Na Li vs Elena Vesnina — Beijing Round of 16

Beijing · WTA · Round of 16
CHN
Na Li
44 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWWLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 18 September 2006
hard
RUS
Elena Vesnina
39 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLLL
Li N.
3-6 6-1 6-1
Vesnina E.
Li N.
3662
Vesnina E.
6111

Na Li defeated Elena Vesnina 3-6 6-1 6-1 in the Beijing round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Vesnina came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Na Li claimed a first win over Elena Vesnina in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Na Li dropped the opening set before beating Elena Vesnina 3–6 6–1 6–1.

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-06-17EastbourneQFgrassElena Vesnina7-6(4) 6-3
2009-02-16DubaiR64hardElena Vesnina1-6 6-4 6-4
2006-10-09MoscowR32hardElena Vesnina6-2 1-6 7-6(11)

Serve vs return

This season
Li N.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Vesnina E.

Vesnina E.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Li N.

Serve advantage — Li N.

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
Li N.Vesnina E.
1st serve in·Even
67%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
47%
Service points won·Even
59%
57%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
59%
58%
Aces / match·Even
2.3
2.5
Double faults / match·Even
3.5
3.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Li N.Vesnina E.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
82
55
Break points saved·Clear edge
89
77
Break points won·Dominant
96
69
Deciding sets·Even
83
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
75
29

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