Jie Zheng vs Jelena Jankovic — Beijing Round of 32

Beijing · WTA · Round of 32
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 September 2005
hard
SRB
Jelena Jankovic
41 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLW
Zheng J.
7-5 4-6 7-5
Jankovic J.
Zheng J.
7472
Jankovic J.
5651

Jie Zheng defeated Jelena Jankovic 7-5 4-6 7-5 in the Beijing round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jelena Jankovic came in leading the head-to-head 5–0, defending last year's quarter-final. Jie Zheng claimed a first win over Jelena Jankovic in six meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 5–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-06-11BirminghamSFgrassJelena Jankovic6-7(2) 7-5 6-1
2011-08-15CincinnatiR32hardJelena Jankovic4-6 6-3 6-1
2008-08-25US OpenR32hardJelena Jankovic7-5 7-5
2008-03-24MiamiR16hardJelena Jankovic6-4 7-5
2007-01-29TokyoR16hardJelena Jankovic6-4 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Zheng J.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Jankovic J.

Jankovic J.serving69% hold

wins 58% 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.Jankovic J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
71%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Even
53%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.4
2.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.5
3.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Zheng J.Jankovic J.
Clutch Rating·Even
56
59
Break points saved·Dominant
55
80
Break points won·Slight edge
80
91
Deciding sets·Clear edge
71
55
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
73
50

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
21°COvercast
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 63%

Draw

Final
Kirilenko M.
Groenefeld A.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Kirilenko M.
Sharapova M.
6-42-1
Groenefeld A.
Domachowska M.
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Domachowska M.
Williams V.
W/O
Kirilenko M.
Sun T.
6-16-3
Sharapova M.
Asagoe S.
6-46-1
Groenefeld A.
Peng S.
7-56-1
R16
Williams V.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-36-1
Groenefeld A.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-3
Asagoe S.
Craybas J.
6-26-4
Sun T.
Williams S.
6-27-67
Kirilenko M.
Nakamura A.
6-17-63
Domachowska M.
Zheng J.
6-36-1
Sharapova M.
Peer S.
6-05-76-2
Peng S.
Diaz Oliva M.
3-66-27-60
R32
Diaz Oliva M.
Molik A.
7-616-746-4
Llagostera Vives N.
Jidkova A.
2-66-07-65
Zheng J.
Jankovic J.
7-54-67-5
Peer S.
Dushevina V.
6-26-0
Peng S.
Laine E.
6-16-1
Kirilenko M.
Jackson J.
7-57-5
Sugiyama A.
Morigami A.
7-636-4
Domachowska M.
Shaughnessy M.
6-36-3
Nakamura A.
Pennetta F.
3-66-46-4
Asagoe S.
Golovin T.
6-36-4
Sun T.
Panova T.
6-36-4
Craybas J.
Li N.
4-67-647-5