Nao Hibino vs Kai Lin Zhang — Nanchang Round of 32

Nanchang · WTA · Round of 32
Nao Hibino
JPN
Nao Hibino
#235WTA
1560ELO
1523Hard ELO
31 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLWLLWWLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 24 July 2017
hard
CHN
Kai Lin Zhang
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLW
Hibino N.
6-2 3-6 6-3
Zhang K.
Hibino N.
6362
Zhang K.
2631

Nao Hibino defeated Kai Lin Zhang 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the Nanchang round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Kai Lin Zhang came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

  • Match story: Nao Hibino closed it out in three sets, 6–2 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Hibino N.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Zhang K.

Zhang K.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Hibino N.

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
Hibino N.Zhang K.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
43%
Service points won·Even
56%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
46%
Break points saved·Even
54%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.9
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.6
5.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 40). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Hibino N.Zhang K.
Freshness·
91
—

Hibino N.: 2 days rest · 1 match, 16 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Peng S.[2]
Hibino N.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Peng S.[2]
Han X.
6-06-3
Hibino N.
Wang Y.
6-06-2
Quarter-finals
Peng S.[2]
Zhu L.
7-626-0
Han X.
Rodionova A.
6-17-5
Hibino N.
Lu J.
6-26-3
Wang Y.
Hsieh S.
7-676-0
R16
Hibino N.
Pliskova K.[3]
0-3
Zhu L.
Xun F.
6-36-4
Han X.
Wang Q.[4]
5-77-626-3
Rodionova A.
Liu F.
6-46-2
Lu J.
Jankovic J.[6]
2-66-16-2
Wang Y.
Chang K.
6-06-2
Peng S.[2]
Martincova T.
6-23-2
Hsieh S.
Hozumi E.
4-66-36-4
R32
Peng S.[2]
Nara K.
7-54-66-3
Martincova T.
Kudryavtseva A.
7-52-66-4
Xun F.
Zheng W.
3-67-56-2
Zhu L.
Ozaki R.[8]
6-07-5
Wang Q.[4]
Dart H.
6-46-1
Han X.
Plipuech P.
6-17-66
Liu F.
You X.
6-31-66-4
Rodionova A.
Duan Y.[5]
7-56-4
Jankovic J.[6]
Kang J.
6-27-5
Lu J.
Diyas Z.
6-31-67-66
Hibino N.
Zhang K.
6-23-66-3
Pliskova K.[3]
Jang S.
6-37-64
Hozumi E.
Zheng S.[7]
2-66-26-0
Hsieh S.
Gao X.
6-37-64
Wang Y.
Kato M.
6-16-4
Chang K.
Zhang S.[1]
6-46-766-4