Mathilde Johansson vs Saisai Zheng — Guangzhou Round of 16

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 16
FRA
Mathilde Johansson
41 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 17 September 2012
hard
CHN
Saisai Zheng
#1500WTA
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Johansson M.
6-2 4-6 7-5
Zheng S.
Johansson M.
6472
Zheng S.
2651

Mathilde Johansson defeated Saisai Zheng 6-2 4-6 7-5 in the Guangzhou round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Saisai Zheng came in defending last year's round of 32, but Mathilde Johansson had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 5 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Johansson M.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Zheng S.

Zheng S.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Johansson M.

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
Johansson M.Zheng S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
46%
Service points won·Even
53%
54%
Return points won·Even
46%
45%
Break points saved·Even
51%
51%
Aces / match·Even
0.7
1.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.8
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (62 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Johansson M.Zheng S.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
5
19
Break points saved·Clear edge
33
16
Break points won·Clear edge
59
71
Deciding sets·Dominant
17
50
Tiebreaks·
—
40

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
Hsieh S.
Robson L.
6-35-76-4
Semi-finals
Robson L.
Cirstea S.
6-46-2
Hsieh S.
Radwanska U.
6-13-66-0
Quarter-finals
Radwanska U.
Scheepers C.
6-17-5
Robson L.
Peng S.
7-55-76-2
Cirstea S.
Cornet A.
6-46-3
Hsieh S.
Johansson M.
6-36-0
R16
Cornet A.
Govortsova O.
6-40-0
Cirstea S.
Duan Y.
6-17-60
Robson L.
Zheng J.
6-36-3
Peng S.
Luangnam N.
6-26-1
Scheepers C.
Jovanovski B.
6-46-1
Radwanska U.
Minella M.
6-26-3
Johansson M.
Zheng S.
6-24-67-5
Hsieh S.
Chang K.
6-06-3
R32
Chang K.
Bartoli M.
4-3
Cornet A.
Panova A.
6-31-1
Zheng J.
Chan Y.
5-3
Robson L.
Torro Flor M.
6-23-1
Luangnam N.
Gajdosova J.
6-756-46-2
Hsieh S.
Bratchikova N.
7-56-3
Peng S.
Morita A.
7-636-0
Govortsova O.
Diyas Z.
7-56-2
Scheepers C.
Wang Q.
6-06-3
Jovanovski B.
Babos T.
6-16-3
Minella M.
Parmentier P.
7-53-66-3
Radwanska U.
Czink M.
7-616-2
Johansson M.
Niculescu M.
7-56-2
Zheng S.
Cohen J.
7-617-5
Cirstea S.
Hu Y.
6-27-5
Duan Y.
Kumkhum L.
6-26-1