Zi Yan vs Vera Dushevina — Doha Round of 64

Doha · WTA · Round of 64
CHN
Zi Yan
41 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 18 February 2008
hard
RUS
Vera Dushevina
39 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWLLLL
Yan Z.
6-2 4-6 6-2
Dushevina V.
Yan Z.
6462
Dushevina V.
2621

Zi Yan defeated Vera Dushevina 6-2 4-6 6-2 in the Doha round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Vera Dushevina came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Zi Yan claimed a first win over Vera Dushevina in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Zi Yan closed it out in three sets, 6–2 4–6 6–2.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-02-16DubaiR64hardVera Dushevina2-6 6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Yan Z.serving56% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Dushevina V.

Dushevina V.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Yan Z.

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
Yan Z.Dushevina V.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
56%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
40%
44%
Service points won·Even
50%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Even
54%
51%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.9
2.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.9
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (22 vs 172). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
23°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 36%

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.
Zvonareva V.
6-12-66-0
Semi-finals
Zvonareva V.
Li N.
3-66-36-3
Sharapova M.
Radwanska A.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Radwanska A.
Cibulkova D.
6-46-716-4
Li N.
Jankovic J.
6-36-4
Sharapova M.
Wozniacki C.
6-06-1
Zvonareva V.
Bammer S.
2-66-26-0
R16
Radwanska A.
Ivanovic A.
W/O
Sharapova M.
Tanasugarn T.
6-26-2
Wozniacki C.
Medina Garrigues A.
3-67-636-3
Li N.
Peer S.
6-16-3
Jankovic J.
Sugiyama A.
6-16-2
Zvonareva V.
Safina D.
7-56-3
Bammer S.
Kuznetsova S.
6-37-68
Cibulkova D.
Williams V.
6-36-3
R32
Medina Garrigues A.
Kirilenko M.
2-67-56-1
Tanasugarn T.
Mauresmo A.
7-677-5
Sharapova M.
Voskoboeva G.
6-44-66-1
Zvonareva V.
Schiavone F.
2-66-36-4
Williams V.
Knapp K.
6-26-3
Safina D.
Yan Z.
6-26-1
Kuznetsova S.
Dechy N.
7-57-5
Cibulkova D.
Schnyder P.
6-36-4
Radwanska A.
Garbin T.
6-36-3
Ivanovic A.
Govortsova O.
6-36-1
Jankovic J.
Shvedova Y.
6-13-66-3
Bammer S.
Niculescu M.
3-67-56-4
Sugiyama A.
Morita A.
4-66-46-0
Peer S.
Razzano V.
6-17-63
Li N.
Chakvetadze A.
7-676-4
Wozniacki C.
Bartoli M.
6-26-3
R64
Medina Garrigues A.
Petrova N.
6-21-2
Knapp K.
Goerges J.
6-16-4
Cibulkova D.
Safarova L.
6-46-3
Schnyder P.
Paszek T.
6-46-0
Radwanska A.
Morigami A.
7-56-0
Garbin T.
Radwanska U.
6-27-5
Govortsova O.
Mirza S.
4-67-653-2
Li N.
Likhovtseva E.
6-10-66-4
Peer S.
Klepac A.
6-36-4
Sugiyama A.
Szavay A.
7-636-0
Morita A.
Vesnina E.
6-36-4
Shvedova Y.
Zheng J.
6-44-66-1
Zvonareva V.
Rodionova A.
6-06-3
Yan Z.
Dushevina V.
6-24-66-2
Safina D.
Srebotnik K.
6-26-4
Bammer S.
Nakamura A.
6-16-3
Niculescu M.
Ditty J.
6-16-4
Dechy N.
Peng S.
1-66-46-1
Wozniacki C.
Chan Y.
3-66-26-3
Kirilenko M.
Makarova K.
6-35-76-0
Mauresmo A.
Lisicki S.
7-626-3
Tanasugarn T.
Kerber A.
7-636-4
Voskoboeva G.
Daniilidou E.
6-17-66
Razzano V.
Sun T.
6-757-626-3