Lesia Tsurenko vs Jelena Jankovic — Guangzhou Final

Guangzhou · WTA · Final
UKR
Lesia Tsurenko
37 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLWWWLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 September 2016
hard
SRB2
Jelena Jankovic
41 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLW
Tsurenko L.
6-4 3-6 6-4
Jankovic J.
Tsurenko L.
6362
Jankovic J.
4641

Lesia Tsurenko defeated Jelena Jankovic 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the Guangzhou final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jelena Jankovic came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending the title, but Lesia Tsurenko had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 4 on hard. Lesia Tsurenko claimed a first win over Jelena Jankovic in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Lesia Tsurenko closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 6–4.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-03-09Indian WellsQFhardJelena Jankovic6-1 4-1 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Tsurenko L.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Jankovic J.

Jankovic J.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Tsurenko L.

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
Tsurenko L.Jankovic J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
53%
56%
Return points won·Slight edge
49%
44%
Break points saved·Even
53%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.3
2.9
Double faults / match·Even
3.6
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 73). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Tsurenko L.Jankovic J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
64
59
Break points saved·Dominant
37
80
Break points won·Even
94
91
Deciding sets·Dominant
90
55
Tiebreaks·Dominant
85
50

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
Tsurenko L.
Jankovic J.[2]
6-43-66-4
Semi-finals
Jankovic J.[2]
Konjuh A.[3]
7-57-67
Tsurenko L.
Kontaveit A.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Jankovic J.[2]
Lisicki S.
7-646-4
Konjuh A.[3]
Brady J.
6-47-5
Tsurenko L.
Riske Amritraj A.[5]
3-66-46-0
Kontaveit A.
Golubic V.
6-44-66-3
R16
Lisicki S.
Peng S.
6-46-1
Konjuh A.[3]
Shapatava S.
6-17-62
Brady J.
Kovinic D.[6]
6-37-5
Riske Amritraj A.[5]
Govortsova O.
2-66-27-61
Tsurenko L.
Abduraimova N.
6-26-2
Kontaveit A.
Zhu L.
6-13-66-0
Golubic V.
Errani S.[1]
6-776-36-4
Jankovic J.[2]
Peterson R.
6-11-0
R32
Brady J.
Pivovarova A.
4-66-44-0
Kovinic D.[6]
Wang Y.
6-36-4
Riske Amritraj A.[5]
Xun F.
6-36-3
Govortsova O.
Kulichkova E.
7-56-726-4
Tsurenko L.
Namigata J.
6-46-1
Zhu L.
Kichenok L.
6-46-3
Golubic V.
Allertova D.
3-66-37-64
Errani S.[1]
Han X.
4-67-57-68
Jankovic J.[2]
You X.
6-26-1
Peterson R.
Xu S.
6-36-1
Konjuh A.[3]
Maria T.
6-26-2
Shapatava S.
King V.
6-37-5
Peng S.
Zheng S.[8]
4-66-26-3
Abduraimova N.
Ferrando C.
6-46-3
Kontaveit A.
Siniakova K.[7]
6-16-1
Lisicki S.
Ng K.
6-26-0