Jie Zheng vs Melanie South — Birmingham Round of 32

Birmingham · WTA · Round of 32
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 June 2009 ·
grass
GBR
Melanie South
40 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Zheng J.
6-3 6-1
South M.
Zheng J.
662
South M.
310

Jie Zheng defeated Melanie South 6-3 6-1 in the Birmingham round of 32 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Melanie South came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Statistics

This season
Zheng J.South M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
71%
59%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
63%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
44%
37%
Service points won·Even
54%
52%
Return points won·Slight edge
45%
38%
Break points saved·Even
53%
50%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.4
2.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.5
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 11). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw