Ayumi Morita vs Shuai Peng — Strasbourg Quarter-final

Strasbourg · WTA · Quarter-final
JPN
Ayumi Morita
36 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 18 May 2009
clay
CHN
Shuai Peng
40 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Morita A.
7-5 6-2
Peng S.
Morita A.
762
Peng S.
52–

Ayumi Morita defeated Shuai Peng 7-5 6-2 in the Strasbourg quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Shuai Peng came in leading the head-to-head 7–0, defending last year's quarter-final. Ayumi Morita claimed a first win over Shuai Peng in eight meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 7–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Ayumi Morita closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–2.

Head to head

0–7
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-12-31ShenzhenR16hardShuai Peng6-1 6-1
2012-09-17GuangzhouR32hardShuai Peng7-6(3) 6-0
2012-08-20DallasR32hardShuai Peng4-6 6-0 6-3
2012-06-25WimbledonR64grassShuai Peng7-6(4) 6-3
2011-04-04CharlestonR32clayShuai Peng6-2 6-1
2011-01-17Australian OpenR32hardShuai Peng6-1 3-6 6-3
2008-09-08BaliR32hardShuai Peng6-2 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Morita A.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Peng S.

Peng S.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Morita A.

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
Morita A.Peng S.
1st serve in·Even
65%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
51%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.9
2.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.8
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (175 vs 198). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Morita A.Peng S.
Clutch Rating·Even
33
37
Break points saved·Slight edge
43
52
Break points won·Even
70
74
Deciding sets·Even
44
41
Tiebreaks·Even
66
67

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Rezai A.
Hradecka L.
7-626-1
Semi-finals
Hradecka L.
Morita A.
6-01-0
Rezai A.
Kutuzova V.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Hradecka L.
Barrois K.
6-37-62
Morita A.
Peng S.
7-56-2
Kutuzova V.
Cohen Aloro S.
7-56-1
Rezai A.
Niculescu M.
0-66-16-2
R16
Barrois K.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-40-0
Niculescu M.
Beygelzimer Y.
5-76-06-4
Hradecka L.
Kudryavtseva A.
7-56-0
Rezai A.
Yakimova A.
6-46-1
Cohen Aloro S.
Dulko G.
4-67-656-4
Kutuzova V.
Foretz Gacon S.
3-66-36-2
Morita A.
Coin J.
4-66-06-4
Peng S.
Parmentier P.
6-37-66
R32
Parmentier P.
Lepchenko V.
7-657-62
Cohen Aloro S.
Johansson M.
4-66-46-1
Foretz Gacon S.
Flipkens K.
6-12-66-2
Niculescu M.
Groenefeld A.
4-66-26-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Wickmayer Y.
1-66-36-3
Dulko G.
Santangelo M.
6-17-63
Beygelzimer Y.
Feuerstein C.
0-67-636-3
Rezai A.
Bammer S.
6-26-2
Yakimova A.
Ani M.
6-37-5
Kutuzova V.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-0
Coin J.
Vesnina E.
6-46-2
Morita A.
Laisne K.
6-16-3
Peng S.
Glatch A.
3-66-26-0
Kudryavtseva A.
Dechy N.
6-06-756-3
Hradecka L.
Woehr J.
3-66-16-2
Barrois K.
Pavlovic I.
6-36-3