Rada Zolotareva vs Xinxin Yao — Huzhou 125 Round of 16

Huzhou 125 · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
RUS
Rada Zolotareva
#407WTA
1508ELO
1479Clay ELO
17 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLWLWWLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 27 April 2026
clay
CHN
Xinxin Yao
#289WTA
1450ELO
1308Clay ELO
22 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWLLWWL
Zolotareva R.
7-6 2-6 6-3
Yao X.
Zolotareva R.
77262
Yao X.
63631

Rada Zolotareva defeated Xinxin Yao 7-6 2-6 6-3 in the Huzhou 125 round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Xinxin Yao came in ranked #289, defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

  • Match story: Rada Zolotareva closed it out in three sets, 7–6 2–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zolotareva R.serving42% hold

wins 47% of points on serve vs Yao X.

Yao X.serving36% hold

wins 44% of points on serve vs Zolotareva R.

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
Zolotareva R.Yao X.
1st serve in·Even
64%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
55%
55%
Return points won·Even
49%
46%
Break points saved·Slight edge
49%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.3
0.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.7
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (16 vs 35). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Zolotareva R.
4.9
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Recent retirement (−1.5)
Yao X.
5.7
Slight disadvantageUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
6.9
Surface form
2.1
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
7.0
3-set count
7.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
6.0

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
Final
Kawa K.
Erjavec V.
6-06-4
Semi-finals
Erjavec V.
Wang X.
6-47-63
Kawa K.
Guo H.
6-46-1
Quarter-finals
Kawa K.
Panshina V.
6-34-66-1
Guo H.
Zolotareva R.
6-26-1
Erjavec V.
Zheng W.
6-26-4
Wang X.
Hercog P.
6-36-756-4
R16
Guo H.
Cherubini D.
7-606-0
Erjavec V.
Lansere S.
6-36-3
Wang X.
Yuan C.
6-46-4
Hercog P.
Ren Y.
5-76-16-4
Panshina V.
Lu J.
6-16-3
Kawa K.
Ibragimova A.
6-46-2
Zolotareva R.
Yao X.
7-632-66-3
Zheng W.
Wei S.
4-3
R32
Panshina V.
Spiteri D.
6-44-66-3
Ibragimova A.
Shi H.
6-32-66-2
Erjavec V.
Wang M.
6-06-3
Lansere S.
Mikulskyte J.
6-36-3
Wei S.
Pieri J.
7-626-4
Zheng W.
Ma Y.
6-36-4
Wang X.
Kulambayeva Z.
6-36-4
Yuan C.
Zolotareva A.
6-31-66-3
Ren Y.
Yang Y.
6-26-1
Hercog P.
Gao X.
4-67-656-3
Lu J.
You X.
4-67-57-5
Kawa K.
Zhao C.
6-26-1
Guo H.
Jakupovic D.
6-37-63
Cherubini D.
Reyngold E.
6-46-3
Yao X.
Saito S.
6-26-776-4
Zolotareva R.
Papamichail D.
4-66-16-2