Serena Williams vs Sandrine Testud — Sydney Round of 16

Sydney · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Retired
Sunday, 11 January 1998
hard
FRA
Sandrine Testud
54 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWLL
Williams S.
7-6 3-0
Testud S.
Williams S.
732
Testud S.
60–

Serena Williams advanced when Sandrine Testud retired 7-6 3-0 in the Sydney round of 16. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 5–3.

Head to head

4–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-10-30WTA Tour ChampionshipsSFcarpetSerena Williams6-3 6-0
2001-08-13TorontoQFhardSerena Williams6-0 6-2
1999-10-04FilderstadtR16hardSandrine Testud3-6 6-4 7-5
1999-03-05Indian WellsSFhardSerena Williams7-5 6-0
1999-01-18Australian OpenR32hardSandrine Testud6-2 2-6 9-7
1998-10-05FilderstadtQFhardSandrine Testud6-3 1-6 6-1
1998-08-10Manhattan BeachR16hardSerena Williams6-4 3-6 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving84% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Testud S.

Testud S.serving57% hold

wins 53% 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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Williams S.Testud S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
64%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
75%
60%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
49%
28%
Service points won·Clear edge
64%
49%
Return points won·Even
46%
42%
Break points saved·Even
61%
62%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
0.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.2
4.0

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