Fangzhou Liu vs Xinxin Yao — W35 Shenyang Round of 16

W35 Shenyang · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
CHN
Fangzhou Liu
#723WTA
30 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 15 September 2025
hard
CHN
Xinxin Yao
#290WTA
1450ELO
1440Hard ELO
22 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWLLWWL
Liu F.
6-4 3-6 6-3
Yao X.
Liu F.
6362
Yao X.
4631

Fangzhou Liu defeated Xinxin Yao 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the W35 Shenyang round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Xinxin Yao came in ranked #290, leading the head-to-head 1–0. Fangzhou Liu claimed a first win over Xinxin Yao in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Fangzhou Liu closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2024-10-28JiujiangR32hardXinxin Yao6-2 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Liu F.serving61% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Yao X.

Yao X.serving48% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Liu F.

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 F.Yao X.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
68%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
45%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
46%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
50%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.2
0.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.6
1.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (34 vs 78). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Liu F.
6.2
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Yao X.
5.9
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
2.7
H2H
7.3
6.5
Surface form
5.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
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.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Falei A.
Liu F.
7-667-5
Semi-finals
Liu F.
Imamura S.
6-07-64
Falei A.
Pavlova K.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Pavlova K.
Zheng W.
6-26-2
Liu F.
Zhang J.
6-36-2
Imamura S.
Zhu C.
6-46-3
Falei A.
Sato H.
7-56-0
R16
Imamura S.
Nugroho P.
6-26-4
Zhang J.
Zhang R.
7-657-5
Liu F.
Yao X.
6-43-66-3
Pavlova K.
Ren Y.
6-23-0
Falei A.
Koshiishi A.
6-16-1
Zhu C.
Yamaguchi M.
6-46-3
Zheng W.
Panshina V.
6-26-3
Sato H.
Guo M.
7-57-5
R32
Koshiishi A.
Yang Y.
6-16-3
Guo M.
Shi H.
7-656-4
Ren Y.
Wang M.
6-24-67-5
Nugroho P.
Savinykh V.
4-66-46-3
Yao X.
Kulikova A.
7-56-2
Zheng W.
Wang Q.
6-43-0
Falei A.
Wang Y.
6-16-2
Pavlova K.
Lu J.
6-46-4
Zhang R.
Huang Y.
6-46-1
Liu F.
Plipuech P.
6-46-3
Imamura S.
Sun Y.
6-36-1
Zhang J.
Dang Y.
4-67-627-66
Sato H.
Sidorova K.
6-46-0
Yamaguchi M.
Raina A.
6-25-76-1
Zhu C.
Cherubini D.
6-41-0
Panshina V.
Li Z.
6-35-76-4