Stats Wrap: Championship Sunday at the Select Medical Orange County Cup
| July 2, 2024
San Clemente, California. June 30, 2024.
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL:
(1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (7) Catherine Parenteau and Christian Alshon, 11-0, 11-7, 11-4.
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MATCH NOTES:
- Ben Johns 50th PPA Mixed Doubles title.
- Waters/Johns’ 35th career title together, and 8th this year.
- Part of Waters’ 27th career Triple Crown, and 7th this year.
- Waters/Johns’ match record is now 177-6.
- Waters/Johns trailed 4-5-2 in Game Three then won the last six points.
- Parenteau was in the finals of all three events here.
- Alshon’s first career PPA Mixed Doubles final.
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RALLIES:
931 shots.
93 rallies.
10 shots per rally.
31 rallies per game.
54/93 rallies were 9 shots or less. (58%)
39/93 rallies were 10 shots or more. (42%)
Shortest: 1 shot (0), 2 shots (3), 3 shots (6), 4 shots (6).
(16% of the rallies were four shots or fewer.)
Longest: 38, 31, 28.
(2 rallies were 30 shots or more. 8 were 20+.)
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THIRD SHOTS:
Waters: 25 drops, 7 drives. (78% drops)
Johns: 12 drops, 10 drives. (54% drops)
Waters/Johns: 37 drops, 17 drives. (68% drops)
Parenteau: 9 drops, 8 drives. (52% drops)
Alshon: 15 drops, 4 drives (78% drops)
Parenteau/Alshon: 24 drops, 12 drives. (66% drops)
Third Shot Totals: 61 drops, 29 drives (67% drops)
***Missed Serves/Returns/Third Shots***
Waters: (2) 1 third shot drop net, 1 third shot drive net.
Johns: (1) 1 third shot drive wide.
Parenteau: (3) 1 return long, 1 return net, 1 third shot drop net.
Alshon: (3) 1 return long, 1 third shot drop mishit, 1 third shot drop net.
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***Third Shots Kept in Play***
Waters: 30/32 = 93%
Johns: 21/22 = 95%
Parenteau: 16/17 = 94%
Alshon: 17/19 = 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-.
Waters: initiated and won 4, initiated and lost 3.
Johns: initiated and won 9, initiated and lost 6.
Waters/Johns: initiated and won 13, initiated and lost 9. (59% success rate)
Parenteau: initiated and won 1, initiated and lost 2.
Alshon: initiated and won 3, initiated and lost 8.
Parenteau/Alshon: initiated and won 4, initiated and lost 10. (28% success rate)
Speed-up Totals: In the instances I counted, the team that initiated the speed-up won 17 and lost 19, for a 47% success rate.
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DINKS INTO THE NET OR WIDE: (Unstressed, “regular” dinks. Not speed-ups, blocks, etc.).
Waters: 1
Johns: 1
Parenteau: 1
Alshon: 1
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RALLIES ENDING IN THREE SHOTS OR LESS (excluding winners): 9.
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GOOD FUNDAMENTALS: The two categories above accounted for only 13% of the rallies.
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CLEAN WINNERS: (No net-cord, no opponent’s paddle).
Waters: 8
Johns: 7
Parenteau: 0
Alshon: 6
(22% of the rallies ended with a clean winner)
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HIGHLIGHT REEL: (ATPs, Ernes, etc.)
Waters: 1 ATP.
Johns: 1 ATP, 1 Erne, 1 Erne defended.
Parenteau: 1 ATP defended.
Alshon: 2 ATPs, 1 Erne.
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OFFENSIVE LOBS: none.
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VOLLEYS INTO THE NET:
Waters: 1
Johns: 5
Parenteau: 3
Alshon: 7
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GAME POINTS:
Waters/Johns: Won 3, Lost 3.
Parenteau/Alshon: 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/Alshon: Won 4, Lost 2.
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DVR ALERT:
- Game One, 1-0-2, Match-high 38-shot rally with a great firefight.
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MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL:
(2) Dylan Frazier and JW Johnson def. (5) Hayden Patriquin and Pablo Tellez, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6.
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MATCH NOTES:
- Frazier overtakes Ben Johns as the PPA’s top-ranked Men’s Doubles player.
- Frazier/Johnson’s match record is now 131-24.
- Frazier/Johnson’s 10th career title together and 5th this year.
- This is the first time in PPA history that there has been a stretch of five tournaments without Ben Johns winning a Men’s Doubles title.
- Patriquin in back-to-back finals after winning previous tournament (with Staksrud).
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RALLIES:
1,437 shots.
126 rallies.
11.4 shots per rally.
42 rallies per game.
71/126 rallies were 9 shots or less. (56%)
55/126 rallies were 10 shots or more. (44%)
Shortest: 1 shot (4), 2 shots (3), 3 shots (4), 4 shots (11).
(17% of the rallies were four shots or fewer.)
Longest: 42, 41, 38.
(9 rallies were 30 shots or more. 22 were 20+.)
