Vera Zvonareva vs Jie Zheng — Guangzhou Semi-final

Guangzhou · WTA · Semi-final
Vera Zvonareva
RUS
Vera Zvonareva
1693ELO
1659Hard ELO
41 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 September 2008
hard
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLLLW
Zvonareva V.
6-3 7-5
Zheng J.
Zvonareva V.
672
Zheng J.
35–

Vera Zvonareva defeated Jie Zheng 6-3 7-5 in the Guangzhou semi-final on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zvonareva V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Zheng J.

Zheng J.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Zvonareva V.

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
Zvonareva V.Zheng J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
71%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
63%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
44%
Service points won·Even
57%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
56%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.5
0.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.4
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zvonareva V.Zheng J.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
76
56
Break points saved·Clear edge
79
55
Break points won·Clear edge
94
80
Deciding sets·Clear edge
92
71
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
51
73

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Zvonareva V.
Peng S.
6-746-06-2
Semi-finals
Zvonareva V.
Zheng J.
6-37-5
Peng S.
Pin C.
6-26-1
Quarter-finals
Pin C.
Rus A.
6-36-3
Peng S.
Craybas J.
6-46-1
Zheng J.
Paszek T.
6-26-1
Zvonareva V.
Knapp K.
6-16-0
R16
Zvonareva V.
Xu Y.
6-17-64
Knapp K.
Koryttseva M.
6-46-4
Zheng J.
Olaru R.
6-46-0
Paszek T.
Parmentier P.
6-22-66-3
Craybas J.
Govortsova O.
6-27-5
Peng S.
Lu J.
6-36-4
Rus A.
Dulko G.
6-46-4
Pin C.
Kudryavtseva A.
2-66-06-2
R32
Zheng J.
Sun T.
6-06-1
Koryttseva M.
Amanmuradova A.
6-46-4
Knapp K.
Zhang S.
7-661-66-1
Xu Y.
Dubois S.
6-36-1
Zvonareva V.
Rodionova A.
6-16-2
Pin C.
Chen Y.
6-26-3
Kudryavtseva A.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-44-66-3
Rus A.
Wickmayer Y.
6-726-26-4
Dulko G.
Poutchek T.
7-633-66-4
Peng S.
Santangelo M.
6-46-2
Lu J.
Dzehalevich E.
7-646-2
Craybas J.
Pivovarova A.
6-26-4
Govortsova O.
Yan Z.
6-36-2
Parmentier P.
Han X.
6-17-5
Paszek T.
Lee Y.
6-06-4
Olaru R.
Kapros A.
6-756-46-1