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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 career: Petrova 722 matches, Zheng 437 matches.
Zheng has the better first serve in %: 70.7 to Petrova’s 58.9.
Petrova has the better first-serve points won %: 69.5 to Zheng’s 58.8.
Petrova averages 3.5 aces a match to Zheng’s 0.4 — 9.4 times as many.
Winners’ edge: Petrova’s team won 62%, Zheng’s team won 54% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Petrova has 722 matches across 17 seasons, Zheng 437 in 14 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.013 total · best 1Titlesper game0.04 total · best 1
58.9First serve in %70.7
69.5First-serve points won %58.8
58.5Break points saved %53.0
44.1Return points won %45.1
3.52,173 total · best 16Acesper game0.4151 total · best 7
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
Titles, oldest to newest.
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11.5
8,318 total · best 22
Games wonper game
10.84,698 total · best 20
46.5Break points converted %47.7
60.7Sets won %51.9
54.8Games won %50.6
0.024 total · best 1Finalsper game0.07 total · best 1
1.4990 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.2516 total · best 2
0.9640 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1479 total · best 2
9.56,862 total · best 20Games lostper game · lower is better10.54,591 total · best 21
0.2163 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.283 total · best 2
2.21,371 total · best 13Double faultsper game · lower is better1.7674 total · best 7
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
