initiated and won 27, initiated and lost 33. (45% success rate)
Speed-up Totals: In the instances I counted, the team that initiated the speed-up won 47 and lost 39, for a 61% success rate.
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DINKS INTO THE NET OR WIDE: (Unstressed, “regular” dinks. Not speed-ups, blocks, etc.).
Ben Johns: 3
Collin Johns: 0
Newman: 3
Wright: 1
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RALLIES ENDING IN THREE SHOTS OR LESS (excluding winners): 15
GOOD FUNDAMENTALS: The two categories above accounted for only 12% of the rallies.
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CLEAN WINNERS: (No net-cord, no opponent’s paddle).
Ben Johns: 29
Collin Johns: 5
Newman: 10
Wright: 7
(29% of the rallies ended with a clean winner)
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HIGHLIGHT REEL: (ATPs, Ernes, etc.)
Ben Johns: 1 ATP, 1 Erne.
Collin Johns: 1 ATP, 1 ATP defended, 7 Ernes, 1 Erne defended.
Newman: 1 ATPs, 1 Erne, 3 Ernes defended.
Wright: 2 ATPs defended,
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OFFENSIVE LOBS: 13.
Wright: (13). 8 in and won rallies, 4 in and lost rallies, 1 out.
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VOLLEYS INTO THE NET:
Ben Johns: 11
Collin Johns: 11
Newman: 6
Wright: 6
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GAME POINTS:
Johns/Johns: Won 3 out of 4.
Newman/Wright: Won 2 out of 2.
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TIME OUTS: Did the team that called time out win the next rally? (excluding video reviews)
Johns/Johns: Won 0, Lost 1.
Newman/Wright: Won 3, Lost 0.
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DVR ALERT:
- Game One, 1-6-1: 45-shot rally on which Ben Johns hit only one shot.
- Game One, 3-7-1: 52-shot rally with two lobs.
- Game Two, 1-0-2: Erne and Bert in this rally.
- Game Two, 1-2-1: 55-shot rally with a 12-shot firefight.
- Game Four, 2-0-2: Match-high 70-shot rally, mostly dinking, ended with Newman initiating a speed-up (lost rally).
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WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL:
Catherine Parenteau and Anna Leigh Waters defeated Irina Tereschenko and Etta Wright, 11-2, 10-12, 11-9, 11-3.
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MATCH NOTES:
- Tereschenko has now appeared in at least one PPA Final for four straight years (singles, doubles or mixed)
- Parenteau/Waters: #1 seed. Tereschenko/Wright: #6 seed.
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RALLIES:
1,530 shots.
151 rallies.
10.1 shots per rally.
37.7 rallies per game.
91/151 rallies were 9 shots or less. (60%)
60/151 rallies were 10 shots or more. (40%)
Shortest: 1 shot (1), 2 shots (6), 3 shots (15), 4 shots (5).
(17% of the rallies were four shots or fewer.)
Longest: 40, 35, 30.
(3 rallies were 30 shots or more. 16 were 20+.)
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THIRD SHOTS:
Parenteau: 18 drops, 7 drives. (72% drops)
Waters: 31 drops, 22 drives. (13% drops)
Parenteau/Waters: 49 drops, 29 drives. (62% drops)
Tereschenko: 31 drops, 7 drives. (81% drops)
Wright: 14 drops, 14 drives (50% drops)
Tereschenko/Wright: 45 drops, 21 drives. (68% drops)
Third Shot Totals: 94 drops, 50 drives (65% drops)
***Missed Serves/Returns/Third Shots***
Parenteau: (2). 2 third shot drops-net
Waters: (7). 1 return-net, 4 third shot drops-net, 1 third shot drive-long, 1 third shot drop-net.
Tereschenko: (5). 1 return-long, 2 third shot drives-net, 2 third shot drops-net.
Wright: (6). 1 serve-net, 2 returns-long, 1 third shot drive-long, 1 third shot drive-net, 1 third shot drop-net.
***Third Shots Kept in Play***
Parenteau: 23/25 = 92%
Waters: 47/53 – 88%
Tereschenko: 34/38 = 89%
Wright: 25/28 = 89%
(total: 129/144 = 89%)
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SPEED-UPS:
I counted the instances when a regular dinking rally or dinking opportunity was accelerated, and that shot or the ensuing hand-battle led directly to the end of the rally. (therefore, not including speedups that were eventually re-set during the same rally, or when a team became clearly defensive.) Here are those “starts”, and the ensuing result for that -team-.
Parenteau: initiated and won 8, initiated and lost 3.
Waters: initiated and won 12, initiated and lost 10.
Parenteau/Waters: initiated and won 20, initiated and lost 13. (60% success)
Tereschenko: initiated and won 3, initiated and lost 9.
