Flavia Pennetta vs Jie Zheng — Doha Round of 32

Doha · WTA · Round of 32
ITA
Flavia Pennetta
44 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWLLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 February 2011
hard
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLLLW
Pennetta F.
6-2 6-2
Zheng J.
Pennetta F.
662
Zheng J.
22–

Flavia Pennetta defeated Jie Zheng 6-2 6-2 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jie Zheng came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, but Flavia Pennetta had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 8 on hard. Flavia Pennetta narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-01-02AucklandFhardJie Zheng2-6 6-3 2-0 RET
2010-08-09CincinnatiR64hardFlavia Pennetta6-4 6-2
2006-05-01EstorilSFclayJie Zheng6-2 6-3
2005-09-12BaliR16hardFlavia Pennetta4-6 6-3 6-3
2003-09-08BaliR32hardJie Zheng6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Pennetta F.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Zheng J.

Zheng J.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Pennetta F.

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
Pennetta F.Zheng J.
1st serve in·Clear edge
54%
71%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
44%
Service points won·Even
57%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
0.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.5
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (188 vs 136). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Pennetta F.Zheng J.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
71
56
Break points saved·Dominant
83
55
Break points won·Slight edge
89
80
Deciding sets·Even
69
71
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
78
73

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
25°COvercast
Wind 20 km/hHumidity 28%

Draw

Final
Zvonareva V.
Wozniacki C.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Zvonareva V.
Jankovic J.
6-12-66-4
Wozniacki C.
Bartoli M.
6-16-1
Quarter-finals
Wozniacki C.
Pennetta F.
6-26-0
Zvonareva V.
Hantuchova D.
7-56-757-5
Jankovic J.
Koukalova K.
6-26-4
Bartoli M.
Peng S.
6-26-2
R16
Bartoli M.
Peer S.
6-16-0
Zvonareva V.
Cibulkova D.
6-16-2
Wozniacki C.
Petrova N.
6-36-2
Hantuchova D.
Dushevina V.
4-66-26-4
Koukalova K.
Li N.
6-26-1
Jankovic J.
Mirza S.
6-06-1
Peng S.
Schiavone F.
7-56-3
Pennetta F.
Safarova L.
4-66-36-4
R32
Jankovic J.
Al Nabhani F.
6-16-3
Petrova N.
Vinci R.
6-46-2
Pennetta F.
Zheng J.
6-26-2
Mirza S.
Jovanovski B.
6-27-5
Safarova L.
Radwanska A.
7-636-3
Koukalova K.
Dulgheru A.
7-646-2
Hantuchova D.
Azarenka V.
4-66-16-2
Dushevina V.
Martinez Sanchez M.
4-66-17-61
Cibulkova D.
Gajdosova J.
6-44-67-68
Peng S.
Bacsinszky T.
6-36-2
Bartoli M.
Kleybanova A.
7-56-2
Peer S.
Kuznetsova S.
6-26-4