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Viktor Axelsen vs Anthony Ginting

BWF World Tour Finals 2022 · Final · 11 Dec 2022

Viktor Axelsen beat Anthony Ginting 21–13, 21–14 in the final of BWF World Tour Finals 2022.

Player	Game 1	Game 2
Viktor Axelsen DEN · World No. 1 Won	21	21
Anthony Ginting INA · World No. 7	13	14

69 rallies tracked shot by shot by GGAB analysts.

Match facts

Tournament: BWF World Tour Finals 2022
Round: Final
Date: 11 Dec 2022
Level: World Tour Finals
Discipline: Men's singles
Shuttle: Li-Ning G900Amazon

Players: background, rankings and kit
Fact	Viktor Axelsen	Anthony Ginting
Country	DEN	INA
Plays	Right-handed	Right-handed
Born	1994	1996
Height	1.94 m	1.71 m
Weight	Not known	66 kg
Ranking at the time	No. 1	No. 7
Career-high rank	No. 1men's singles, 2017	No. 2men's singles, 2023
Racket	Yonex Astrox 100 ZZ Amazon	Li-Ning Aeronaut 9000 Amazon
String	Yonex BG80 Amazon	Not known
Shoes	Not known	Not known
Kit source	Recorded for this match	Recorded for this match

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Tale of the tape

Viktor Axelsen against Anthony Ginting: results, serves, striking side and shot direction.
Viktor Axelsen	Stat	Anthony Ginting
Result
42	Points won	27
10	Winners	7
6	Errors forced	12
8	Unforced errors	26
34	Smashes	44
51%	Won on own serve	25%
Serve
2%	Short serves	11%
66%	To the body	68%
20%	To the middle	25%
15%	Out wide	7%
Striking side
51%	Forehand	44%
44%	Backhand	40%
5%	Around the head	16%
Direction
53%	Straight	52%
32%	Cross-court	32%
15%	Middle	16%

Serve rows are shares of each side's serves. Striking side and direction are shares of every other shot.

Point progression

Viktor AxelsenAnthony Ginting

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Running score across 69 tracked rallies, Viktor Axelsen against Anthony Ginting. Games closed 21–13, 21–14.

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Game	Viktor Axelsen	Anthony Ginting
Game 1	21	13
Game 2	21	14

Rally length

Avg rally — by shots

9.3shots

Avg rally — by time

10.6sec

Rallies by length (shots)

1–2

3–4

5–8

9–14

15–20

21+

69 rallies tracked, most of them (33%) in the 5–8 shot band. The longest ran 32 shots.

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Length (shots)	Rallies	Avg seconds
1–2	3	4.2
3–4	18	5.9
5–8	23	8.0
9–14	11	12.4
15–20	7	17.3
21+	7	24.5

Shot patterns

Most common 3-shot runs

1.A1Backhand Lift Cross→B1Around-the-Head Smash Straight→A1Forehand Block Straight
Happened 6× out of 66 rallies
2.A1Backhand Block Straight→B1Forehand Net Straight→A1Backhand Lift Cross
Happened 3× out of 66 rallies
3.A1Backhand Net Straight→B1Forehand Net Straight→A1Backhand Lift Straight
Happened 3× out of 66 rallies
4.A1Forehand Block Straight→B1Backhand Net Straight→A1Forehand Lift Cross
Happened 3× out of 66 rallies
5.A1Forehand Block Straight→B1Backhand Net Straight→A1Forehand Lift Straight
Happened 3× out of 66 rallies

