Nathalie Tauziat vs Venus Williams — Eastbourne Round of 16
Eastbourne · WTA · Round of 16
2 — 1
Sets
Tuesday, 17 June 1997
grass
Tauziat N.6-3 5-7 6-4
Williams V.
Tauziat N.
6562
Williams V.
3741
Nathalie Tauziat defeated Venus Williams 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the Eastbourne round of 16 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 5–1. Nathalie Tauziat narrowed the head-to-head to 5–2.
Key context
- Match story: Nathalie Tauziat closed it out in three sets, 6–3 5–7 6–4.
Head to head
1–5| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-07-30 | San Diego | QF | hard | Venus Williams | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2001-06-25 | Wimbledon | QF | grass | Venus Williams | 7-5 6-1 |
| 2000-08-22 | US Open | QF | hard | Venus Williams | 6-4 1-6 6-1 |
| 1998-10-12 | Zurich | SF | hard | Venus Williams | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1998-09-28 | Grand Slam Cup | SF | hard | Venus Williams | 6-4 6-0 |
| 1997-05-26 | Roland Garros | R64 | clay | Nathalie Tauziat | 5-7 6-3 7-5 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·
—
61%
1st serve points won·
—
65%
2nd serve points won·
—
44%
Service points won·
—
56%
Return points won·
—
44%
Break points saved·
—
57%
Aces / match·
—
2.9
Double faults / match·
—
4.8
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Conditions
Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
17°COvercast
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 65%
Draw
Quarter-finals
Sanchez Vicario A.
Spirlea I.
6-46-4
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Seles M.
7-57-5
Zvereva N.
Tauziat N.
6-45-76-4
Novotna J.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-76-4
R16
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Farina Elia S.
4-66-16-2
Seles M.
Sawamatsu N.
6-27-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Guse K.
7-56-0
Zvereva N.
Majoli I.
6-27-5
Spirlea I.
Sidot A.
6-46-3
Tauziat N.
Williams V.
6-35-76-4
Novotna J.
Basuki Y.
7-56-4
Sugiyama A.
Po Messerli K.
6-36-1
R32
Sugiyama A.
Siddall S.
6-25-78-6
Basuki Y.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-0
Zvereva N.
Frazier A.
7-66-0
Williams V.
Rubin C.
6-46-4
Tauziat N.
Fernandez M.
7-67-5
Spirlea I.
Gorrochategui I.
6-03-66-4
Sidot A.
Ahl L.
6-36-4
Guse K.
Wang S.
6-35-76-4
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Sukova H.
6-37-6
Po Messerli K.
Studenikova K.
0-67-66-2
Farina Elia S.
Raymond L.
7-56-4
Sawamatsu N.
Ward J.
6-27-5