Sam Groth vs Ze Zhang — Taipei CH Round of 32

Taipei CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
AUS2
Sam Groth
38 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 27 April 2015
hard
CHN
Ze Zhang
36 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLLLW
Groth S.
7-6 6-4
Zhang Z.
Groth S.
7762
Zhang Z.
6340

Sam Groth defeated Ze Zhang 7-6 6-4 in the Taipei CH round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Sam Groth came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Groth S.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Zhang Z.

Zhang Z.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Groth S.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Groth S.Zhang Z.
1st serve in·Slight edge
60%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
79%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
68%
62%
Return points won·Slight edge
32%
39%
Break points saved·Even
64%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
14.0
5.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.1
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (150 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Groth S.Zhang Z.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
28
23
Break points saved·Clear edge
89
77
Break points won·Dominant
7
32
Deciding sets·Clear edge
33
21
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
31
11

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
Groth S.[2]
Kravchuk K.
6-756-47-63
Semi-finals
Kravchuk K.
Ebden M.
6-737-647-64
Groth S.[2]
Bhambri Y.
6-47-5
Quarter-finals
Groth S.[2]
Ito T.[5]
6-27-64
Kravchuk K.
Lu Y.[1]
7-644-67-5
Ebden M.
Marchenko I.[7]
6-36-4
Bhambri Y.
Soeda G.[3]
6-43-66-3
R16
Kravchuk K.
Harrison R.[6]
0-1
Groth S.[2]
Smith J.
7-637-62
Ito T.[5]
Moriya H.
6-36-3
Lu Y.[1]
Niki T.
6-16-3
Ebden M.
Lacko L.[4]
7-56-3
Marchenko I.[7]
Kudla D.
6-07-5
Bhambri Y.
Wang J.[8]
6-36-1
Soeda G.[3]
Barton M.
6-736-36-4
R32
Moriya H.
Myneni S.
5-2
Barton M.
Wang C.
6-36-2
Soeda G.[3]
Ho C.
6-26-0
Ito T.[5]
Nielsen F.
6-26-3
Niki T.
Matsui T.
4-67-656-3
Wang J.[8]
Ramanathan R.
2-66-37-64
Ebden M.
Corrie E.
6-46-2
Lu Y.[1]
Chen T.
7-666-2
Kravchuk K.
Jung J.
6-757-56-3
Harrison R.[6]
Yi C.
6-36-4
Lacko L.[4]
Klein B.
6-36-4
Kudla D.
Hung J.
6-26-4
Marchenko I.[7]
Udomchoke D.
6-37-5
Bhambri Y.
Kibi Y.
6-14-66-3
Smith J.
Yu C.
6-46-3
Groth S.[2]
Zhang Z.
7-636-4