ATP Rome Watchability Ratings

We are heading into the final Masters event of the clay swing in Rome. Will this be a redemption week for Djokovic and Nadal? Or can Alcaraz continue his fairy tale run? And before we learn the answers to those questions, what should we make sure to watch in the first days?

Watchability ratings combine the quality and competitiveness of match to give an overall ‘watchability’ score. The technical details can be found here. The figure below shows the breakdown of the expected quality and competitiveness of the first round and probable second round matches at the Rome Masters, and the overall Watchabilty that these translate to.

The tables that follow order each round’s matches by their Watchability, helping fans to prioritize their watchlist for the coming days.

Figure 1. Distribution of Watchability Ratings for first round and probable second round matches.

First Round

player opponent quality competitiveness watchability
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman Miomir Kecmanovic 2235.7 99.1 2216
Dominic Thiem Fabio Fognini 2090.5 98.4 2056
Nikoloz Basilashvili Daniel Evans 2041.0 99.2 2025
David Goffin Hubert Hurkacz 2206.1 91.7 2022
Botic Van De Zandschulp Sebastian Korda 2159.4 93.2 2013
Tommy Paul Albert Ramos-Vinolas 2074.8 96.8 2009
Aslan Karatsev Lloyd Harris 1998.8 97.0 1938
Roberto Bautista Agut Alex De Minaur 2151.9 89.8 1933
Filip Krajinovic Frances Tiafoe 2042.1 91.4 1867
Stan Wawrinka Reilly Opelka 2109.7 85.4 1802
Lorenzo Sonego Denis Shapovalov 2089.8 85.5 1787
Ilya Ivashka Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 2132.9 82.4 1757
Jenson Brooksby Flavio Cobolli 1962.8 84.2 1653
Federico Delbonis Pablo Carreno-Busta 2095.3 63.6 1333
Cristian Garin Francesco Passaro 1881.6 70.8 1332
Cameron Norrie Luca Nardi 2014.4 58.5 1178
Marin Cilic Matteo Arnaldi 1967.7 59.7 1176
Pedro Martinez Jannik Sinner 1898.6 51.0 968

Most Probable Second Round

player opponent quality competitiveness watchability
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Felix Auger Aliassime 2199.2 99.3 2185
Marin Cilic Cameron Norrie 2191.1 91.5 2004
Sebastian Korda Casper Ruud 2225.3 88.1 1960
Roberto Bautista Agut Tommy Paul 2136.7 85.7 1832
Daniel Evans Denis Shapovalov 2092.7 86.3 1805
Pablo Carreno-Busta Karen Khachanov 2189.5 81.8 1792
Borna Coric Reilly Opelka 2104.3 84.0 1768
Grigor Dimitrov Stefanos Tsitsipas 2347.4 69.6 1634
Fabio Fognini Jannik Sinner 2196.7 73.9 1624
Hubert Hurkacz Jenson Brooksby 2127.5 72.4 1541
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman Alexander Bublik 2121.5 70.6 1497
Andrey Rublev Frances Tiafoe 2210.7 66.9 1478
Rafael Nadal John Isner 2367.3 56.6 1340
Novak Djokovic Aslan Karatsev 2265.7 55.0 1245
Carlos Alcaraz Cristian Garin 2247.5 55.4 1244