Jie Zheng vs Tamarine Tanasugarn — Japan Open Round of 16

Japan Open · WTA · Round of 16
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 29 September 2003
hard
THA
Tamarine Tanasugarn
49 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWLLLW
Zheng J.
1-6 6-2 6-4
Tanasugarn T.
Zheng J.
1662
Tanasugarn T.
6241

Jie Zheng defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn 1-6 6-2 6-4 in the Japan Open round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tamarine Tanasugarn came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's semi-final. Jie Zheng claimed a first win over Tamarine Tanasugarn in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-02-16HyderabadQFhardTamarine Tanasugarn6-3 6-1
2003-09-08BaliR16hardTamarine Tanasugarn6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Zheng J.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Tanasugarn T.

Tanasugarn T.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Zheng J.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Zheng J.Tanasugarn T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
71%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Even
53%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.4
1.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.5
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 147). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zheng J.Tanasugarn T.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
56
39
Break points saved·Even
55
55
Break points won·Clear edge
80
64
Deciding sets·Clear edge
71
54
Tiebreaks·
73
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.
Kapros A.
2-66-27-65
Semi-finals
Sharapova M.
Zheng J.
6-37-5
Kapros A.
Parra Santonja A.
6-16-2
Quarter-finals
Zheng J.
Yan Z.
7-636-3
Sharapova M.
Schaul C.
7-57-61
Parra Santonja A.
Craybas J.
3-66-46-2
Kapros A.
Sugiyama A.
6-43-2
R16
Sharapova M.
Morigami A.
6-16-3
Zheng J.
Tanasugarn T.
1-66-26-4
Yan Z.
Harkleroad A.
7-656-4
Schaul C.
Srebotnik K.
6-32-67-65
Craybas J.
Fujiwara R.
4-66-46-2
Parra Santonja A.
Asagoe S.
5-76-46-3
Kapros A.
Gagliardi E.
6-06-2
Sugiyama A.
Yoshida Y.
6-33-67-60
R32
Srebotnik K.
Dominikovic E.
6-36-3
Kapros A.
Sun T.
6-46-2
Yan Z.
Saeki M.
6-26-4
Zheng J.
Talaja S.
6-47-5
Gagliardi E.
Spears A.
6-12-66-4
Yoshida Y.
Widjaja A.
6-47-5
Asagoe S.
Li T.
6-16-1
Parra Santonja A.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-16-2
Fujiwara R.
Cargill A.
6-36-2
Craybas J.
Obata S.
6-46-2
Sharapova M.
Kim J.
6-26-0
Morigami A.
Kirilenko M.
6-16-2
Schaul C.
Sucha M.
6-17-5
Harkleroad A.
Ozaki M.
6-06-0