Nathalie Dechy vs Zi Yan — Gold Coast Round of 32

Gold Coast · WTA · Round of 32
FRA
Nathalie Dechy
47 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 31 December 2007
hard
CHN
Zi Yan
41 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Dechy N.
6-2 6-2
Yan Z.
Dechy N.
662
Yan Z.
22–

Nathalie Dechy defeated Zi Yan 6-2 6-2 in the Gold Coast round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Nathalie Dechy came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Nathalie Dechy extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-10-09BangkokR32hardNathalie Dechy6-4 6-4
2006-05-22StrasbourgR32clayNathalie Dechy6-2 6-1
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.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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·Even
69%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
42%
Service points won·Even
53%
52%
Return points won·Even
42%
45%
Break points saved·Even
51%
52%
Aces / match·Even
1.4
1.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.7
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (67 vs 41). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Li N.
Azarenka V.
4-66-36-4
Semi-finals
Azarenka V.
Peer S.
6-46-2
Li N.
Schnyder P.
3-66-37-5
Quarter-finals
Li N.
Vaidisova N.
6-36-3
Schnyder P.
Mauresmo A.
6-46-4
Peer S.
Safina D.
4-66-17-68
Azarenka V.
Cibulkova D.
6-13-66-3
R16
Peer S.
Schruff J.
6-00-0
Mauresmo A.
Dechy N.
6-36-4
Vaidisova N.
Maria T.
6-46-2
Li N.
Adamczak M.
6-36-2
Schnyder P.
Schiavone F.
2-66-36-4
Safina D.
Pennetta F.
6-42-66-4
Azarenka V.
Fedak Y.
6-46-2
Cibulkova D.
Garbin T.
7-56-1
R32
Schiavone F.
Shaughnessy M.
0-60-1
Li N.
Bammer S.
6-44-66-4
Garbin T.
Petrova N.
5-77-56-3
Cibulkova D.
Razzano V.
6-26-2
Azarenka V.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-3
Fedak Y.
Szavay A.
3-67-56-2
Safina D.
Gajdosova J.
4-66-16-2
Pennetta F.
Bacsinszky T.
6-46-1
Schruff J.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-26-1
Peer S.
Ditty J.
3-66-06-2
Mauresmo A.
Savchuk O.
6-16-1
Dechy N.
Yan Z.
6-26-2
Schnyder P.
Kleybanova A.
6-16-3
Adamczak M.
Vesnina E.
7-643-67-5
Maria T.
Nakamura A.
7-56-3
Vaidisova N.
Dellacqua C.
5-77-56-0