Garbine Muguruza vs Saisai Zheng — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · WTA · Round of 32
ESP12
Garbine Muguruza
32 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 18 February 2019
hard
CHN
Saisai Zheng
#1510WTA
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Muguruza G.
7-5 6-2
Zheng S.
Muguruza G.
762
Zheng S.
520

Garbine Muguruza defeated Saisai Zheng 7-5 6-2 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Garbine Muguruza came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's semi-final. Garbine Muguruza extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-05-13RomeR64clayGarbine Muguruza6-3 6-4
2019-01-14Australian OpenR128hardGarbine Muguruza6-2 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Muguruza G.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Zheng S.

Zheng S.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Muguruza G.

Serve advantage — Muguruza G.

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
Muguruza G.Zheng S.
1st serve in·Even
64%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
46%
Service points won·Even
59%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
60%
51%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.6
1.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.7
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (155 vs 111). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Muguruza G.Zheng S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
19
Break points saved·Dominant
90
16
Break points won·Clear edge
88
71
Deciding sets·Clear edge
67
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
69
40

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
22°CPartly cloudy
Wind 27 km/hHumidity 41%

Draw

Final
Bencic B.
Kvitova P.[2]
6-31-66-2
Semi-finals
Kvitova P.[2]
Hsieh S.
3-66-26-4
Bencic B.
Svitolina E.[6]
6-23-67-63
Quarter-finals
Kvitova P.[2]
Hruncakova V.
6-46-0
Hsieh S.
Pliskova K.[4]
6-41-67-5
Bencic B.
Halep S.[3]
4-66-46-2
Svitolina E.[6]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-26-3
R16
Pliskova K.[4]
Riske Amritraj A.
7-637-65
Kvitova P.[2]
Brady J.
7-51-66-3
Hruncakova V.
Kenin S.
1-67-56-2
Hsieh S.
Kerber A.[5]
5-76-46-0
Bencic B.
Sabalenka A.[8]
6-42-67-67
Halep S.[3]
Tsurenko L.
6-37-5
Suarez Navarro C.
Mladenovic K.
7-57-5
Svitolina E.[6]
Muguruza G.[12]
6-16-2
R32
Kvitova P.[2]
Siniakova K.
6-736-46-4
Kenin S.
Kasatkina D.[11]
6-32-66-4
Hruncakova V.
Bertens K.[7]
6-24-67-66
Kerber A.[5]
Jakupovic D.
7-646-3
Sabalenka A.[8]
Jorovic I.
6-46-0
Bencic B.
Voegele S.
6-16-1
Tsurenko L.
Zhu L.
6-46-756-3
Halep S.[3]
Bouchard E.
7-646-4
Muguruza G.[12]
Zheng S.
7-56-2
Suarez Navarro C.
Zhang S.
6-46-4
Mladenovic K.
Osaka N.[1]
6-36-3
Svitolina E.[6]
Jabeur O.
7-644-0
Pliskova K.[4]
Cibulkova D.
6-23-66-3
Riske Amritraj A.
Cornet A.
6-26-3
Hsieh S.
Sasnovich A.
6-16-2
Brady J.
Garcia C.[14]
6-47-5
R64
Brady J.
Ostapenko J.
6-46-0
Garcia C.[14]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-26-0
Kasatkina D.[11]
Frech M.
6-33-66-4
Kenin S.
Buzarnescu M.
6-36-0
Cornet A.
Babos T.
6-46-3
Riske Amritraj A.
Goerges J.[13]
6-47-5
Hsieh S.
Sevastova A.[10]
6-46-2
Sasnovich A.
Makarova K.
0-67-56-4
Jakupovic D.
Diyas Z.
1-66-16-2
Jorovic I.
Errani S.
4-66-46-2
Bencic B.
Hradecka L.
6-47-66
Zhu L.
Mertens E.[16]
5-76-47-5
Bouchard E.
Lapko V.
6-36-4
Jabeur O.
Vekic D.
6-47-69
Zheng S.
Tomljanovic A.
6-24-67-5
Zhang S.
Kontaveit A.[15]
7-636-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Strycova B.
6-16-3
Hruncakova V.
Pera B.
7-627-63
Tsurenko L.
Putintseva Y.
6-32-0
Mladenovic K.
Al Nabhani F.
6-16-1
Muguruza G.[12]
Yastremska D.
4-66-36-3
Voegele S.
Hercog P.
6-36-2
Siniakova K.
Martic P.
6-46-3
Cibulkova D.
Arruabarrena L.
5-76-16-2