Most common 5-shot runs

1.B1Backhand Net Cross→A1Backhand Lift Cross→B1Around-the-Head Smash Straight→A1Forehand Block Straight→B1Backhand Net Middle
Happened 2× out of 66 rallies
2.B1Backhand Net Straight→A1Forehand Lift Cross→B1Forehand Drive Straight→A1Backhand Block Straight→B1Forehand Drive Straight
Happened 2× out of 66 rallies
3.B1Forehand Drive Cross→A1Forehand Block Straight→B1Backhand Net Straight→A1Forehand Lift Straight→B1Backhand Drop Straight
Happened 2× out of 66 rallies
4.A1Long Serve Body→B1Around-the-Head Reverse Slice Cross→A1Backhand Net Middle→B1Backhand Flat Push Straight→A1Around-the-Head Smash Straight
Happened 1× out of 66 rallies
5.A1Long Serve Body→B1Forehand Smash Cross→A1Forehand Block Straight→B1Backhand Kill Cross→A1Backhand Drive Middle
Happened 1× out of 66 rallies

Who did what

Most winners

Viktor Axelsen

Most errors forced

Anthony Ginting

Most unforced errors

Anthony Ginting

By player

Viktor Axelsen

322 shots

Winners 10Forced 6Unforced 8

Most-used shots

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Of 322 shots Viktor Axelsen played, the most used were lift (30%), net (20%) and block (19%).

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Shot	Share	Shots
Lift	30%	95
Net	20%	65
Block	19%	61
Serve	13%	41
Smash	11%	34
Drive	4%	13

Points won — by shot

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Lift

55%

My winner1Forced opp. error0Drew opp. unforced22

My winnerForced opp. errorDrew opp. unforced

Points Viktor Axelsen won break down by the shot that ended them — led by lift (55%), smash (31%) and net (10%).

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Shot	Share
Lift	55%
Smash	31%
Net	10%
Kill	5%

Points lost — by shot

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Block

33%

Opp. winner0My forced error9My unforced error0

Opp. winnerMy forced errorMy unforced error

Points Viktor Axelsen lost break down by the shot that ended them — led by block (33%), lift (15%) and smash (15%).

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Shot	Share
Block	33%
Lift	15%
Smash	15%
Kill	7%
Net	7%
Serve	7%
unknown	7%
Drive	4%
Drop	4%

Rally outcome — points won

42 rallies

My winner24%
Forced opp. error14%
Drew opp. unforced62%

Of the 42 rallies Viktor Axelsen won, 62% from drawing an opponent unforced error, 24% from their own winners and 14% from forcing an opponent error.

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Outcome	Share	Rallies
My winner	24%	10
Forced opp. error	14%	6
Drew opp. unforced	62%	26

Rally outcome — points lost

27 rallies

Opp. winner26%
My forced error44%
My unforced error30%

Of the 27 rallies Viktor Axelsen lost, 44% from their own forced errors, 30% from their own unforced errors and 26% from an opponent winner.

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Outcome	Share	Rallies
Opp. winner	26%	7
My forced error	44%	12
My unforced error	30%	8

Where the errors went

80% tagged

Into the net63%
Out the back19%
Out on sides19%

Across 16 tagged errors, Viktor Axelsen missed into the net 63% of the time, out the back 19% of the time and out on sides 19% of the time.

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Destination	Share	Errors
Into the net	63%	10
Out the back	19%	3
Out on sides	19%	3

Based on 16 of 20 errors tagged for this detail; the rest are excluded rather than guessed.

Contact height at the net

fully tagged

Above Tape6%
Above Net Midline28%
Below Net Midline47%
Below Net19%

On net-area shots, Viktor Axelsen met the shuttle above tape 6% of the time, above net midline 28% of the time, below net midline 47% of the time and below net 19% of the time, and missed most often from below net (9% of those shots) against 2% from above net midline.

View contact height by shot

Shot	Height	Share	Shots	Error rate
All net shots	Above Tape	6%	15	7%
All net shots	Above Net Midline	28%	66	2%
All net shots	Below Net Midline	47%	109	8%
All net shots	Below Net	19%	44	9%
Lift	Above Tape	2%	2	—
Lift	Above Net Midline	21%	20	0%
Lift	Below Net Midline	57%	54	6%
Lift	Below Net	20%	19	0%
Net	Above Tape	2%	1	—
Net	Above Net Midline	49%	32	3%
Net	Below Net Midline	42%	27	4%
Net	Below Net	8%	5	0%
Block	Above Tape	3%	2	—
Block	Above Net Midline	20%	12	0%
Block	Below Net Midline	44%	27	19%
Block	Below Net	33%	20	20%
Drive	Above Tape	77%	10	10%
Drive	Above Net Midline	15%	2	—
Drive	Below Net Midline	8%	1	—

Anthony Ginting

320 shots

Winners 7Forced 12Unforced 26

Most-used shots

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Of 320 shots Anthony Ginting played, the most used were net (26%), lift (14%) and smash (14%).

