Mohamed Safwat vs Zihao Xia — Shanghai CH Round of 16
Shanghai CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 September 2017
hard
Safwat M.6-4 7-6
Xia Z.
Safwat M.
6772
Xia Z.
4630
Mohamed Safwat defeated Zihao Xia 6-4 7-6 in the Shanghai CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Zihao Xia came in defending last year's round of 32.
Key context
- Match story: Mohamed Safwat edged Zihao Xia in two tight sets (6–4 7–6).
Head to head
No previous meetings on record.
Serve vs return
This seasonServe advantage — Safwat M.
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 season1st serve in·Even
60%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
47%
Service points won·Even
61%
57%
Return points won·Even
37%
35%
Break points saved·Even
59%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.8
2.4
Double faults / match·Even
2.5
2.3
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 59). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Conditions
Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Wu Y.
Lu Y.[1]
7-660-0
Quarter-finals
Wu Y.
Moriya H.[5]
7-656-4
Lu Y.[1]
Safwat M.[6]
6-27-5
Zhang Z.
Kelly D.
6-36-2
Bachinger M.
Jasika O.
6-16-1
R16
Moriya H.[5]
Kibi Y.
6-726-26-3
Lu Y.[1]
Saville L.
6-46-4
Zhang Z.
Lee D.[3]
6-37-64
Kelly D.
Wu D.[7]
7-644-66-2
Jasika O.
Ito T.[4]
4-66-37-5
Wu Y.
Sekiguchi S.
5-0
Bachinger M.
Bega A.
6-36-2
Safwat M.[6]
Xia Z.
6-47-63
R32
Zhang Z.
Li Z.
6-45-76-1
Xia Z.
Niki T.
2-67-666-1
Lee D.[3]
Diez S.
6-36-3
Wu Y.
Polansky P.[2]
6-37-63
Sekiguchi S.
Kudryavtsev A.
4-66-46-2
Moriya H.[5]
Takahashi Y.
6-46-3
Jasika O.
Zhang Z.
7-56-2
Bachinger M.
Mousley B.
7-657-5
Kelly D.
Sun F.
6-36-1
Safwat M.[6]
Statham J.
6-26-4
Saville L.
Wang C.
6-46-3
Ito T.[4]
Klahn B.
3-66-27-65
Wu D.[7]
Giron M.
7-666-4
Bega A.
Polmans M.[8]
7-56-0
Lu Y.[1]
Kim C.
6-26-1
Kibi Y.
Takeuchi K.
6-46-4