Maria Kirilenko vs Tian Tian Sun — Beijing Quarter-final

Beijing · WTA · Quarter-final
RUS
Maria Kirilenko
39 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 September 2005
hard
CHN
Tian Tian Sun
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLWLLW
Kirilenko M.
6-1 6-3
Sun T.
Kirilenko M.
662
Sun T.
13–

Maria Kirilenko defeated Tian Tian Sun 6-1 6-3 in the Beijing quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tian Tian Sun came in defending last year's round of 32, but Maria Kirilenko had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 6 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kirilenko M.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Sun T.

Sun T.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Kirilenko M.

Serve advantage — Kirilenko M.

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
Kirilenko M.Sun T.
1st serve in·Even
65%
67%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
64%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
44%
Service points won·Slight edge
59%
53%
Return points won·Slight edge
45%
40%
Break points saved·Even
53%
49%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.3
1.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.1
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 27). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

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