Ruien Zhang vs Ashleigh Simes — W35 Launceston Round of 32

W35 Launceston · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
CHN
Ruien Zhang
#729WTA
1208ELO
1198Hard ELO
18 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 March 2026
hard
AUS
Ashleigh Simes
#929WTA
23 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWLWWWW
Zhang R.
6-4 6-4
Simes A.
Zhang R.
662
Simes A.
44–

Ruien Zhang defeated Ashleigh Simes 6-4 6-4 in the W35 Launceston round of 32 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Ruien Zhang edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zhang R.serving41% hold

wins 46% of points on serve vs Simes A.

Simes A.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Zhang R.

Serve advantage — Simes A.

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
Zhang R.Simes A.
1st serve in·Even
61%
61%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
56%
68%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
42%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
51%
62%
Return points won·Slight edge
41%
48%
Break points saved·Clear edge
51%
63%
Aces / match·Even
1.9
1.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.3
2.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (9 vs 10). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Zhang R.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Simes A.
4.0
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 98 days (−1.5)
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
4.3
Surface form
4.2
Fatigue & Travel
7.0
3-set count
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-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Cabrera L.
Yuan C.
3-67-666-2
Semi-finals
Yuan C.
Kuramochi M.
6-44-66-3
Cabrera L.
Subasic A.
6-46-756-2
Quarter-finals
Kuramochi M.
Wan I.
6-43-66-3
Yuan C.
Chaudhari V.
6-16-3
Cabrera L.
Rokusek S.
6-36-4
Subasic A.
Micic E.
6-36-3
R16
Chaudhari V.
Zhang R.
7-56-3
Rokusek S.
Sato N.
6-14-67-66
Kuramochi M.
Colling S.
7-626-2
Cabrera L.
Thompson B.
4-67-646-4
Micic E.
Kobayashi H.
6-26-0
Yuan C.
Da Silva Fick G.
5-76-46-0
Subasic A.
Mushika M.
4-1
Wan I.
Kulikova A.
6-26-3
R32
Wan I.
Baker C.
6-46-4
Kulikova A.
Yoshioka K.
6-36-3
Thompson B.
Defalco J.
6-24-67-65
Micic E.
Kitahara Y.
6-26-1
Kobayashi H.
Sato H.
3-66-46-4
Zhang R.
Simes A.
6-46-4
Kuramochi M.
Cilek M.
6-06-2
Da Silva Fick G.
Tran D.
7-686-4
Colling S.
Danilova O.
6-46-4
Rokusek S.
Vickery S.
7-646-6
Mushika M.
Fry S.
7-56-0
Chaudhari V.
Beck A.
6-14-66-3
Subasic A.
Yang Y.
6-34-66-1
Yuan C.
Okamura K.
6-46-4
Cabrera L.
Goto R.
7-57-65
Sato N.
Ishii S.
6-31-67-5