Jie Zheng vs Samantha Stosur — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · WTA · Round of 32
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 7 January 2013
hard
AUS
Samantha Stosur
42 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
Zheng J.
6-3 6-7 6-4
Stosur S.
Zheng J.
66762
Stosur S.
37941

Jie Zheng defeated Samantha Stosur 6-3 6-7 6-4 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Samantha Stosur came in defending last year's round of 32, but Jie Zheng had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 6 on hard. Jie Zheng extended the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

  • Match story: Jie Zheng closed it out in three sets, 6–3 6–7 6–4.

Head to head

3–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-01-14Australian OpenR64hardJie Zheng6-4 1-6 7-5
2011-10-10OsakaSFhardSamantha Stosur7-6(5) 3-6 6-3
2011-03-21MiamiR64hardSamantha Stosur6-2 6-1
2009-08-03Los AngelesQFhardSamantha Stosur4-6 6-3 6-4
2009-02-16DubaiR32hardJie Zheng3-6 7-5 7-5
2005-04-23Fed Cup G1 PO: CHN vs AUSRRhardJie Zheng6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Zheng J.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Stosur S.

Stosur S.serving71% hold

wins 59% 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.Stosur S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
70%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
57%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
45%
Service points won·Slight edge
53%
58%
Return points won·Even
45%
41%
Break points saved·Even
53%
57%
Aces / match·Dominant
0.4
4.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.4
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (60 vs 197). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zheng J.Stosur S.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
56
45
Break points saved·Dominant
55
85
Break points won·Clear edge
80
61
Deciding sets·Dominant
71
45
Tiebreaks·Dominant
73
47

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
Radwanska A.
Cibulkova D.
6-06-0
Semi-finals
Cibulkova D.
Kerber A.
6-24-66-3
Radwanska A.
Li N.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Li N.
Keys M.
4-67-626-2
Cibulkova D.
Errani S.
6-26-1
Radwanska A.
Vinci R.
6-47-5
Kerber A.
Kuznetsova S.
6-37-5
R16
Kerber A.
Voskoboeva G.
6-27-5
Kuznetsova S.
Wozniacki C.
7-641-66-2
Errani S.
Kirilenko M.
6-16-1
Li N.
Morita A.
6-16-0
Radwanska A.
Date Krumm K.
6-46-3
Vinci R.
Jankovic J.
3-66-47-64
Keys M.
Zheng J.
6-06-4
Cibulkova D.
Makarova K.
7-631-67-61
R32
Voskoboeva G.
Wickmayer Y.
3-67-656-2
Keys M.
Safarova L.
6-26-1
Wozniacki C.
Radwanska U.
6-16-2
Kuznetsova S.
Goerges J.
3-66-36-3
Li N.
Mchale C.
7-627-5
Zheng J.
Stosur S.
6-36-776-4
Cibulkova D.
Kvitova P.
6-16-1
Date Krumm K.
Dellacqua C.
6-46-1
Vinci R.
Petrova N.
7-57-5
Jankovic J.
Paszek T.
6-27-65
Morita A.
Hantuchova D.
1-66-36-3
Kirilenko M.
Rogowska O.
7-56-2
Makarova K.
Lepchenko V.
6-44-66-1
Errani S.
Pliskova K.
6-16-3