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Shot	Share	Shots
Net	26%	82
Lift	14%	46
Smash	14%	44
Drive	12%	37
Drop	11%	35
Serve	9%	28

Points won — by shot

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Smash

40%

My winner3Forced opp. error7Drew opp. unforced0

My winnerForced opp. errorDrew opp. unforced

Points Anthony Ginting won break down by the shot that ended them — led by smash (40%), kill (16%) and net (16%).

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Shot	Share
Smash	40%
Kill	16%
Net	16%
Drive	12%
Lift	8%
Drop	4%
Serve	4%

Points lost — by shot

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Smash

38%

Opp. winner7My forced error0My unforced error9

Opp. winnerMy forced errorMy unforced error

Points Anthony Ginting lost break down by the shot that ended them — led by smash (38%), drop (21%) and block (12%).

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Shot	Share
Smash	38%
Drop	21%
Block	12%
Clear	7%
Lift	7%
Kill	5%
Net	5%
Drive	2%
unknown	2%

Rally outcome — points won

25 rallies

My winner28%
Forced opp. error48%
Drew opp. unforced24%

Of the 25 rallies Anthony Ginting won, 48% from forcing an opponent error, 28% from their own winners and 24% from drawing an opponent unforced error.

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Outcome	Share	Rallies
My winner	28%	7
Forced opp. error	48%	12
Drew opp. unforced	24%	6

Rally outcome — points lost

42 rallies

Opp. winner24%
My forced error14%
My unforced error62%

Of the 42 rallies Anthony Ginting lost, 62% from their own unforced errors, 24% from an opponent winner and 14% from their own forced errors.

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Outcome	Share	Rallies
Opp. winner	24%	10
My forced error	14%	6
My unforced error	62%	26

Where the errors went

94% tagged

Into the net57%
Out the back13%
Out on sides30%

Across 30 tagged errors, Anthony Ginting missed into the net 57% of the time, out on sides 30% of the time and out the back 13% of the time.

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Destination	Share	Errors
Into the net	57%	17
Out the back	13%	4
Out on sides	30%	9

Based on 30 of 32 errors tagged for this detail; the rest are excluded rather than guessed.

Contact height at the net

fully tagged

Above Tape19%
Above Net Midline40%
Below Net Midline27%
Below Net14%

On net-area shots, Anthony Ginting met the shuttle above tape 19% of the time, above net midline 40% of the time, below net midline 27% of the time and below net 14% of the time, and missed most often from below net (23% of those shots) against 0% from above tape.

View contact height by shot

Shot	Height	Share	Shots	Error rate
All net shots	Above Tape	19%	36	0%
All net shots	Above Net Midline	40%	77	1%
All net shots	Below Net Midline	27%	52	6%
All net shots	Below Net	14%	26	23%
Net	Above Tape	11%	9	0%
Net	Above Net Midline	65%	53	0%
Net	Below Net Midline	18%	15	13%
Net	Below Net	6%	5	0%
Lift	Above Tape	2%	1	—
Lift	Above Net Midline	26%	12	0%
Lift	Below Net Midline	54%	25	4%
Lift	Below Net	17%	8	13%
Drive	Above Tape	68%	25	0%
Drive	Above Net Midline	16%	6	17%
Drive	Below Net Midline	8%	3	—
Drive	Below Net	8%	3	—
Block	Above Tape	4%	1	—
Block	Above Net Midline	23%	6	0%
Block	Below Net Midline	35%	9	0%
Block	Below Net	38%	10	50%

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