Claire Liu vs Shuai Zhang — Charleston Round of 32

Charleston · WTA · Round of 32
Claire Liu
USA
Claire Liu
#146WTA
1669ELO
1623Clay ELO
26 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 4 April 2022
clay
Shuai Zhang
CHN16
Shuai Zhang
#64WTA
1718ELO
1598Clay ELO
37 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWLWWL
Liu C.
7-5 2-6 6-4
Zhang S.
Liu C.
7262
Zhang S.
5641

Claire Liu defeated Shuai Zhang 7-5 2-6 6-4 in the Charleston round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Shuai Zhang came in ranked #64.

Key context

  • Match story: Claire Liu closed it out in three sets, 7–5 2–6 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Liu C.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Zhang S.

Zhang S.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Liu C.

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
Liu C.Zhang S.
1st serve in·Even
65%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
47%
Service points won·Even
56%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
42%
Break points saved·Even
55%
51%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
2.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.8
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (188 vs 190). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Liu C.Zhang S.
Clutch Rating·Even
61
62
Break points saved·Slight edge
64
55
Break points won·Slight edge
78
83
Deciding sets·Even
79
78
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
67
82

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Liu C.
5.4
Clear underdogUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 28 days (−0.3)
Zhang S.
5.2
Clear underdogUmpiry Score
  • Recent retirement (−1.5)
Form & Matchup
4.3+25 Clay Elo edge
Surface ELO
5.7Clay Elo 1598
3.6Overall Elo 1669
ELO gap
6.4Overall Elo 1718
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.1
Surface form
4.7
0.0
Win streak
Fatigue & Travel
Minutes 14d
7.2
8.0
Prev. match
7.0
6.2
Country comfort
4.3
6.0
Surface transition
6.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Liu C.Zhang S.
Freshness·Clear edge
80
95

Liu C.: 4 days rest · 1 match, 18 games (7d) · Zhang S.: 10 days rest · 2 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
21°CPartly cloudy
Wind 21 km/hHumidity 53%

Draw

Final
Bencic B.[10]
Jabeur O.[4]
6-15-76-4
Semi-finals
Jabeur O.[4]
Anisimova A.[15]
2-66-16-4
Bencic B.[10]
Alexandrova E.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Anisimova A.[15]
Vandeweghe C.
6-16-2
Jabeur O.[4]
Kalinina A.
6-36-2
Alexandrova E.
Linette M.
6-06-2
Bencic B.[10]
Badosa P.[2]
2-67-626-4
R16
Anisimova A.[15]
Sabalenka A.[1]
3-66-46-3
Jabeur O.[4]
Begu I.
6-36-2
Linette M.
Kanepi K.
6-34-66-2
Alexandrova E.
Pliskova K.[3]
6-36-1
Vandeweghe C.
Pegula J.[6]
6-43-66-4
Bencic B.[10]
Keys M.[9]
6-46-4
Kalinina A.
Cornet A.[12]
7-657-5
Badosa P.[2]
Liu C.
3-67-686-1
R32
Pliskova K.[3]
Zavatska K.
5-77-56-4
Liu C.
Zhang S.[16]
7-52-66-4
Sabalenka A.[1]
Riske Amritraj A.
7-636-4
Anisimova A.[15]
Putintseva Y.
6-16-2
Vandeweghe C.
Davis L.
3-66-36-3
Pegula J.[6]
Paolini J.
6-26-1
Jabeur O.[4]
Navarro E.
6-36-2
Begu I.
Tomljanovic A.[14]
6-26-3
Cornet A.[12]
Baptiste H.
6-36-2
Kalinina A.
Rybakina E.[5]
6-42-66-4
Linette M.
Fernandez L.[7]
3-66-36-4
Bencic B.[10]
Fruhvirtova L.
6-17-66
Badosa P.[2]
Bondar A.
6-16-4
Alexandrova E.
Zheng Q.
2-67-55-2
Kanepi K.
Frech M.
7-56-3
Keys M.[9]
Eikeri U.
6-36-1
R64
Riske Amritraj A.
Mcnally C.
7-56-3
Putintseva Y.
Anderson R.
6-27-69
Paolini J.
Lee G.
6-26-3
Cornet A.[12]
Parks A.
6-07-5
Navarro E.
Brengle M.
6-746-23-0
Kalinina A.
Sasnovich A.
6-46-4
Zheng Q.
Stephens S.[13]
6-34-66-0
Alexandrova E.
Kiick A.
6-16-1
Fruhvirtova L.
Konjuh A.
4-66-16-3
Frech M.
Kvitova P.[11]
7-663-2
Zhang S.[16]
Di Lorenzo F.
6-26-4
Vandeweghe C.
Gasanova A.
6-34-66-3
Anisimova A.[15]
Vickery S.
6-07-5
Linette M.
Volynets K.
4-66-37-64
Tomljanovic A.[14]
Chang S.
7-56-4
Bencic B.[10]
Wang X.
4-67-656-3
Zavatska K.
Yuan Y.
6-46-2
Begu I.
Wang X.
7-626-4
Kanepi K.
Rogers S.
6-727-56-2
Liu C.
Watson H.
6-46-2
Davis L.
Bolkvadze M.
6-26-3
Bondar A.
Hartono A.
6-16-4
Eikeri U.
Kichenok N.
5-76-26-2
Baptiste H.
Ruse E.
6-36-0