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Nadia Petrova v Jie Zheng: stats compared | Lineball
Petrova wins on first-serve points won %. Zheng’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2009: Petrova 51 matches, Zheng 50 matches.
Zheng has the better first serve in %: 70.6 to Petrova’s 58.1.
Petrova averages 5.8 aces a match to Zheng’s 0.5 — 10.6 times as many.
Zheng averages 2.0 double faults a match to Petrova’s 3.4.
Zheng ranks 4th of 71 in WTA Tour 2009 for first serve in %.
Petrova ranks 4th of 71 in WTA Tour 2009 for first-serve points won %.
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.
58.1#59 of 71First serve in %70.6#4 of 71
70.2#4 of 71First-serve points won %60.8#50 of 71
56.4#16 of 71Break points saved %55.0#30 of 71
42.1#66 of 71Return points won %45.5#25 of 71
5.8293 total · best 14★ #1 of 71Acesper game0.527 total · best 3#66 of 71
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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 2009.
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Zheng–––––––––
597 total · best 18
#19 of 73
Games wonper game
11.5575 total · best 18#25 of 73
41.5#68 of 71Break points converted %48.8#22 of 71
55.5#32 of 73Sets won %54.8#35 of 73
53.4#24 of 73Games won %52.0#33 of 73
1.366 total · best 2#29 of 73Sets wonper game1.363 total · best 2#34 of 73
1.053 total · best 2#34 of 73Sets lostper game · lower is better1.052 total · best 2#35 of 73
10.2521 total · best 19#33 of 73Games lostper game · lower is better10.6531 total · best 18#48 of 73
0.315 total · best 2#4 of 73Tiebreaksper game0.212 total · best 2#33 of 73
3.4172 total · best 11#43 of 71Double faultsper game · lower is better2.098 total · best 6#12 of 71
67.23,429 total · best 126#10 of 71Serve pointsper game65.13,254 total · best 123#18 of 71
39.11,993 total · best 77#33 of 71First serves inper game45.92,296 total · best 87★ #2 of 71
6-2 6-3
8 May 2006 · Berlin · Round of 16 · ClayPetrova won 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4
3 Jan 2005 · Gold Coast · Round of 32 · HardPetrova won 6-2 6-3
20 Sept 2004 · Beijing · Round of 32 · HardPetrova won 6-2 6-2