Petrova v Zheng

WTA Tour 2004

Nadia PetrovaRussia65 games · 2004Most break points saved %Most first-serve points won %Jie ZhengChina28 games · 2004Most first serve in %Fewest double faults

Lineball analyst11–2

Nadia Petrova takes it, 11–2 on categories

Petrova wins on break points saved %. Zheng’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2004: Petrova 65 matches, Zheng 28 matches.

Zheng has the better first serve in %: 67.9 to Petrova’s 56.1.
Petrova has the better break points saved %: 53.5 to Zheng’s 39.6.
Petrova has the better first-serve points won %: 68.2 to Zheng’s 55.2.
Winners’ edge: Petrova’s team won 62%, Zheng’s team won 36% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Petrova has 65 matches, Zheng 28 — the averages matter more than the totals here.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.

Tale of the tape

Per game, with league rank among regular players.

56.1#70 of 86First serve in %67.9#11 of 86
68.2#14 of 86First-serve points won %55.2#78 of 86
53.5#47 of 86Break points saved %39.6#86 of 86
43.6#53 of 86Return points won %41.7#69 of 86
0.747 total · best 12#15 of 84Acesper game0.01 total · best 1#82 of 84
11.5

Head to head

1011 matches
since 20041

Hard · 7 matchesPetrova 6Zheng 1
Clay · 3 matchesPetrova 3Zheng 0
Grass · 1 matchPetrova 1Zheng 0
Grand Slams · 2 matchesPetrova 2Zheng 0

Last meetings

18 Mar 2013 · Miami · Round of 64 · HardPetrova won 6-3 6-1
29 Oct 2012 · Tournament of Champions · Round robin · HardPetrova won 6-3 6-3
30 July 2012 · Olympics · Round of 64 · GrassPetrova won 6-4 7-6(7)
31 Aug 2009 · US Open · Round of 32 · HardPetrova won 6-4 6-1
27 Apr 2009 · Stuttgart · Round of 32 · ClayPetrova won 6-4 5-7 6-4
24 Mar 2008 · Miami · Round of 64 · HardZheng won 2-1 ret.
2 Apr 2007 · Amelia Island · Round of 16 · ClayPetrova won

Last 10 games

First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2004.

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