Beatriz Haddad Maia wins the title in Zhuhai. HIGHLIGHTS – ZHUHAI RESULTS

Beatriz Haddad Maia prevails over Qinwen Zheng 7-6(11) 7-6(4) in the final in Zhuhai on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.

Zhuhai

Haddad Maia's Record

Highlights Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Qinwen Zheng WTA Elite Trophy – Zhuhai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Maia

Zheng

7-6¹¹ 7-6⁴
2h:51

97

97

Total points

85

85

42

42

Winners

30

30

43%

43%

Ratio Winners

35%

35%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

9

9

2

2

Double Faults

6

6

72%

72%

1st in

44%

44%

69%

69%

1st won

70%

70%

42/61

42/61

1st won

30/43

30/43

50%

50%

2nd won

44%

44%

12/24

12/24

2nd won

24/54

24/54

-- Break Points --

3/8

3/8

Total

3/5

3/5

38%

38%

Won

60%

60%

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At the end of the match, Beatriz scored 97 points vs. the Chinese’s 85.

Haddad Maia

The Brazilian won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Zheng

On the other side, Qinwen didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Haddad Maia and Zheng is 1-0 for Beatriz.

This was the 3^rd career title for Haddad Maia. She won the previous title in Zhuhai. (see list of titles and finals). The Chinese remains with 2^nd titles after she conquered the tournament in Palermo 2023 and in Zhengzhou 2023. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Haddad Maia won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, Beatriz broke back in the 8^th (4-4) game to conquer the set 7-6(.

Beatriz converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40), the 6^th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (3-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5^th game (2-2 30-40).

They contested 99 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Brazilian won only 1 point more than Zheng (50-49). The Brazilian dropped 18 points on serve (34-18). On the losing side, Zheng conceded 16 points on serve (31-16).

Haddad Maia won the set after she broke Zheng in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. The Chinese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Anyhow, the Brazilian didn’t lose the lead to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Brazilian won 4 minibreaks in the 3^rd (1-2), 4^th (2-2), 7^th (5-2) and 11^th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Chinese won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 2^nd (2-0) and 10^th (4-6) point.

Haddad Maia won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4

Haddad Maia converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40), the 7^th (3-3 15-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Chinese converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 6^th (2-3 40-A) and the 10^th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 83 points. Haddad Maia won 7 more points than the Chinese (45-38). The Brazilian dropped 19 points on serve (25-19). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 20 points on serve (19-20).