QF Birmingham 2014

Shuai Zhang #36 def. Sloane Stephens #19

6-3 6-1

Shuai Zhang defeated Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-1 in the 2014 Birmingham quarterfinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 14, 2014*
Tournament: Birmingham
Edition: 2014
Category: Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Grass
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Stat	Shuai Zhang	Sloane Stephens
Aces	1	0
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	69.0%	68.0%
First serve points won %	77.0%	53.0%
Second serve points won %	50.0%	50.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	33.0%
Break points converted %	67.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	69.0%	52.0%
Return points won %	48.0%	31.0%
Total points won %	59.0%	41.0%
Match Serve+	+12.4	-4.0
Match Return+	+4.0	-12.4

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2014 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Shuai Zhang	Sloane Stephens
Country	CHN	USA
Birth date	Jan 21, 1989	Mar 20, 1993
Age	25	21
Height	177 cm	170 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	36	19
Ranking points (entering)	1,351	2,441
Elo (entering)	1,668	1,808
Current career W-L	232–294	303–249
Current career earnings	$13,697,847	$19,431,719

Pre-match H2H

Shuai Zhang #36 0 – 2 Sloane Stephens #19

Path

Shuai Zhang's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Petra Cetkovska #67	6-0 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 13, 2014	R16
Shahar Peer #86	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 12, 2014	R32
Eleni Daniilidou #345	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 11, 2014	R64

Shuai Zhang's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ana Ivanovic #13	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 14, 2014	SF

Sloane Stephens's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alison Riske-Amritraj #40	7-6(4) 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 13, 2014	R16
Francesca Schiavone #71	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 12, 2014	R32