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THIRD SHOTS:
Frazier: 18 drops, 10 drives. (64% drops)
Johnson: 24 drops, 14 drives. (63% drops)
Frazier/Johnson: 42 drops, 24 drives. (63% drops)
Patriquin: 14 drops, 8 drives. (63% drops)
Tellez: 17 drops, 14 drives (54% drops)
Patriquin/Tellez: 31 drops, 22 drives. (58% drops)
Third Shot Totals: 73 drops, 46 drives (61% drops)
***Missed Serves/Returns/Third Shots***
Frazier: (2) 1 serve long, 1 return wide.
Johnson: (3) 1 serve long, 1 return net, 1 third shot drop net.
Patriquin: (3) 1 serve net, 1 third shot drop net, 1 third shot drive net.
Tellez: (2) 1 return long, 1 third shot drop net.
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***Third Shots Kept in Play***
Frazier: 28/28 = 100%
Johnson: 37/38 = 97%
Patriquin: 20/22 = 90%
Tellez: 30/31 = 96%
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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-.
Frazier/: initiated and won 6, initiated and lost 3.
Johnson: initiated and won 8, initiated and lost 5.
Frazier/Johnson: initiated and won 14, initiated and lost 8. (63% success rate)
Patriquin: initiated and won 5, initiated and lost 8.
Tellez: initiated and won 2, initiated and lost 3.
Patriquin/Tellez: initiated and won 7, initiated and lost 11. (38% success rate)
Speed-up Totals: In the instances I counted, the team that initiated the speed-up won 21 and lost 19, for a 52% success rate.
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DINKS INTO THE NET OR WIDE: (Unstressed, “regular” dinks. Not speed-ups, blocks, etc.).
Frazier: 3
Johnson: 3
Patriquin: 5
Tellez: 6
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RALLIES ENDING IN THREE SHOTS OR LESS (excluding winners): 10
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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).
Frazier: 5
Johnson: 10
Patriquin: 8
Tellez: 4
(21% of the rallies ended with a clean winner)
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HIGHLIGHT REEL: (ATPs, Ernes, etc.)
Frazier: 1 ATP defended.
Johnson: 2 ATPs, 3 ATPs defended, 1 Erne.
Patriquin: 2 ATPs.
Tellez: 3 ATPs, 2 ATPs defended, 2 Ernes.
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OFFENSIVE LOBS: 7.
Frazier: (1) 1 in and won rally.
Johnson: none.
Patriquin: (3) 1 in and won rally, 2 in and lost rallies.
Tellez: (3) 1 in and won rally, 1 in and lost rally, 1 out.
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VOLLEYS INTO THE NET:
Frazier: 9
Johnson: 4
Patriquin: 6
Tellez: 5
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GAME POINTS:
Frazier/Johnson: Won 3, Lost 8.
Patriquin/Tellez: none.
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TIME OUTS: Did the team that called time out win the next rally? (excluding video reviews)
Frazier/Johnson: none.
Patriquin/Tellez: Won 0, Lost 3.
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DVR ALERT:
- Game One, 1-2-1: Match-high 42-shot rally.
- Game One, 2-3-1: Patriquin clean winner dink.
- Game One, 5-3-2: Wild 38-shot rally.
- Game Three, 0-2-2: This sequence: ATP on the far side, ATP defended, ATP on the near side, ATP defended, rally continues.
- Game Three, last rally: Tellez defends an ATP with an Erne.
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WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL:
(1) Anna Leigh Waters and Catherine Parenteau def. (6) Jessie irvine and Tina Pisnik, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8.
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MATCH NOTES:
- Part of Waters’ 27th career Triple Crown, and 7th this year.
- Waters/Parenteau’s match record is now 93-1.
- Waters/Parenteau’s 19th career title together and 8th this year.
- Parenteau was in the finals of all three events here.
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RALLIES:
1,193 shots.
113 rallies.
10.5 shots per rally.
37.6 rallies per game.
66/113 rallies were 9 shots or less. (58%)
47/113 rallies were 10 shots or more. (42%)
Shortest: 1 shot (0), 2 shots (1), 3 shots (5), 4 shots (10).
(14% of the rallies were four shots or fewer.)
Longest: 38, 33, 30.
(3 rallies were 30 shots or more. 13 were 20+.)
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THIRD SHOTS:
Waters: 23 drops, 21 drives. (52% drops)
Parenteau: 7 drops, 13 drives. (35% drops)
Waters/Parenteau: 30 drops, 34 drives. (46% drops)
Irvine: 6 drops, 24 drives. (20% drops)
Pisnik: 12 drops, 6 drives (66% drops)
Irvine/Pisnik: 18 drops, 30 drives. (37% drops)
Third Shot Totals: 48 drops, 64 drives (42% drops)
***Missed Serves/Returns/Third Shots***
Waters: (2) 1 third shot drop net, 1 third shot drive net.
Parenteau: (1) 1 return mishit.
Irvine: (2) 2 third shot drives net.
Pisnik: (1) 1 third shot drive wide.
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***Third Shots Kept in Play***
Waters: 52/54 = 96%
Parenteau: 20/20 = 100%
Irvine: 28/30 = 93%
Pisnik: 17/18 = 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 9, initiated and lost 5.
