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Jie Zheng #48 def. Flavia Pennetta #20

2-6 6-3 2-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2012*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jie Zheng
Score	2-6 6-3 2-0 (ret.)
Loser	Flavia Pennetta

Stat	Jie Zheng	Flavia Pennetta
Aces	0	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	76	64
First serve points won %	57	62
Second serve points won %	47	41
Break points saved %	40	67
Break points converted %	33	60
Service points won %	54	54
Return points won %	46	46
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jie Zheng	Flavia Pennetta
Country	CHN	ITA
Birth date	Jul 5, 1983	Feb 25, 1982
Age	28	29
Height	164	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	20
Ranking points (entering)	1,145	2,490
Elo (entering)	1,764	1,827
Career W-L	216–193	418–272
Career earnings	$6,157,773	$14,197,886

Pre-match H2H

Jie Zheng 2 – 3 Flavia Pennetta

Path

Jie Zheng's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2012	SF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2012	QF	Lucie Hradecka	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2012	R16	Monica Niculescu	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2012	R32	Ayumi Morita	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jie Zheng's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2012	SF	Angelique Kerber	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2012	QF	Elena Vesnina	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2012	R16	Elena Baltacha	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2012	R32	Sorana Cirstea	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data