Sara Errani vs Kai Lin Zhang — Guangzhou Round of 16

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 16
ITA3
Sara Errani
39 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 21 September 2015
hard
CHN
Kai Lin Zhang
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLW
Errani S.
6-7 6-4 6-2
Zhang K.
Errani S.
66662
Zhang K.
78421

Sara Errani defeated Kai Lin Zhang 6-7 6-4 6-2 in the Guangzhou round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Kai Lin Zhang came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Errani S.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Zhang K.

Zhang K.serving50% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Errani S.

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
Errani S.Zhang K.
1st serve in·Clear edge
78%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
55%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
42%
Service points won·Even
52%
52%
Return points won·Even
48%
46%
Break points saved·Even
49%
49%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.3
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.1
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 61). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Jankovic J.[4]
Allertova D.
6-26-0
Semi-finals
Allertova D.
Errani S.[3]
7-56-2
Jankovic J.[4]
Wickmayer Y.
6-32-67-5
Quarter-finals
Allertova D.
Halep S.[1]
6-46-3
Errani S.[3]
Zheng S.[8]
6-16-0
Jankovic J.[4]
Kuznetsova S.[5]
6-27-5
Wickmayer Y.
Niculescu M.[6]
6-26-2
R16
Allertova D.
Jovanovski B.
6-37-65
Zheng S.[8]
Kontaveit A.
6-17-611
Kuznetsova S.[5]
Radwanska U.
6-06-1
Jankovic J.[4]
Schiavone F.
7-54-66-4
Niculescu M.[6]
Peterson R.
6-36-2
Wickmayer Y.
Puig M.
6-36-4
Errani S.[3]
Zhang K.
6-766-46-2
Halep S.[1]
Babos T.
6-46-0
R32
Schiavone F.
Zhang S.
6-46-4
Jovanovski B.
Kovinic D.[7]
6-46-2
Halep S.[1]
Martic P.
6-46-2
Babos T.
Yang Z.
6-36-0
Allertova D.
Friedsam A.
6-37-63
Errani S.[3]
Duan Y.
6-33-66-2
Zhang K.
Jabeur O.
6-36-3
Kontaveit A.
Hsieh S.
6-16-3
Kuznetsova S.[5]
Hantuchova D.
6-47-5
Jankovic J.[4]
Vesnina E.
7-636-3
Niculescu M.[6]
Putintseva Y.
7-651-66-3
Wickmayer Y.
Linette M.
6-46-4
Puig M.
Petkovic A.[2]
6-16-4
Peterson R.
Wang Y.
6-33-66-4
Zheng S.[8]
Krunic A.
6-26-1
Radwanska U.
Wang Q.
6-36-2