Arina Arifullina vs Ying Zhang

Istanbul 2 · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Semi-final

RUS

Arina Arifullina

#948WTA

20 yrs

Last 10 · pre-match

LWWLWWLWLW

0 — 2

Sets

Sunday, 12 July 2026 · 13:05

hard

COURT 2 · 1st on

CHN8

Ying Zhang

#573WTA

1268ELO

1260Hard ELO

30 yrs

Last 10 · pre-match

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Arifullina A.

4-6 3-6

Zhang Y.

Arifullina A.

430

Zhang Y.

662

Ying Zhang reeled off five straight games on the way to a 6-4 6-3 win over Arina Arifullina in the Istanbul 2 qualifying semi-final.

Key context

Set 1, game 6: A 15-point game with five deuces went Arina Arifullina's way.
Set 2, game 4: Ying Zhang broke serve.
Pressure points: Arina Arifullina converted 2 of 4 break points; Ying Zhang converted 4 of 10 break points.

Pressure & serve by court

Arifullina A.

Zhang Y.

Break points won

2/4

4/10

Break points saved

6/10

2/4

Break points from this match. Serve-by-court shows the share of service points won from each side of the court; the court side alternates every point.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season

Arifullina A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Zhang Y.

Zhang Y.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Arifullina A.

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

Arifullina A.Zhang Y.

1st serve in·Even

59%

63%

1st serve points won·Even

65%

64%

2nd serve points won·Even

38%

37%

Service points won·Even

54%

Return points won·Slight edge

47%

40%

Break points saved·Slight edge

50%

57%

Aces / match·Even

1.3

1.9

Double faults / match·Clear edge

5.6

4.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (12 vs 10). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match

Arifullina A.

5.6

Slight disadvantageUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited

Zhang Y.

5.4

Clear underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited

Form & Matchup

3.4

ELO gap

6.6Overall Elo 1268

3.0Trails 0–1 on hard

H2H

7.0Leads 1–0 on hard

6.06 of last 10 on hard

Surface form

2.63 of last 10 on hard

0.0

Win streak

0.0Lost last 4

Context

5.0Didn't play here last year

Defending pts

5.0Didn't play here last year

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.