Jie Zheng vs Tsvetana Pironkova — New Haven Round of 32

New Haven · WTA · Round of 32
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 20 August 2012
hard
BUL
Tsvetana Pironkova
38 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLWLLW
Zheng J.
7-5 6-2
Pironkova T.
Zheng J.
762
Pironkova T.
52–

Jie Zheng defeated Tsvetana Pironkova 7-5 6-2 in the New Haven round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tsvetana Pironkova came in defending last year's round of 32. Jie Zheng extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Jie Zheng closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–2.

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-10-29Tournament of ChampionsRRhardTsvetana Pironkova2-6 6-4 7-6(4)
2006-08-07StockholmSFhardJie Zheng6-2 7-6(5)

Serve vs return

This season
Zheng J.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Pironkova T.

Pironkova T.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Zheng J.

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
Zheng J.Pironkova T.
1st serve in·Clear edge
70%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
52%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.4
2.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.4
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (100 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zheng J.Pironkova T.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
56
20
Break points saved·Slight edge
55
46
Break points won·Even
80
78
Deciding sets·Dominant
71
7
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
73
61

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.
Kirilenko M.
7-697-5
Semi-finals
Kirilenko M.
Wozniacki C.
7-50-0
Kvitova P.
Errani S.
6-16-3
Quarter-finals
Wozniacki C.
Cibulkova D.
6-26-1
Kirilenko M.
Govortsova O.
6-16-2
Errani S.
Bartoli M.
6-46-2
Kvitova P.
Safarova L.
6-36-3
R16
Kirilenko M.
Barthel M.
W/O
Govortsova O.
Radwanska A.
6-02-1
Kvitova P.
Gibbs N.
6-26-4
Safarova L.
Zheng J.
6-46-0
Errani S.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-46-3
Bartoli M.
Stephens S.
6-10-66-3
Cibulkova D.
Petkovic A.
6-46-1
Wozniacki C.
Arvidsson S.
7-646-2
R32
Safarova L.
Lepchenko V.
6-34-1
Kirilenko M.
Peer S.
6-26-2
Wozniacki C.
Makarova K.
6-36-3
Arvidsson S.
Oudin M.
6-46-1
Barthel M.
Hantuchova D.
6-37-5
Govortsova O.
Dushevina V.
6-756-46-2
Gibbs N.
Glatch A.
6-41-66-4
Zheng J.
Pironkova T.
7-56-2
Errani S.
Mattek Sands B.
6-47-5
Suarez Navarro C.
Szavay A.
7-636-4
Stephens S.
Paszek T.
6-36-1
Bartoli M.
Robson L.
6-36-3
Cibulkova D.
Medina Garrigues A.
7-56-3
Petkovic A.
Babos T.
6-35-77-5