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Aryna Sabalenka #69 def. Shuai Zhang #35

7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 11, 2018*
Tournament	Hobart
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Shuai Zhang

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Shuai Zhang
Aces	5	8
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	67	68
First serve points won %	66	60
Second serve points won %	60	48
Break points saved %	71	83
Break points converted %	17	29
Service points won %	64	57
Return points won %	43	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Shuai Zhang
Country	BLR	CHN
Birth date	May 5, 1998	—
Age	19	—
Height	182	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	69	35
Ranking points (entering)	885	1,535
Elo (entering)	1,696	1,763
Career W-L	399–138	225–288
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$13,136,512

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 0 – 0 Shuai Zhang

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2018	R32	Eugenie Bouchard	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2018	QF	Lesia Tsurenko	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Shuai Zhang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2018	R32	Magda Linette	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data