Raluca Olaru vs Zi Yan — Guangzhou Round of 16

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 16
ROU
Raluca Olaru
37 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 September 2007
hard
CHN
Zi Yan
41 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Olaru R.
6-1 6-4
Yan Z.
Olaru R.
662
Yan Z.
14–

Raluca Olaru defeated Zi Yan 6-1 6-4 in the Guangzhou round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Zi Yan came in defending last year's round of 32, but Raluca Olaru had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 4 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Olaru R.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Yan Z.

Yan Z.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Olaru R.

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
Olaru R.Yan Z.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
42%
Service points won·Even
54%
53%
Return points won·Even
41%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
51%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.0
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (74 vs 42). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Razzano V.
Obziler T.
6-06-3
Semi-finals
Obziler T.
Rodionova A.
6-13-1
Razzano V.
Cibulkova D.
3-66-16-1
Quarter-finals
Rodionova A.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-757-56-3
Cibulkova D.
Molik A.
6-776-16-4
Obziler T.
Olaru R.
2-66-17-5
Razzano V.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-36-1
R16
Razzano V.
Sun T.
6-06-0
Medina Garrigues A.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-26-2
Rodionova A.
Pin C.
3-66-36-4
Molik A.
Ditty J.
6-36-2
Cibulkova D.
Song S.
6-16-2
Olaru R.
Yan Z.
6-16-4
Obziler T.
Peng S.
4-66-47-65
Ruano Pascual V.
Govortsova O.
6-26-1
R32
Pin C.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-14-1
Peng S.
Salerni M.
6-37-65
Yan Z.
King V.
6-47-65
Molik A.
Sromova H.
7-56-2
Medina Garrigues A.
Sun S.
7-656-1
Kostanic Tosic J.
Zhang S.
6-26-4
Rodionova A.
Wozniak A.
6-46-2
Ditty J.
Puchkova O.
6-42-66-4
Obziler T.
Tamaela E.
6-16-3
Razzano V.
Craybas J.
6-31-66-1
Olaru R.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-26-4
Sun T.
Kops Jones R.
3-67-667-5
Ruano Pascual V.
Antoniychuk K.
6-16-0
Govortsova O.
Gajdosova J.
6-16-3
Cibulkova D.
Poutchek T.
6-06-3
Song S.
Ji C.
6-36-2