by Qindarka » 06 Sep 2026, 10:29
Doing some testing:
Nadal vs McEnroe
Nadal:
Forehand - (99, 38, 95)
Backhand - (89, 33, 86)
Return - 88
Passing - 100
Consistency - 38
Speed - 90
McEnroe:
Serve - (58, 92, 98)
Volley - (100, 99, 88, 100)
Consistency - 34
Speed - 90
I purposely crippled some stats:
Shot consistency by 60 - So players miss more often in a realistic way.
Overall consistency by 60 - To be honest, I'm not sure exactly what this does but I'm guessing it adds more variance to the players' level.
Serve Power by 20 - Or there will be too many unreturnables.
Speed by 10.
Both players on Master 10. On Free Mode.
Net winning percentage for McEnroe in Brackets:
Clay
1st - Nadal wins 6-3 6-1 (57%)
2nd - Nadal wins 6-3 6-1 (43%)
3rd - Nadal wins 7-5 6-1 (51%)
4th - Nadal wins 6-1 6-3 (38%)
5th - Nadal wins 6-3 6-0 (39%)
6th - Nadal wins 6-2 6-1 (55%)
7th - Nadal wins 6-3 6-1 (53%)
8th - Nadal wins 6-0 6-0 (34%)
9th - Nadal wins 6-1 6-0 (42%)
10th - Nadal wins 6-3 6-4 (49%)
Grass
1st - McEnroe wins 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) (66%)
2nd - McEnroe wins 6-4 3-6 6-3 (65%)
3rd - McEnroe wins 7-6(4) 7-6(4) (64%)
4th - Nadal wins 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 (61%)
5th - McEnroe wins 7-6(4) 7-6(5) (70%)
6th - Nadal wins 4-6 6-2 6-3 (60%)
7th - McEnroe wins 4-6 6-4 6-3 (60%)
8th - McEnroe wins 6-2 6-3 (65%)
9th - Nadal wins 7-6(6) 6-7(1) 6-4 (59%)
10th - McEnroe wins 4-6 7-6(7) 6-4 (61%)
To be honest, despite some tiny gripes, I think it's currently working pretty well and is fairly realistic. I'm a little concerned the new update will make volleyers too weak. Keeping in mind, these simulations were done with groundstroke consistency already massively reduced, which should in theory benefit volleyers. Yet McEnroe was still obliterated on clay, and better yet not dominant on grass.