Wright: initiated and won 2, initiated and lost 5.
Tereschenko/Wright: initiated and won 5, initiated and lost 14. (26% success rate)
Speed-up Totals: In the instances I counted, the team that initiated the speed-up won 25 and lost 27, for a 48% success rate.
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DINKS INTO THE NET OR WIDE: (Unstressed, “regular” dinks. Not speed-ups, blocks, etc.).
Parenteau: 1
Waters: 1
Tereschenko: 3
Wright: 7
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RALLIES ENDING IN THREE SHOTS OR LESS (excluding winners): 20
GOOD FUNDAMENTALS: The two categories above accounted for only 21% of the rallies.
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CLEAN WINNERS: (No net-cord, no opponent’s paddle).
Parenteau: 2
Waters: 13
Tereschenko: 4
Wright: 6
(16% of the rallies ended with a clean winner)
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HIGHLIGHT REEL: (ATPs, Ernes, etc.)
Parenteau: 1 Erne.
Waters: 1 Erne defended, 1 Tweener.
Tereschenko: none.
Wright: 1 Erne, 1 Erne defended.
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OFFENSIVE LOBS: 13.
Parenteau: none.
Waters: (3). 1 in and won rally, 2 in and lost rallies.
Tereschenko: (6). 3 in and won rallies. 2 in and lost rallies, 1 out.
Wright: (4). 3 in and won rallies, 1 out.
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VOLLEYS INTO THE NET:
Parenteau: 4
Waters: 9
Tereschenko: 12
Wright: 12
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GAME POINTS:
Parenteau/Waters: Won 3 out of 4.
Tereschenko/Wright: Won 1 out of 3.
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TIME OUTS: Did the team that called time out win the next rally? (excluding video reviews)
Parenteau/Waters: Won 2, Lost 0.
Tereschenko/Wright: Won 7, Lost 0.
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DVR ALERT:
- Game Two, 0-1-2: 35-shots, including Waters Tweener.
- Game Two, 3-1-1: 40-shot rally with several resets.
- Game Three, 1-0-1: 29-shot rally with great Tereschenko/Wright defense.
- Game Three, 7-9-2: Waters poaching winner
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MEN’S SINGLES FINAL:
Tyson McGuffin defeated Connor Garnett, 12-10, 11-3.
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MATCH NOTES:
- McGuffin: #4 seed. Garnett: #7 seed.
- Garnett led in Game One, 9-3 and 10-5.
- McGuffin scored the last seven points of Game One and the first five points of Game Two.
- Top-seeded Ben Johns lost to #17 Collin Shick in the second round.
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CLEAN WINNERS: (No net-cord, no opponent’s paddle).
McGuffin: 14, including 3 on the third shot.
Garnett: 13, including 3 on the third shot.
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ERRORS on BASELINE DRIVES:
McGuffin: 3
Garnett: 5
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ERRORS on SERVE or RETURN:
McGuffin: 0 serve, 3 return: 3 total.
Garnett: 1 serve, 5 return: 6 total..
PLUS-MINUS (from three categories above):
McGuffin: +8.
Garnett: +2.
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LONGEST RALLY: 13 shots. (Game Two, 6-1)
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GAME POINTS:
McGuffin: Won 2 out of 5.
Garnett: Won 0 out of 1.
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TIME OUTS: Did the player that called time out win the next rally? (excluding video reviews)
McGuffin: Won 1, Lost 1.
Garnett: Won 0, Lost 1.
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DVR ALERT:
- Game One, 4-9: scrambling rally.
- Game Two, 6-1: Match-high 13-shot rally, McGuffin hustling.
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WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL:
Anna Leigh Waters defeated Catherine Parenteau, 11-7, 11-7.
MATCH NOTES:
- Waters: #1 seed, Parenteau: #2 seed.
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CLEAN WINNERS: (No net-cord, no opponent’s paddle).
Waters: 15, including 3 on the third shot.
Parenteau: 13, including 1 on the third shot.
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ERRORS on BASELINE DRIVES:
Waters: 4
Parenteau: 8
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ERRORS on SERVE or RETURN:
Waters: 2 serves, 2 returns: 4 total.
Parenteau: 0 serves, 4 returns: 4 total.
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PLUS-MINUS (from three categories above):
Waters: +7
Parenteau: +1
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LONGEST RALLY: 17 shots. (Game Two, 9-7)
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GAME POINTS:
Waters: Won 2 out of 2.
Parenteau: none.
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TIME OUTS: Did the player that called time out win the next rally? (excluding video reviews)
Waters: Won 2, Lost 0.
Parenteau: Won 2, Lost 2.
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DVR ALERT:
- Game One, 7-8: Waters cross-court backhand passing shot.
- Game Two, 9-7: Match-high 17-shot rally.
