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Jie Zheng v Nadia Petrova: 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 2011: Zheng 41 matches, Petrova 46 matches.
Zheng has the better first serve in %: 73.9 to Petrova’s 58.6.
Petrova averages 3.7 aces a match to Zheng’s 0.3 — 12.9 times as many.
Petrova has the better first-serve points won %: 66 to Zheng’s 56.9.
Zheng ranks 3rd of 85 in WTA Tour 2011 for first serve in %.
Winners’ edge: Petrova’s team won 54%, Zheng’s team won 44% of the matches they played.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
–Titlesper game0.01 total · best 1#23 of 33
73.9★ #3 of 85First serve in %58.6#61 of 85
56.9#78 of 85First-serve points won %66.0#21 of 85
51.7#66 of 85Break points saved %53.7#42 of 85
44.1#49 of 85Return points won %42.6#68 of 85
0.312 total · best 3#85 of 85Acesper game
Head to head
111 matches since 200410
Hard · 7 matchesZheng 1Petrova 6
Clay · 3 matchesZheng 0Petrova 3
Grass · 1 matchZheng 0Petrova 1
Grand Slams · 2 matchesZheng 0Petrova 2
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
2 Apr 2007 · Amelia Island · Round of 16 · ClayPetrova won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2011.
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3.7
172 total · best 9
#10 of 85
10.5430 total · best 18#58 of 89Games wonper game10.8496 total · best 18#44 of 89
48.1#32 of 85Break points converted %48.4#29 of 85
43.4#71 of 89Sets won %55.9#33 of 89
46.8#74 of 89Games won %51.0#42 of 89
–Finalsper game0.01 total · best 1#43 of 54
1.143 total · best 2#66 of 89Sets wonper game1.257 total · best 2#39 of 89
1.456 total · best 2#78 of 89Sets lostper game · lower is better1.045 total · best 2#30 of 89
11.9489 total · best 17#88 of 89Games lostper game · lower is better10.4476 total · best 20#38 of 89
0.28 total · best 1#62 of 89Tiebreaksper game0.313 total · best 2#20 of 89
2.290 total · best 6#16 of 85Double faultsper game · lower is better2.7123 total · best 7#33 of 85
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