Shuai Zhang vs Magda Linette — Birmingham Round of 32

Birmingham · WTA · Round of 32
Shuai Zhang
CHN
Shuai Zhang
#54WTA
1718ELO
1619Grass ELO
37 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWLWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 June 2017
grass
Magda Linette
POL
Magda Linette
#51WTA
1831ELO
1669Grass ELO
$732kYTD
$8.8MCAREER
34 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWWLWWL
Zhang S.
7-5 7-5
Linette M.
Zhang S.
772
Linette M.
550

Shuai Zhang defeated Magda Linette 7-5 7-5 in the Birmingham round of 32 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Magda Linette came in ranked #51, defending last year's round of 32. Shuai Zhang extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Key context

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2020-01-06ShenzhenR32hardShuai Zhang6-4 6-2
2018-01-08HobartR32hardShuai Zhang7-5 6-3
2017-08-21New HavenR16hardShuai Zhang6-3 6-7(4) 6-3
2014-04-14Kuala LumpurQFhardShuai Zhang6-2 2-6 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Zhang S.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Linette M.

Linette M.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Zhang 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
Zhang S.Linette M.
1st serve in·Even
66%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
48%
Service points won·Even
58%
58%
Return points won·Even
42%
42%
Break points saved·Even
52%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.3
3.2
Double faults / match·Even
2.2
2.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Zhang S.Linette M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
62
79
Break points saved·Dominant
55
86
Break points won·Slight edge
83
75
Deciding sets·Slight edge
78
89
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
82
88

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

Freshness

Recent load
Zhang S.Linette M.
Freshness·Clear edge
99
86

Zhang S.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d) · Linette M.: 1 day rest · 1 match, 22 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.[7]
Barty A.
4-66-36-2
Semi-finals
Barty A.
Muguruza G.[6]
3-66-46-3
Kvitova P.[7]
Safarova L.
6-11-0
Quarter-finals
Barty A.
Giorgi C.
5-2
Kvitova P.[7]
Mladenovic K.[5]
6-47-65
Safarova L.
Saville D.[9]
6-746-37-65
Muguruza G.[6]
Vandeweghe C.
4-66-40-0
R16
Muguruza G.[6]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-16-4
Mladenovic K.[5]
Zhang S.
6-47-63
Giorgi C.
Svitolina E.[2]
6-44-66-2
Barty A.
Strycova B.[8]
6-33-66-1
Vandeweghe C.
Konta J.[4]
6-16-3
Kvitova P.[7]
Broady N.
6-26-2
Saville D.[9]
Siniakova K.
7-52-66-4
Safarova L.
Osaka N.
6-26-4
R32
Svitolina E.[2]
Watson H.
6-25-76-3
Giorgi C.
Vikhlyantseva N.
6-37-64
Barty A.
Vondrousova M.
7-57-61
Strycova B.[8]
Putintseva Y.
6-36-3
Konta J.[4]
Tsurenko L.
6-37-66
Vandeweghe C.
Mchale C.
6-46-2
Riske Amritraj A.
Vekic D.
6-27-62
Muguruza G.[6]
Kulichkova E.
6-33-66-4
Kvitova P.[7]
Smitkova T.
6-26-3
Zhang S.
Linette M.
7-57-5
Mladenovic K.[5]
Duan Y.
6-37-62
Saville D.[9]
Hsieh S.
6-46-4
Siniakova K.
Hibino N.
7-57-5
Osaka N.
Davis L.
6-12-67-64
Safarova L.
Cibulkova D.[3]
5-77-677-5
Broady N.
Cornet A.
7-636-0