Jeff Sackmann has done an in depth analysis of GMP, particularly his backhand and asking the question if having such a poor backhand really matters.

www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2024/10/31/does-mpetshi-perricards-backhand-even-matter/

Jeff argues yes and it comes back to the debate in other threads around Jack and winning the important points in the margin. Just a small improvement on points won for Perricard and he could rise wll above his current rank

What is interesting in these stats is that, although it isnt about Jack, the stats show he runs around his backhand more than the average player, much more, and be interesting to see if he could improve its effectiveness, which is just at tour average level in the stats (as opposed to top 20 level).

Dan Evans also shows up here as only playing just over 11% of his backhands as something other than a slice. I have always loved Dans slice but maybe he does it too much - if Karlovic is the only player surpassing him, you can say that it isnt necessarily something to be proud of!