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Vera Zvonareva #9 def. Yifan Xu #313

6-1 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Sep 19, 2008*
Tournament	Guangzhou
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Vera Zvonareva
Score	6-1 7-6(4)
Loser	Yifan Xu

Stat	Vera Zvonareva	Yifan Xu
Aces	2	0
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	67	57
First serve points won %	68	47
Second serve points won %	50	38
Break points saved %	50	38
Break points converted %	62	50
Service points won %	62	43
Return points won %	57	38
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vera Zvonareva	Yifan Xu
Country	RUS	CHN
Birth date	Sep 7, 1984	—
Age	24	—
Height	172	165
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	313
Ranking points (entering)	2,087	75
Elo (entering)	1,849	1,496
Career W-L	459–268	2–13
Career earnings	$16,987,921	$4,067,565

Pre-match H2H

Vera Zvonareva 0 – 0 Yifan Xu

Path

Vera Zvonareva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2008	R32	Anastasia Rodionova	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Vera Zvonareva's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 2008	QF	Karin Knapp	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Yifan Xu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2008	R32	Stéphanie Dubois	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data