Nathalie Dechy vs Zi Yan — Strasbourg Round of 32

Strasbourg · WTA · Round of 32
FRA
Nathalie Dechy
47 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 May 2006
clay
CHN
Zi Yan
41 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Dechy N.
6-2 6-1
Yan Z.
Dechy N.
662
Yan Z.
21–

Nathalie Dechy defeated Zi Yan 6-2 6-1 in the Strasbourg round of 32 on clay. The result followed the form book — Nathalie Dechy came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's semi-final. Nathalie Dechy extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-12-31Gold CoastR32hardNathalie Dechy6-2 6-2
2006-10-09BangkokR32hardNathalie Dechy6-4 6-4
2006-01-16Australian OpenR128hardZi Yan6-7(5) 6-2 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Dechy N.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Yan Z.

Yan Z.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Dechy N.

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
Dechy N.Yan Z.
1st serve in·Slight edge
70%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
53%
Return points won·Even
42%
44%
Break points saved·Even
52%
52%
Aces / match·Even
1.5
1.2
Double faults / match·Even
3.5
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (99 vs 52). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Vaidisova N.
Peng S.
7-676-3
Semi-finals
Vaidisova N.
Jankovic J.
6-21-0
Peng S.
Medina Garrigues A.
3-66-36-1
Quarter-finals
Jankovic J.
Li N.
7-56-1
Peng S.
Muller M.
7-56-4
Medina Garrigues A.
Vesnina E.
6-26-4
Vaidisova N.
Zheng J.
6-44-66-2
R16
Li N.
Dechy N.
6-37-64
Peng S.
Schruff J.
7-56-3
Vaidisova N.
Bacsinszky T.
6-36-2
Zheng J.
Domachowska M.
6-46-4
Muller M.
Schnyder P.
6-46-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Nakamura A.
6-16-0
Vesnina E.
Bartoli M.
6-16-1
Jankovic J.
Smashnova A.
6-15-76-2
R32
Jankovic J.
Bammer S.
6-5
Domachowska M.
Craybas J.
7-606-2
Bacsinszky T.
Raymond L.
5-76-26-1
Dechy N.
Yan Z.
6-26-1
Zheng J.
Yuan M.
4-66-46-2
Muller M.
Vinci R.
6-36-1
Schruff J.
Laine E.
6-26-4
Peng S.
Dulko G.
6-26-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Frazier A.
6-16-1
Nakamura A.
Asagoe S.
6-17-5
Vesnina E.
Knapp K.
1-66-37-63
Bartoli M.
Gajdosova J.
6-07-61
Smashnova A.
Keothavong A.
6-36-1
Li N.
Bychkova E.
6-26-2