Shuai Zhang vs Dinara Safina — Beijing Round of 32

Beijing · WTA · Round of 32
Shuai Zhang
CHN
Shuai Zhang
#54WTA
1718ELO
1695Hard ELO
37 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 October 2009
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Zhang S.
7-5 7-6
Safina D.
Zhang S.
7772
Safina D.
565–

Shuai Zhang defeated Dinara Safina 7-5 7-6 in the Beijing round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Shuai Zhang came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zhang S.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Zhang S.

Serve advantage — Safina D.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Zhang S.Safina D.
17
Serve
—
58
Return
—

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Zhang S.Safina D.
1st serve in·Even
66%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
43%
Service points won·Even
58%
57%
Return points won·Slight edge
42%
47%
Break points saved·Even
52%
55%
Aces / match·Even
2.3
2.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.2
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 112). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zhang S.Safina D.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
62
72
Break points saved·Clear edge
55
79
Break points won·Even
83
84
Deciding sets·Even
78
79
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
82
77

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

Freshness

Recent load
Zhang S.Safina D.
Freshness·
99
—

Zhang S.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
24°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 24%

Draw

Final
Kuznetsova S.
Radwanska A.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Radwanska A.
Bartoli M.
6-46-3
Kuznetsova S.
Petrova N.
6-16-3
Quarter-finals
Petrova N.
Peng S.
6-756-36-2
Bartoli M.
Zvonareva V.
3-67-56-2
Radwanska A.
Dementieva E.
7-56-3
Kuznetsova S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-36-3
R16
Zvonareva V.
Pennetta F.
6-35-77-5
Radwanska A.
Martinez Sanchez M.
4-66-46-2
Petrova N.
Williams S.
6-43-67-65
Peng S.
Sharapova M.
6-26-4
Kuznetsova S.
Bondarenko A.
6-34-66-0
Bartoli M.
Zhang S.
6-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Wozniak A.
6-46-4
Dementieva E.
Li N.
6-26-0
R32
Martinez Sanchez M.
King V.
6-46-4
Kuznetsova S.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-26-1
Bondarenko A.
Errani S.
6-36-3
Wozniak A.
Cornet A.
7-606-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Williams V.
3-66-16-4
Zvonareva V.
Schiavone F.
6-36-0
Pennetta F.
Bondarenko K.
3-67-56-3
Bartoli M.
Kleybanova A.
6-26-3
Li N.
Safarova L.
4-66-06-4
Radwanska A.
Schnyder P.
6-46-1
Sharapova M.
Azarenka V.
6-36-757-5
Peng S.
Jankovic J.
4-67-56-2
Williams S.
Makarova K.
6-36-2
Petrova N.
Hantuchova D.
6-12-67-5
Zhang S.
Safina D.
7-57-65
Dementieva E.
Czink M.
6-46-3
R64
Schiavone F.
Lisicki S.
6-01-0
Azarenka V.
Govortsova O.
6-16-3
Peng S.
Shvedova Y.
6-26-3
Williams V.
Dushevina V.
6-27-61
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Bammer S.
7-56-1
Wozniak A.
Rezai A.
4-66-17-65
Cornet A.
Stosur S.
6-44-66-3
Errani S.
Glatch A.
6-16-1
Petrova N.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-15-76-2
Hantuchova D.
Suarez Navarro C.
7-56-2
Makarova K.
Peer S.
6-46-2
Williams S.
Kanepi K.
7-56-4
Bondarenko A.
Szavay A.
6-36-0
Medina Garrigues A.
Lu J.
3-67-57-5
Kuznetsova S.
Zheng J.
7-637-5
Martinez Sanchez M.
Wozniacki C.
6-757-626-0
King V.
Voskoboeva G.
6-46-3
Schnyder P.
Radwanska U.
6-47-5
Safarova L.
Ji C.
6-26-4
Czink M.
Vesnina E.
7-625-76-4
Dementieva E.
Groenefeld A.
6-46-0
Zvonareva V.
Cirstea S.
6-26-2
Bondarenko K.
Kirilenko M.
6-22-67-62
Pennetta F.
Han X.
7-626-2
Bartoli M.
Rybarikova M.
6-24-66-3
Kleybanova A.
Wickmayer Y.
5-76-36-3
Zhang S.
Benesova I.
6-46-2
Safina D.
Vinci R.
6-46-4