Hiroko Kuwata vs Jiaxi Lu — Hong Kong Round of 32

Hong Kong · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
JPN
Hiroko Kuwata
#840WTA
35 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2017 ·
hard
CHN
Jiaxi Lu
29 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLWLLLW
Kuwata H.
7-6 6-1
Lu J.
Kuwata H.
7762
Lu J.
6210

Hiroko Kuwata defeated Jiaxi Lu 7-6 6-1 in the Hong Kong round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Hiroko Kuwata came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

  • Match story: Hiroko Kuwata came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Statistics

This season
Kuwata H.Lu J.
1st serve in·Even
62%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
42%
Service points won·Even
52%
53%
Return points won·Even
47%
46%
Break points saved·Even
50%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.5
1.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.0
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 39). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw