Zhe Li vs Mohamed Safwat — Shenzhen CH Semi-final

Shenzhen CH · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
CHN
Zhe Li
#1964ATP
39 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLWLWWLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 28 October 2019
hard
EGY15
Mohamed Safwat
#1884ATP
35 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
Li Z.
6-4 6-2
Safwat M.
Li Z.
662
Safwat M.
420

Zhe Li defeated Mohamed Safwat 6-4 6-2 in the Shenzhen CH semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Mohamed Safwat came in ranked #1884, defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Li Z.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Safwat M.

Safwat M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Li Z.

Even serve battle

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
Li Z.Safwat M.
1st serve in·Even
64%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
68%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
54%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
58%
Aces / match·Even
3.7
3.8
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.2
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (102 vs 188). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Li Z.Safwat M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
23
8
Break points saved·Slight edge
58
64
Break points won·Clear edge
18
2
Deciding sets·Dominant
44
17
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
31
21

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Final
Baghdatis M.[2]
Napolitano S.
6-23-66-4
Zhang Z.[8]
Li Z.
6-34-66-1
Semi-finals
Baghdatis M.[2]
Crepatte B.
6-46-2
Napolitano S.
Schnur B.[1]
6-36-4
Zhang Z.[8]
Ferreira Silva F.[13]
6-14-1
Li Z.
Safwat M.[15]
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Schnur B.[1]
Lee D.
6-44-67-5
Baghdatis M.[2]
Kwon S.[5]
6-43-66-3
Crepatte B.
Polmans M.
6-36-1
Napolitano S.
Lopez Perez E.
6-46-4
Safwat M.[15]
Yevseyev D.
7-56-2
Ferreira Silva F.[13]
Jung J.[5]
7-654-66-4
Zhang Z.[8]
Soeda G.[4]
7-606-4
Li Z.
Safiullin R.
6-756-17-5
R16
Kwon S.[5]
Purcell M.
6-36-3
Polmans M.
Bourgue M.
6-7126-47-66
Crepatte B.
Otte O.[3]
6-44-66-4
Baghdatis M.[2]
Nedovyesov A.[14]
6-36-2
Napolitano S.
Chung Y.
5-76-27-64
Lopez Perez E.
Rola B.[15]
3-66-36-4
Lee D.
Li Z.
6-36-3
Schnur B.[1]
Giustino L.[13]
4-67-56-2
Zhang Z.[8]
Gojo B.
6-22-1
Ferreira Silva F.[13]
Tseng C.
6-756-36-4
Jung J.[5]
Wu T.
7-626-4
Soeda G.[4]
Bai Y.[16]
4-66-36-3
Safwat M.[15]
Kwon S.[1]
6-47-66
Li Z.
Lopez Perez E.[9]
6-36-3
Safiullin R.
Sugita Y.[3]
2-67-56-3
Yevseyev D.
Gabashvili T.
6-45-77-64
R32
Purcell M.
Moraing M.[12]
4-3
Chung Y.
Molleker R.[9]
6-46-1
Giustino L.[13]
Barranco Cosano J.
6-36-4
Li Z.
Sela D.[11]
2-4
Kwon S.[5]
Ignatik U.
6-37-5
Otte O.[3]
Banes M.
6-26-2
Schnur B.[1]
Hernandez J.
3-66-06-4
Lopez Perez E.
Duckworth J.[4]
6-46-2
Nedovyesov A.[14]
Galovic V.
6-46-4
Lee D.
Sugita Y.[7]
6-36-4
Rola B.[15]
Soeda G.
6-46-3
Baghdatis M.[2]
Mukund S.
6-47-5
Crepatte B.
Zhang Z.[16]
7-676-4
Polmans M.
Davidovich Fokina A.[10]
6-32-66-3
Bourgue M.
Moriya H.[6]
6-16-1
Napolitano S.
Ward J.[8]
6-47-5
Gojo B.
Reboul F.
7-657-67
Li Z.
Jaziri M.[7]
4-66-45-0
Jung J.[5]
Santanna B.
6-46-3
Soeda G.[4]
Kravchuk K.
6-746-47-5
Gabashvili T.
Eubanks C.[12]
7-56-2
Tseng C.
Matsui T.
7-632-1
Safiullin R.
Istomin D.[14]
4-67-52-0
Kwon S.[1]
Lee D.
6-26-2
Bai Y.[16]
Sultanov K.
6-37-5
Wu T.
Ramanathan R.[10]
6-37-66
Ferreira Silva F.[13]
Yang T.
6-36-0
Zhang Z.[8]
Oliveira G.
6-06-1
Lopez Perez E.[9]
Forejtek J.
6-16-4
Sugita Y.[3]
Sun F.
7-56-2
Yevseyev D.
Diez S.[6]
6-36-2
Safwat M.[15]
Nedelko I.
7-636-1
R64
Purcell M.
Clezar G.
7-637-63
Galovic V.
Tiurnev E.
7-54-66-3
Napolitano S.
Wu Y.
6-46-4
Chung Y.
Safwat M.
6-36-1
Banes M.
Wu D.
6-36-4
Polmans M.
Maamoun K.
7-54-66-3
Lee D.
Xia Z.
6-36-1
Mukund S.
He Y.
6-36-2
Crepatte B.
Karlovskiy E.
6-36-4
Bourgue M.
Peliwo F.
6-16-3
Soeda G.
Brancaccio R.
7-656-3
Lopez Perez E.
Sinclair C.
6-26-4
Li Z.
Zhang Z.
6-26-3
Barranco Cosano J.
Cachin P.
6-46-4
Hernandez J.
Myneni S.
6-27-65
Ignatik U.
Serdarusic N.
6-26-4
Kravchuk K.
Mo Y.
6-46-0
Sun F.
Sabanov M.
6-46-4
Gabashvili T.
Li Y.
6-36-2
Yevseyev D.
Wang C.
6-06-1
Safiullin R.
Kalenichenko D.
7-606-4
Nedelko I.
Doumbia S.
6-36-3
Santanna B.
Gao X.
6-46-2
Tseng C.
Wu D.
6-16-776-3
Yang T.
Duan J.
6-36-1
Sultanov K.
Rawat S.
6-26-2
Oliveira G.
Cui J.
6-766-16-4
Li Z.
Nam J.
6-26-1
Wu T.
Barrientos N.
6-37-5
Gojo B.
Van Rijthoven T.
6-37-65
Forejtek J.
Chung Y.
6-46-3
Lee D.
Uchida K.
7-56-1