Zi Yan vs Emilie Loit — Rabat Quarter-final

Rabat · WTA · Quarter-final
CHN
Zi Yan
41 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 15 May 2006
clay
FRA
Emilie Loit
47 yrs · 167 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWWLLL
Yan Z.
1-6 7-6 7-6
Loit E.
Yan Z.
178772
Loit E.
666641

Zi Yan defeated Emilie Loit 1-6 7-6 7-6 in the Rabat quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Emilie Loit came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's semi-final. Zi Yan claimed a first win over Emilie Loit in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Zi Yan dropped the opening set before beating Emilie Loit 1–6 7–6 7–6.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-05-26Roland GarrosR128clayEmilie Loit1-6 6-4 8-6

Serve vs return

This season
Yan Z.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Loit E.

Loit E.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Yan Z.

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
Yan Z.Loit E.
1st serve in·Even
64%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
44%
Service points won·Even
53%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
52%
49%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.2
2.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.2
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (52 vs 67). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
25°COvercast
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 68%

Draw

Final
Shaughnessy M.
Sucha M.
6-23-66-3
Semi-finals
Shaughnessy M.
Yan Z.
6-06-2
Sucha M.
Bondarenko A.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Shaughnessy M.
Czink M.
6-16-4
Bondarenko A.
Sromova H.
6-27-62
Sucha M.
Kremer A.
3-66-16-0
Yan Z.
Loit E.
1-67-667-64
R16
Yan Z.
Gojnea M.
6-26-4
Sucha M.
Uberoi N.
6-16-0
Kremer A.
Zheng J.
6-44-66-3
Loit E.
Lisjak I.
6-46-3
Sromova H.
Skavronskaia L.
6-16-0
Shaughnessy M.
Kloesel S.
7-50-66-3
Czink M.
Harkleroad A.
6-16-4
Bondarenko A.
Mattek Sands B.
6-36-2
R32
Sucha M.
King V.
7-56-2
Kloesel S.
Bartoli M.
3-60-2
Mattek Sands B.
Sequera M.
6-36-2
Harkleroad A.
Pin C.
6-46-1
Czink M.
Parra Santonja A.
7-633-66-2
Shaughnessy M.
Wozniak A.
6-32-66-4
Skavronskaia L.
Liggan K.
6-786-36-0
Sromova H.
Jackson J.
1-66-17-65
Yan Z.
Mouhtassine B.
6-46-2
Gojnea M.
Martinez Granados C.
7-676-4
Zheng J.
Fedossova Y.
6-06-1
Lisjak I.
Rodionova A.
6-26-1
Loit E.
Widjaja A.
6-46-3
Kremer A.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-47-5
Bondarenko A.
Olaru R.
6-16-3
Uberoi N.
Sfar S.
6-44-66-4