Venus Williams vs Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie — Zurich Round of 32

Zurich · WTA · Round of 32
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 12 October 1997
hard
ROU
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
53 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Williams V.
6-0 6-3
Dragomir Ilie R.
Williams V.
662
Dragomir Ilie R.
03–

Venus Williams defeated Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-0 6-3 in the Zurich round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1999-01-18Australian OpenR32hardVenus Williams6-3 6-4
1998-01-11SydneyR32hardVenus Williams6-4 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Dragomir Ilie R.

Dragomir Ilie R.serving59% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Williams V.Dragomir Ilie R.
1st serve in·Even
61%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
56%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
44%
29%
Service points won·Slight edge
56%
45%
Return points won·Slight edge
44%
37%
Break points saved·Even
57%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
2.0
Double faults / match·Even
4.8
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 1). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Tauziat N.
7-67-5
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Novotna J.
6-46-1
Tauziat N.
Raymond L.
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Tauziat N.
Appelmans S.
4-66-17-5
Davenport L.
Williams V.
6-06-4
Novotna J.
Kleinova S.
6-27-6
Raymond L.
Hingis M.
4-66-27-5
R16
Williams V.
Huber A.
W/O
Davenport L.
Zvereva N.
6-42-2
Kleinova S.
Spirlea I.
3-65-1
Hingis M.
Sidot A.
6-36-2
Raymond L.
Coetzer A.
7-56-3
Appelmans S.
Majoli I.
7-66-2
Tauziat N.
Monami D.
6-36-77-6
Novotna J.
Sugiyama A.
6-06-76-2
R32
Sugiyama A.
Schett B.
6-21-0
Williams V.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-06-3
Kleinova S.
Maleeva M.
6-36-3
Spirlea I.
Sawamatsu N.
6-43-66-2
Zvereva N.
Oremans M.
6-22-66-3
Huber A.
Fernandez M.
7-56-0
Monami D.
Sanchez Vicario A.
7-55-76-4
Tauziat N.
Po Messerli K.
6-35-77-5
Appelmans S.
Schultz Mccarthy B.
6-36-77-5
Coetzer A.
Schnyder P.
7-66-3
Raymond L.
Sukova H.
7-56-3
Sidot A.
Habsudova K.
6-27-6