Petrova v Zheng
WTA Tour 2013
Lineball analyst6–7
Too close to call — 7–6 on categories
Zheng wins on first serve in %. Petrova’s case rests on first-serve points won %. WTA Tour 2013: Petrova 22 matches, Zheng 34 matches.
- Zheng has the better first serve in %: 70.9 to Petrova’s 59.6.
- Petrova has the better first-serve points won %: 67.4 to Zheng’s 57.3.
- Petrova averages 6.3 aces a match to Zheng’s 0.4 — 15.3 times as many.
- Zheng ranks 3rd of 87 in WTA Tour 2013 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Zheng’s team won 50%, Petrova’s team won 41% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Zheng has 34 matches, Petrova 22 — 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.
- 59.6First serve in %70.9★ #3 of 87
- 67.4First-serve points won %57.3#80 of 87
- 53.2Break points saved %48.2#78 of 87
- 44.3Return points won %44.9#37 of 87
- 6.3138 total · best 16Acesper game0.414 total · best 2#85 of 87
- 11.2247 total · best 17Games wonper game10.4352 total · best 18
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
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2013.
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