Parenteau: initiated and won 6, initiated and lost 7.
Waters/Parenteau: initiated and won 15, initiated and lost 12. (55% success rate)
Irvine: initiated and won 5, initiated and lost 6.
Pisnik: initiated and won 2, initiated and lost 2.
Irvine/Pisnik: initiated and won 7, initiated and lost 8. (46% success rate)
Speed-up Totals: In the instances I counted, the team that initiated the speed-up won 22 and lost 20, for a 52% success rate.
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DINKS INTO THE NET OR WIDE: (Unstressed, “regular” dinks. Not speed-ups, blocks, etc.).
Waters: 0
Parenteau: 2
Irvine: 2
Pisnik: 2
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RALLIES ENDING IN THREE SHOTS OR LESS (excluding winners): 6
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GOOD FUNDAMENTALS: The two categories above accounted for only 10% of the rallies.
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CLEAN WINNERS: (No net-cord, no opponent’s paddle).
Waters: 11
Parenteau: 3
Irvine: 6
Pisnik: 8
(24% of the rallies ended with a clean winner)
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HIGHLIGHT REEL: (ATPs, Ernes, etc.)
Waters: none
Parenteau: 1 Erne.
Irvine: 1 ATP, 1 Erne defended.
Pisnik: none
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OFFENSIVE LOBS: 8
Waters: 1 in and lost rally.
Parenteau: (6) 4 in and won rallies, 2 in and lost rallies.
Irvine: 1 in and won rally.
Pisnik: none.
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VOLLEYS INTO THE NET:
Waters: 4
Parenteau: 3
Irvine: 12
Pisnik: 11
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GAME POINTS:
Waters/Parenteau: Won 3, Lost 3.
Irvine/Pisnik: none.
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TIME OUTS: Did the team that called time out win the next rally? (excluding video reviews)
Waters/Parenteau: Won 3, Lost 0.
Irvine/Pisnik: Won 1, Lost 3.
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DVR ALERT:
- Game Two, 0-0-2, wild rally.
- Game Three, 1-0-1: Irvine shake-n-bake.
- Game Three, 2-2-2: Waters clean winner dink.
- Game Three, 7-10-1: Match-high 38-shot rally.
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MEN’S SINGLES FINAL:
(11) Chris Haworth def. (1) Federico Staksrud, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7.
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MATCH NOTES:
- Haworth’s first PPA title.
- Haworth was behind 7-6 in Game Three, won last five points.
- Staksrud has earned a medal in every tournament this year.
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CLEAN WINNERS: (No net-cord, no opponent’s paddle).
Staksrud: 11, including 4 on the third shot.
Haworth: 19, including 4 on the third shot.
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ERRORS on SERVES and RETURNS:
Staksrud: (9). 2 on serves, 7 on returns.
Haworth: (15). 5 on serves, 10 on returns.
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BASELINE DRIVE ERRORS:
Staksrud: 5, including 2 on the third shot.
Haworth: 10, including 9 on the third shot.
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WINNERS/ERRORS PLUS/MINUS (from above):
Staksrud: -3.
Haworth: -6.
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LONGEST RALLY: 18 shots. (Game Two, 4-6)
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GAME POINTS:
Staksrud: Won 1, Lost 1.
Haworth: Won 2, Lost 1.
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TIME OUTS: Did the player that called time out win the next rally? (excluding video reviews)
Staksrud: Won 2, Lost 2.
Haworth: Won 1, Lost 1.
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DVR ALERT:
- Game Three, 6-2: Haworth backhand volley winner.
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WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL:
(1) Anna Leigh Waters def. (2) Catherine Parenteau, 11-6, 11-6.
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MATCH NOTES:
- Part of Waters’ 27th career Triple Crown, and 7th this year.
- Waters now 24-3 career vs Parenteau.
- Waters now 18-1 in finals vs Parenteau.
- Parenteau was in the finals of all three events here.
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CLEAN WINNERS: (No net-cord, no opponent’s paddle).
Waters: 11, including 2 on the third shot.
Parenteau: 5, including 0 on the third shot.
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ERRORS on SERVES and RETURNS:
Waters: (5). 2 on serves, 3 on returns.
Parenteau: (4). 0 on serves, 4 on returns.
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BASELINE DRIVE ERRORS:
Waters: 8, including 2 on the third shot.
Parenteau: 13, including 5 on the third shot.
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WINNERS/ERRORS PLUS/MINUS (from above):
Waters: -2.
Parenteau: -12.
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LONGEST RALLY: 12 shots. (Game One, 2-2)
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GAME POINTS:
Waters: Won 2, Lost 5.
Parenteau: none.
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TIME OUTS: Did the player that called time out win the next rally? (excluding video reviews)
Waters: Won 1, Lost 1.
Parenteau: Won 2, Lost 2.
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DVR ALERT:
- Game Two, 1-0: Waters winner down the line.
- Game Two, 2-7: Parenteau backhand ATP.
- Game Two, 9-5: Parenteau sliding forehand winner.
