Jie Zheng vs Jill Craybas — Beijing Round of 32

Beijing · WTA · Round of 32
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 18 September 2006
hard
USA
Jill Craybas
52 yrs · 160 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLWL
Zheng J.
6-4 6-3
Craybas J.
Zheng J.
662
Craybas J.
43–

Jie Zheng defeated Jill Craybas 6-4 6-3 in the Beijing round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jill Craybas came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 16. Jie Zheng narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Jie Zheng closed it out in two sets, 6–4 6–3.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-07-25WashingtonR32hardJill Craybas2-6 6-3 6-2
2006-03-20MiamiR16hardJie Zheng2-6 6-2 6-3
2003-09-15ShanghaiR32hardJill Craybas3-6 7-6(6) 2-0 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Zheng J.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Craybas J.

Craybas J.serving57% hold

wins 53% 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.Craybas J.
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%
52%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Even
53%
51%
Aces / match·Even
0.4
0.8
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.5
3.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 195). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zheng J.Craybas J.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
56
19
Break points saved·Clear edge
55
40
Break points won·Clear edge
80
59
Deciding sets·Dominant
71
30
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
73
57

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
32°CMainly clear
Wind 2 km/hHumidity 23%

Draw

Final
Kuznetsova S.
Mauresmo A.
6-46-0
Semi-finals
Kuznetsova S.
Peng S.
6-06-2
Mauresmo A.
Jankovic J.
6-13-67-63
Quarter-finals
Kuznetsova S.
Li N.
6-44-66-4
Jankovic J.
Petrova N.
6-44-66-2
Peng S.
Sugiyama A.
7-633-66-2
Mauresmo A.
Davenport L.
6-46-3
R16
Kuznetsova S.
Kostanic Tosic J.
2-1
Sugiyama A.
Vaidisova N.
6-41-66-3
Li N.
Vesnina E.
3-66-16-1
Jankovic J.
Bartoli M.
6-36-2
Mauresmo A.
Sun T.
6-36-2
Petrova N.
Daniilidou E.
6-16-2
Davenport L.
Zheng J.
6-27-64
Peng S.
Kirilenko M.
5-76-46-2
R32
Peng S.
Castano C.
4-67-56-3
Kirilenko M.
Dulko G.
7-666-3
Vesnina E.
Laine E.
7-605-76-3
Jankovic J.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-06-1
Bartoli M.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-36-3
Zheng J.
Craybas J.
6-46-3
Sugiyama A.
Molik A.
6-27-62
Sun T.
Zvonareva V.
6-41-66-2
Li N.
Dushevina V.
6-36-4
Davenport L.
Chakvetadze A.
7-643-67-5
Daniilidou E.
Arvidsson S.
6-46-1
Kostanic Tosic J.
Yan Z.
7-56-2