Elina Nepliy vs Jia Jing Lu — W35 Anning Round of 16

W35 Anning · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
RUS
Elina Nepliy
#502WTA
1293ELO
1305Clay ELO
28 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLWWWLWWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 April 2026
clay
CHN
Jia Jing Lu
#367WTA
1346ELO
1323Clay ELO
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLWLW
Nepliy E.
6-3 3-6 7-6
Lu J.
Nepliy E.
63772
Lu J.
36631

Elina Nepliy defeated Jia Jing Lu 6-3 3-6 7-6 in the W35 Anning round of 16 on clay.

Key context

  • Match story: Elina Nepliy closed it out in three sets, 6–3 3–6 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Nepliy E.serving48% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Lu J.

Lu J.serving29% hold

wins 41% of points on serve vs Nepliy E.

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
Nepliy E.Lu J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
44%
Service points won·Even
58%
55%
Return points won·Slight edge
52%
46%
Break points saved·Even
51%
55%
Aces / match·Even
1.5
1.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.4
4.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 26). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Nepliy E.
7.0
Strong advantageUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Lu J.
5.1
Clear underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 35 days (−0.7)
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
8.4
Surface form
5.3
7.04-match win streak
Win streak
Fatigue & Travel
4.0
3-set count
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
Nepliy E.Lu J.
Freshness·
78
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Nepliy E.: 1 day rest · 1 match, 28 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Zolotareva A.
Shubladze A.
2-66-27-65
Semi-finals
Zolotareva A.
Lansere S.
4-67-656-3
Shubladze A.
Zheng W.
6-06-2
Quarter-finals
Shubladze A.
Nepliy E.
6-16-1
Zolotareva A.
Panshina V.
6-46-3
Zheng W.
Yang Y.
6-46-4
Lansere S.
Yang Y.
6-46-2
R16
Lansere S.
Sun Y.
6-47-5
Nepliy E.
Lu J.
6-33-67-63
Shubladze A.
Zolotareva R.
6-43-66-2
Panshina V.
Tsai Y.
6-16-4
Zheng W.
Kim E.
6-36-2
Yang Y.
Lu J.
6-36-1
Yang Y.
Wang J.
6-46-3
Zolotareva A.
Luo X.
6-26-4
R32
Zolotareva R.
Guo M.
7-56-1
Wang J.
Zhang J.
6-46-4
Sun Y.
Ye Q.
4-66-26-3
Luo X.
Liu Y.
6-46-4
Tsai Y.
Han J.
7-56-1
Nepliy E.
An L.
6-16-3
Yang Y.
Wang Y.
6-36-2
Lansere S.
Zhang R.
6-26-3
Kim E.
Tian N.
6-06-1
Lu J.
Zhou Y.
6-16-2
Zheng W.
Shin J.
6-13-66-2
Zolotareva A.
Yuldasheva S.
6-47-5
Yang Y.
Im H.
6-16-2
Lu J.
Gao D.
6-26-4
Panshina V.
Han C.
6-16-0
Shubladze A.
Wang J.
6-06-3