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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0 — 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.
31–

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.

Serve vs return

This season
Zheng J.serving82% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs South M.

South M.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Zheng J.

Serve advantage — Zheng J.

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
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

Final
Rybarikova M.
Li N.
6-07-62
Semi-finals
Li N.
Sharapova M.
6-46-4
Rybarikova M.
Mirza S.
3-66-06-3
Quarter-finals
Rybarikova M.
Radwanska U.
6-36-3
Mirza S.
Czink M.
6-17-64
Li N.
Voegele S.
6-37-63
Sharapova M.
Wickmayer Y.
6-12-66-3
R16
Czink M.
Wozniak A.
6-777-57-5
Rybarikova M.
Zheng J.
7-6106-4
Radwanska U.
Goerges J.
7-636-3
Wickmayer Y.
Vinci R.
6-16-4
Sharapova M.
Schiavone F.
6-16-3
Li N.
Rezai A.
7-56-4
Voegele S.
Cavaday N.
6-46-2
Mirza S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
7-633-66-2
R32
Wickmayer Y.
Krajicek M.
6-26-4
Mirza S.
Keothavong A.
6-17-65
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Baltacha E.
6-716-37-63
Voegele S.
Makarova K.
6-33-66-2
Cavaday N.
Tanasugarn T.
7-652-66-4
Rezai A.
Kudryavtseva A.
7-6123-66-2
Li N.
Gajdosova J.
6-42-66-1
Schiavone F.
Koryttseva M.
6-16-1
Sharapova M.
Glatch A.
6-36-4
Vinci R.
Osterloh L.
6-46-2
Wozniak A.
Govortsova O.
6-46-4
Goerges J.
Errani S.
6-45-77-5
Radwanska U.
Cetkovska P.
6-37-5
Rybarikova M.
Scheepers C.
6-786-16-3
Zheng J.
South M.
6-36-1
Czink M.
Strycova B.
6-26-3
R64
Scheepers C.
Shvedova Y.
6-757-676-3
South M.
Obrien K.
6-41-67-65
Glatch A.
Mattek Sands B.
7-626-3
Osterloh L.
Camerin M.
6-747-56-3
Sharapova M.
Dubois S.
6-46-2
Koryttseva M.
Fedossova Y.
4-66-46-2
Govortsova O.
Chan Y.
7-676-2
Rezai A.
Duque Marino M.
6-46-1
Gajdosova J.
King V.
6-46-4
Tanasugarn T.
Coin J.
7-616-1
Cavaday N.
Ditty J.
6-27-62
Voegele S.
Gullickson C.
3-66-47-5
Baltacha E.
Gent G.
6-36-4
Mirza S.
Poutchek T.
6-16-2
Keothavong A.
Arvidsson S.
6-26-2
Czink M.
Parra Santonja A.
6-46-3
Strycova B.
Morita A.
7-53-66-3
Radwanska U.
Kirilenko M.
6-36-3
Cetkovska P.
Foretz Gacon S.
7-656-3
Goerges J.
Rodionova A.
6-46-2
Vinci R.
Beltrame S.
6-36-2
Rybarikova M.
Amanmuradova A.
6-46-4
Kudryavtseva A.
Broady N.
5-77-646-4
Wickmayer Y.
Sevastova A.
6-46-3