Kai Chen Chang vs Tamarine Tanasugarn — Osaka Round of 32

Osaka · WTA · Round of 32
TPE
Kai Chen Chang
35 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 October 2009
hard
THA
Tamarine Tanasugarn
49 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWLLLW
Chang K.
7-5 6-1
Tanasugarn T.
Chang K.
762
Tanasugarn T.
51–

Kai Chen Chang defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn 7-5 6-1 in the Osaka round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tamarine Tanasugarn came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Kai Chen Chang narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Kai Chen Chang came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 6–1.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-02-06PattayaR16hardTamarine Tanasugarn7-6(7) 6-3
2012-02-04Fed Cup G1 PO: TPE vs THARRhardKai Chen Chang6-3 6-4
2010-10-11OsakaQFhardTamarine Tanasugarn6-3 2-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Chang K.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Tanasugarn T.

Tanasugarn T.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Chang K.

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
Chang K.Tanasugarn T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
60%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
59%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
41%
47%
Service points won·Even
53%
55%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Even
54%
52%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.8
0.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.8
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (113 vs 73). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Chang K.Tanasugarn T.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
30
39
Break points saved·Clear edge
39
55
Break points won·Slight edge
70
64
Deciding sets·Slight edge
49
54
Tiebreaks·
—
—

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
Stosur S.
Schiavone F.
7-56-1
Semi-finals
Schiavone F.
Mirza S.
6-26-1
Stosur S.
Wozniacki C.
6-04-66-4
Quarter-finals
Mirza S.
Bartoli M.
6-42-0
Schiavone F.
Czink M.
W/O
Stosur S.
Craybas J.
6-16-3
Wozniacki C.
Wozniak A.
6-26-716-2
R16
Mirza S.
Kutuzova V.
6-46-3
Wozniacki C.
Obrien K.
6-06-1
Wozniak A.
Chang K.
7-57-62
Stosur S.
Morigami A.
6-16-2
Craybas J.
Johansson M.
2-66-26-0
Czink M.
King V.
6-46-2
Schiavone F.
Chan Y.
6-30-66-3
Bartoli M.
Nara K.
6-16-1
R32
Kutuzova V.
Kirilenko M.
6-20-0
King V.
Coin J.
2-66-36-4
Craybas J.
Date Krumm K.
6-22-66-4
Wozniacki C.
Morita A.
6-46-1
Morigami A.
Rodionova A.
6-44-66-2
Stosur S.
Panova A.
6-26-4
Wozniak A.
Ferguson S.
6-17-5
Chang K.
Tanasugarn T.
7-56-1
Bartoli M.
Voskoboeva G.
6-37-5
Nara K.
Scheepers C.
7-654-66-2
Mirza S.
Peer S.
3-66-36-4
Schiavone F.
Kremer A.
7-56-2
Chan Y.
Gullickson C.
6-16-1
Czink M.
Fuda R.
6-46-4
Johansson M.
Shvedova Y.
7-52-67-5
Obrien K.
Glatch A.
6-36-4