Serena Williams vs Naoko Sawamatsu — Eastbourne Round of 32

Eastbourne · WTA · Round of 32
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 June 1998
grass
JPN
Naoko Sawamatsu
53 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Williams S.
6-4 7-5
Sawamatsu N.
Williams S.
672
Sawamatsu N.
45–

Serena Williams defeated Naoko Sawamatsu 6-4 7-5 in the Eastbourne round of 32 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Naoko Sawamatsu came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Statistics

This season
Williams S.Sawamatsu N.
1st serve in·
59%
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1st serve points won·
75%
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2nd serve points won·
49%
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Service points won·
64%
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Return points won·
46%
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Break points saved·
61%
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Aces / match·
7.7
—
Double faults / match·
3.2
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Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
15°CDrizzle
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 81%

Draw

Final
Novotna J.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-17-5
Semi-finals
Sanchez Vicario A.
Kournikova A.
W/O
Novotna J.
Zvereva N.
6-26-1
Quarter-finals
Kournikova A.
Graf S.
6-76-36-4
Sanchez Vicario A.
Williams S.
4-66-46-4
Zvereva N.
Serna M.
7-66-2
Novotna J.
Spirlea I.
6-47-5
R16
Serna M.
Likhovtseva E.
6-47-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Tanasugarn T.
6-27-5
Graf S.
Smith S.
6-16-2
Zvereva N.
Williams V.
6-26-1
Spirlea I.
Guse K.
6-07-5
Kournikova A.
De Swardt M.
6-46-1
Williams S.
Sugiyama A.
6-27-5
Novotna J.
Dechy N.
6-26-2
R32
Smith S.
Basuki Y.
6-43-3
Tanasugarn T.
Miller A.
6-46-4
Dechy N.
Li F.
6-46-4
Guse K.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
7-56-3
Spirlea I.
Grande R.
6-34-66-4
Zvereva N.
Vento Kabchi M.
7-56-3
Serna M.
Panova T.
6-76-36-1
Likhovtseva E.
Tauziat N.
6-24-68-6
Sugiyama A.
Grzybowska M.
6-46-4
Williams S.
Sawamatsu N.
6-47-5
Kournikova A.
Fusai A.
2-66-16-3
De Swardt M.
Raymond L.
6-07-6