Monica Puig vs Ling Zhang — Guangzhou Round of 16

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 16
PUR
Monica Puig
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 September 2014
hard
HKG
Ling Zhang
36 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLW
Puig M.
6-4 6-4
Zhang L.
Puig M.
662
Zhang L.
440

Monica Puig defeated Ling Zhang 6-4 6-4 in the Guangzhou round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Monica Puig came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

  • Match story: Monica Puig edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Puig M.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Zhang L.

Zhang L.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Puig 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
Puig M.Zhang L.
1st serve in·Even
62%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
45%
Service points won·Slight edge
58%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
46%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.1
1.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.5
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 33). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Niculescu M.
Cornet A.[2]
6-46-0
Semi-finals
Niculescu M.
Wang Y.
6-06-2
Cornet A.[2]
Bacsinszky T.
6-17-65
Quarter-finals
Wang Y.
Zhang K.
3-66-26-2
Niculescu M.
Puig M.
6-26-2
Bacsinszky T.
Torro Flor M.
6-26-3
Cornet A.[2]
Hsieh S.
7-656-1
R16
Wang Y.
Martic P.
7-656-3
Zhang K.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-27-5
Niculescu M.
Doi M.
6-26-1
Puig M.
Zhang L.
6-46-4
Torro Flor M.
Xu Y.
6-757-56-2
Bacsinszky T.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-26-2
Hsieh S.
Zhu L.
6-46-2
Cornet A.[2]
Peer S.
3-67-56-1
R32
Wang Y.
Stosur S.[1]
2-66-26-2
Martic P.
Cirstea S.
7-636-1
Riske Amritraj A.
Larsson J.
6-47-65
Zhang K.
Cepelova J.[7]
6-16-4
Niculescu M.
Jovanovski B.[4]
6-26-2
Doi M.
Piter K.
5-76-46-3
Puig M.
Knapp K.
6-14-66-2
Zhang L.
Diyas Z.[5]
6-46-1
Torro Flor M.
Beck A.[8]
6-47-65
Bacsinszky T.
Linette M.
6-24-66-4
Soler Espinosa S.
Stephens S.[3]
6-34-66-4
Zhu L.
Vinci R.[6]
6-37-67
Hsieh S.
Van Uytvanck A.
7-622-66-4
Peer S.
Parmentier P.
7-686-3
Cornet A.[2]
Putintseva Y.
6-16-1
Xu Y.
Mayr Achleitner P.
6-26-3