Jie Zheng vs Zi Yan — Japan Open Quarter-final

Japan Open · WTA · Quarter-final
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 September 2003
hard
CHN
Zi Yan
41 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Zheng J.
7-6 6-3
Yan Z.
Zheng J.
7762
Yan Z.
633–

Jie Zheng defeated Zi Yan 7-6 6-3 in the Japan Open quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Jie Zheng came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Jie Zheng extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Jie Zheng closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-08-07StockholmR32hardJie Zheng7-5 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Zheng J.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Yan Z.

Yan Z.serving60% hold

wins 54% 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.Yan Z.
1st serve in·Slight edge
71%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
53%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Even
53%
52%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.4
1.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.5
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 52). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

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