Venus Williams vs Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · 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
Retired
Sunday, 11 January 1998
hard
ROU
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
53 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Williams V.
6-4
Dragomir Ilie R.
Williams V.
61
Dragomir Ilie R.
4–

Venus Williams advanced when Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie retired 6-4 in the Sydney round of 32. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1999-01-18Australian OpenR32hardVenus Williams6-3 6-4
1997-10-12ZurichR32hardVenus Williams6-0 6-3

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.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Sanchez Vicario A.
Williams V.
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Williams V.
Sugiyama A.
6-17-6
Sanchez Vicario A.
Williams S.
6-26-1
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Maleeva M.
6-26-2
Sanchez Vicario A.
Zvereva N.
6-16-2
Sugiyama A.
Paulus B.
6-17-6
Williams S.
Davenport L.
1-67-57-5
R16
Williams S.
Testud S.
7-63-0
Williams V.
Hingis M.
3-66-47-5
Davenport L.
Kournikova A.
6-26-76-3
Zvereva N.
Coetzer A.
6-76-37-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Lee J.
6-23-66-3
Sugiyama A.
Martinez C.
7-66-3
Paulus B.
Spirlea I.
6-21-66-3
Maleeva M.
Rubin C.
6-31-66-4
R32
Williams V.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-4
Lee J.
Schultz Mccarthy B.
6-01-1
Testud S.
Guse K.
6-16-2
Kournikova A.
Basuki Y.
6-43-0
Maleeva M.
Appelmans S.
6-11-66-3
Rubin C.
Huber A.
6-26-3
Paulus B.
Oremans M.
6-06-2
Sugiyama A.
Lubiani F.
6-17-6
Martinez C.
Leon Garcia G.
6-26-3
Sanchez Vicario A.
Habsudova K.
7-56-4
Zvereva N.
Mcquillan R.
6-27-5
Williams S.
Lucic M.
3-66-47-5