Olga Puchkova vs Zi Yan — Guangzhou Round of 32

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Olga Puchkova
38 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 25 September 2006
hard
CHN
Zi Yan
41 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Puchkova O.
2-6 6-3 6-3
Yan Z.
Puchkova O.
2662
Yan Z.
6331

Olga Puchkova defeated Zi Yan 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the Guangzhou round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Zi Yan came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending the title. Olga Puchkova claimed a first win over Zi Yan in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-10-08BangkokR16hardZi Yan3-6 6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Puchkova O.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Yan Z.

Yan Z.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Puchkova O.

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
Puchkova O.Yan Z.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
57%
58%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
37%
43%
Service points won·Even
49%
53%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
44%
52%
Aces / match·Even
1.3
1.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
7.4
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (70 vs 52). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Chakvetadze A.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-16-4
Semi-finals
Chakvetadze A.
Jankovic J.
7-52-0
Medina Garrigues A.
Obziler T.
7-52-66-4
Quarter-finals
Obziler T.
Li N.
6-36-2
Chakvetadze A.
Puchkova O.
7-633-66-1
Jankovic J.
Molik A.
6-37-5
Medina Garrigues A.
Chen Y.
1-66-06-2
R16
Chakvetadze A.
Tamaela E.
6-26-766-3
Chen Y.
Yakimova A.
6-16-4
Medina Garrigues A.
Ren J.
6-06-1
Li N.
Sun T.
6-26-1
Obziler T.
Vesnina E.
4-66-36-3
Jankovic J.
Peng S.
6-26-3
Molik A.
Dominguez Lino L.
7-636-1
Puchkova O.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-16-1
R32
Medina Garrigues A.
Jidkova A.
6-16-3
Vesnina E.
Kanepi K.
6-13-66-1
Obziler T.
Kapros A.
6-26-0
Sun T.
Li T.
6-06-3
Li N.
Voskoboeva G.
6-36-4
Dominguez Lino L.
Keothavong A.
6-36-4
Chakvetadze A.
Zhang S.
3-67-56-0
Tamaela E.
Hao J.
6-27-5
Puchkova O.
Yan Z.
2-66-36-3
Kostanic Tosic J.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-4
Yakimova A.
Sun S.
6-26-1
Jankovic J.
Yuan M.
6-06-2
Peng S.
Beygelzimer Y.
6-46-4
Molik A.
King V.
6-756-37-5
Chen Y.
Czink M.
6-16-2
Ren J.
Martinez Sanchez M.
6-36-4