Serena Williams vs Mirjana Lucic — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · WTA · Round of 32
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 11 January 1998
hard
CRO
Mirjana Lucic
44 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLWLWL
Williams S.
3-6 6-4 7-5
Lucic M.
Williams S.
3672
Lucic M.
6451

Serena Williams defeated Mirjana Lucic 3-6 6-4 7-5 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-01-16Australian OpenSFhardSerena Williams6-2 6-1
1998-06-22WimbledonR64grassSerena Williams6-3 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving82% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Lucic M.

Lucic M.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Serve advantage — Williams S.

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

Statistics

This season
Williams S.Lucic M.
1st serve in·Even
59%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
44%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
56%
Return points won·Even
46%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
3.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.2
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 167). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Lucic M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
28
Break points saved·Dominant
94
45
Break points won·Clear edge
96
79
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
43
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
27

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

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