Venus Williams vs Magdalena Maleeva — Sydney Quarter-final

Sydney · WTA · Quarter-final
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 11 January 1998
hard
BUL
Magdalena Maleeva
51 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLW
Williams V.
6-2 6-2
Maleeva M.
Williams V.
662
Maleeva M.
22–

Venus Williams defeated Magdalena Maleeva 6-2 6-2 in the Sydney quarter-final on hard. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-04-26WarsawQFclayVenus Williams6-1 6-0
2002-09-30MoscowR16hardMagdalena Maleeva2-6 6-1 7-6(3)
2002-01-14Australian OpenR16hardVenus Williams6-0 6-3
2001-02-12NiceSFcarpetMagdalena Maleeva7-6(8) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Maleeva M.

Maleeva M.serving69% hold

wins 58% 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. About

Statistics

This season
Williams V.Maleeva M.
1st serve in·Even
61%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
47%
Break points saved·Even
57%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
2.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 28). 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