Saisai Zheng vs Angelique Kerber — Doha Round of 32

Doha · WTA · Round of 32
CHN
Saisai Zheng
#1500WTA
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 February 2016
hard
GER1
Angelique Kerber
38 yrs · 173 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Zheng S.
7-5 6-1
Kerber A.
Zheng S.
762
Kerber A.
510

Saisai Zheng defeated Angelique Kerber 7-5 6-1 in the Doha round of 32 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Saisai Zheng came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zheng S.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Kerber A.

Kerber A.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Zheng 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
Zheng S.Kerber A.
1st serve in·Even
67%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
52%
57%
Aces / match·Even
1.2
1.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.3
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 198). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zheng S.Kerber A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
19
87
Break points saved·Dominant
16
91
Break points won·Clear edge
71
95
Deciding sets·Dominant
50
86
Tiebreaks·Dominant
40
90

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
26°CClear
Wind 29 km/hHumidity 38%

Draw

Final
Suarez Navarro C.[8]
Ostapenko J.
1-66-46-4
Semi-finals
Ostapenko J.
Petkovic A.
7-51-0
Suarez Navarro C.[8]
Radwanska A.[3]
6-26-0
Quarter-finals
Suarez Navarro C.[8]
Vesnina E.
6-37-63
Radwanska A.[3]
Vinci R.[9]
3-66-26-3
Petkovic A.
Muguruza G.[4]
6-15-76-2
Ostapenko J.
Zheng S.
6-46-3
R16
Vesnina E.
Wozniacki C.[13]
7-55-76-3
Vinci R.[9]
Buyukakcay C.
7-56-1
Petkovic A.
Vandeweghe C.
6-36-4
Muguruza G.[4]
Babos T.
6-27-5
Radwanska A.[3]
Niculescu M.
7-56-1
Suarez Navarro C.[8]
Bacsinszky T.[11]
6-26-2
Ostapenko J.
Kvitova P.[5]
5-76-26-1
Zheng S.
Bouchard E.
7-616-1
R32
Vinci R.[9]
Kasatkina D.
2-66-47-63
Babos T.
Errani S.[16]
6-46-1
Vandeweghe C.
Bencic B.[6]
6-46-2
Suarez Navarro C.[8]
Vekic D.
7-656-4
Radwanska A.[3]
Bondarenko K.
6-46-4
Buyukakcay C.
Safarova L.[7]
7-667-5
Petkovic A.
Gasparyan M.
6-36-3
Bouchard E.
Allertova D.
7-607-5
Vesnina E.
Halep S.[2]
6-716-46-1
Wozniacki C.[13]
Saville D.
6-36-3
Bacsinszky T.[11]
Putintseva Y.
6-27-60
Niculescu M.
Jankovic J.[14]
3-66-47-5
Muguruza G.[4]
Hibino N.
6-26-0
Kvitova P.[5]
Strycova B.
7-626-4
Ostapenko J.
Kuznetsova S.[12]
7-656-0
Zheng S.
Kerber A.[1]
7-56-1
R64
Vesnina E.
Garcia C.
6-37-5
Saville D.
Doi M.
6-16-1
Wozniacki C.[13]
Konjuh A.
4-66-37-5
Bacsinszky T.[11]
Mattek Sands B.
6-776-16-3
Putintseva Y.
Schmiedlova A.
6-26-4
Bondarenko K.
Beck A.
6-46-4
Niculescu M.
Lisicki S.
6-26-2
Vinci R.[9]
Tsurenko L.
6-26-1
Kasatkina D.
Wang Q.
6-12-66-3
Buyukakcay C.
Hradecka L.
6-46-756-2
Vandeweghe C.
Flipkens K.
7-56-2
Petkovic A.
Makarova K.
6-36-2
Gasparyan M.
Pliskova K.[10]
6-16-1
Errani S.[16]
Pironkova T.
1-67-56-3
Babos T.
Brengle M.
3-67-56-0
Hibino N.
Shvedova Y.
6-36-756-3
Strycova B.
Mladenovic K.
6-36-4
Ostapenko J.
Diyas Z.
6-16-3
Kuznetsova S.[12]
Goerges J.
6-36-3
Allertova D.
Svitolina E.[15]
7-56-4
Bouchard E.
Sevastova A.
5-76-37-64
Zheng S.
Lepchenko V.
6-27-66
Jankovic J.[14]
Cepelova J.
6-46-756-0
Vekic D.
Al Nabhani F.
6-06-0