Petrova v Zheng
WTA Tour 2012
Lineball analyst11–4
Nadia Petrova takes it, 11–4 on categories
Petrova wins on titles. Zheng’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2012: Petrova 58 matches, Zheng 50 matches.
- Petrova has 3 titles (one every 20 matches) to Zheng’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
- Zheng has the better first serve in %: 69.5 to Petrova’s 55.5.
- Petrova averages 5.2 aces a match to Zheng’s 0.4 — 13.8 times as many.
- Zheng ranks 3rd of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for first serve in %.
- Petrova ranks 3rd of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for first-serve points won %.
- Petrova ranks 6th of 29 in WTA Tour 2012 for titles per match.
- Winners’ edge: Petrova’s team won 67%, Zheng’s team won 52% of the matches they played.
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.
- 0.13 total · best 1#6 of 29Titlesper game0.01 total · best 1#24 of 29
- 55.5#71 of 84First serve in %69.5★ #3 of 84
- 70.9★ #3 of 84First-serve points won %61.1#56 of 84
- 52.0#54 of 84Break points saved %51.5#59 of 84
- 43.6#44 of 84Return points won %44.0#40 of 84
- 5.2
Head to head
1011 matches
since 20041
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
Titles, oldest to newest in 2012.
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