Sloane Stephens vs Shuai ZhangSan Diego Round of 64

San Diego · WTA · Round of 64
#315WTA
1683ELO
1630Hard ELO
33 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 August 2011
hard
#54WTA
1718ELO
1695Hard ELO
37 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWLWWL
Stephens S.
6-4 6-2
Zhang S.
Stephens S.
662
Zhang S.
42

Sloane Stephens defeated Shuai Zhang 6-4 6-2 in the San Diego round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Shuai Zhang came in ranked #54, leading the head-to-head 3–2. Sloane Stephens narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.

Key context

Head to head

23
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2020-01-20Australian OpenR128hardShuai Zhang2-6 7-5 6-2
2019-09-23WuhanR64hardSloane Stephens7-5 6-4
2018-01-15Australian OpenR128hardShuai Zhang2-6 7-6(2) 6-2
2014-06-09BirminghamQFgrassShuai Zhang6-3 6-1
2013-05-20BrusselsR16claySloane Stephens6-4 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Stephens S.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Zhang S.

Zhang S.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Stephens S.

Even serve battle

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

Stephens S.Zhang S.
Serve
17
Return
58

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

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Even
70%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
47%
Service points won·Even
56%
58%
Return points won·Even
43%
42%
Break points saved·Even
54%
52%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.2
2.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.9
2.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Even
63
62
Break points saved·Clear edge
78
55
Break points won·Slight edge
90
83
Deciding sets·Clear edge
55
78
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
74
82

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

Freshness

Recent load
Freshness·
99

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw