Maria Kirilenko vs Jie Zheng — Doha Round of 64

Doha · WTA · Round of 64
RUS
Maria Kirilenko
39 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 13 February 2012
hard
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Kirilenko M.
6-3 3-6 6-3
Zheng J.
Kirilenko M.
6362
Zheng J.
3631

Maria Kirilenko defeated Jie Zheng 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the Doha round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jie Zheng came in leading the head-to-head 4–2, defending last year's round of 32, but Maria Kirilenko had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 6 on hard. Maria Kirilenko narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

  • Match story: Maria Kirilenko closed it out in three sets, 6–3 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

2–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-09-30BeijingR64hardMaria Kirilenko7-5 6-2
2012-05-07MadridR64clayMaria Kirilenko6-2 7-5
2010-01-18Australian OpenQFhardJie Zheng6-1 6-3
2009-05-11MadridR64clayJie Zheng6-4 6-4
2008-05-26Roland GarrosR64clayJie Zheng4-6 6-3 6-2
2005-09-26GuangzhouQFhardJie Zheng6-3 6-7(10) 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Kirilenko M.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Zheng J.

Zheng J.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Kirilenko M.

Serve advantage — Kirilenko M.

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
Kirilenko M.Zheng J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
45%
Service points won·Even
59%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.8
0.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.3
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (105 vs 100). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kirilenko M.Zheng J.
Clutch Rating·Even
59
56
Break points saved·Clear edge
72
55
Break points won·Slight edge
74
80
Deciding sets·Even
71
71
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
66
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
21°COvercast
Wind 23 km/hHumidity 39%

Draw

Final
Azarenka V.
Stosur S.
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Stosur S.
Bartoli M.
6-30-0
Azarenka V.
Radwanska A.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Stosur S.
Niculescu M.
6-22-66-3
Radwanska A.
Mchale C.
6-16-1
Azarenka V.
Wickmayer Y.
6-06-4
Bartoli M.
Safarova L.
7-54-66-1
R16
Mchale C.
Peer S.
4-66-36-4
Wickmayer Y.
Pervak K.
6-46-0
Azarenka V.
Halep S.
6-36-1
Safarova L.
Kuznetsova S.
7-666-3
Bartoli M.
Pironkova T.
6-36-3
Stosur S.
Cetkovska P.
6-36-2
Niculescu M.
Bondarenko K.
7-656-4
Radwanska A.
Lepchenko V.
7-56-1
R32
Lepchenko V.
Goerges J.
7-647-65
Niculescu M.
Zvonareva V.
7-53-2
Bartoli M.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-26-0
Pironkova T.
Kerber A.
6-46-1
Kuznetsova S.
Kirilenko M.
6-46-4
Stosur S.
Cirstea S.
6-47-65
Azarenka V.
Barthel M.
6-16-0
Halep S.
Benesova I.
6-46-4
Pervak K.
Razzano V.
6-46-0
Wickmayer Y.
Schiavone F.
7-646-4
Radwanska A.
Keothavong A.
6-16-2
Mchale C.
Peng S.
5-76-36-2
Peer S.
Jankovic J.
7-636-2
Bondarenko K.
Pennetta F.
6-46-2
Cetkovska P.
Ivanovic A.
6-46-4
Safarova L.
Wozniacki C.
4-66-47-63
R64
Barthel M.
Garcia C.
7-667-64
Keothavong A.
Paszek T.
7-647-65
Ivanovic A.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-14-1
Peng S.
Al Nabhani F.
6-07-5
Benesova I.
Strycova B.
4-66-36-1
Medina Garrigues A.
Koukalova K.
6-46-1
Safarova L.
Radwanska U.
6-36-4
Kirilenko M.
Zheng J.
6-33-66-3
Kuznetsova S.
Martinez Sanchez M.
7-56-3
Kerber A.
Lisicki S.
4-66-46-1
Wickmayer Y.
Morita A.
6-26-1
Lepchenko V.
Wozniak A.
6-36-3
Goerges J.
Yakimova A.
6-26-2
Pironkova T.
Hercog P.
6-06-4
Halep S.
Hantuchova D.
3-66-27-64
Cirstea S.
Gajdosova J.
6-46-1
Cetkovska P.
Martic P.
7-657-5
Pennetta F.
Cibulkova D.
6-32-67-5
Bondarenko K.
Dushevina V.
7-56-2
Niculescu M.
Vesnina E.
6-16-0
Peer S.
Lalami N.
6-06-0
Mchale C.
Scheepers C.
6-46-3
Pervak K.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
1-66-26-3
Razzano V.
Jabeur O.
6-32-66-3