Petrova v Zheng
WTA Tour 2014
Lineball analyst3–10
Jie Zheng takes it, 10–3 on categories
Zheng wins on first serve in %. Petrova’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2014: Petrova 6 matches, Zheng 25 matches.
- Zheng has the better first serve in %: 70.2 to Petrova’s 50.7.
- Zheng has the better break points saved %: 57.8 to Petrova’s 49.1.
- Petrova averages 5.3 aces a match to Zheng’s 0.3 — 19 times as many.
- Zheng ranks 8th of 88 in WTA Tour 2014 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Zheng’s team won 48%, Petrova’s team won 17% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Zheng has 25 matches, Petrova 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Small sample: Petrova (6 matches) — treat the averages with care.
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.
- 50.7First serve in %70.2#8 of 88
- 60.4First-serve points won %57.7#82 of 88
- 49.1Break points saved %57.8#21 of 88
- 43.4Return points won %44.5#37 of 88
- 5.332 total · best 8Acesper game0.37 total · best 2#87 of 88
- 9.758 total · best 14Games wonper game9.4236 total · best 16
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 2014.
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