Mary Pierce vs Venus Williams — San Diego Quarter-final

San Diego · WTA · Quarter-final
FRA
Mary Pierce
51 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLWWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Retired
Monday, 3 August 1998
hard
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Pierce M.
2-6 7-6 4-0
Williams V.
Pierce M.
2742
Williams V.
6601

Mary Pierce advanced when Venus Williams retired 2-6 7-6 4-0 in the San Diego quarter-final. Mary Pierce narrowed the head-to-head to 7–3.

Head to head

2–7
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-06-20WimbledonQFgrassVenus Williams6-0 7-6(10)
2004-08-15OlympicsR16hardMary Pierce6-4 6-4
2004-05-24Roland GarrosR32clayVenus Williams6-3 6-1
1999-10-11ZurichSFhardVenus Williams6-4 6-4
1999-05-03RomeFclayVenus Williams6-4 6-2
1999-04-26HamburgFclayVenus Williams6-0 6-3
1998-10-20Kremlin CupSFcarpetMary Pierce2-6 6-2 6-0
1998-10-12ZurichQFhardVenus Williams6-4 6-1
1998-08-31US OpenR16hardVenus Williams6-1 7-6

Serve vs return

This season
Pierce M.serving82% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Pierce M.

Serve advantage — Pierce M.

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
Pierce M.Williams V.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
52%
44%
Service points won·Slight edge
63%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
59%
57%
Aces / match·Even
3.1
2.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
4.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (61 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Pierce M.Williams V.
Freshness·
—
100

Williams V.: 21 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Pierce M.
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Seles M.
6-42-67-5
Pierce M.
Hingis M.
3-67-66-2
Quarter-finals
Pierce M.
Williams V.
2-67-64-0
Davenport L.
Tauziat N.
6-46-3
Hingis M.
Kruger J.
6-16-3
Seles M.
Sugiyama A.
6-46-3
R16
Pierce M.
Martinez C.
6-76-26-3
Hingis M.
Zvereva N.
6-36-2
Kruger J.
Majoli I.
6-37-6
Williams V.
Rubin C.
6-36-2
Sugiyama A.
Graf S.
6-41-67-5
Seles M.
Testud S.
7-67-5
Tauziat N.
Frazier A.
6-23-66-1
Davenport L.
Raymond L.
6-16-4
R32
Raymond L.
Likhovtseva E.
6-25-1
Sugiyama A.
Capriati J.
5-76-26-2
Graf S.
Halard Decugis J.
6-26-2
Zvereva N.
Lucic M.
7-66-3
Majoli I.
Fusai A.
7-66-3
Kruger J.
Spirlea I.
3-66-26-4
Martinez C.
Po Messerli K.
6-46-2
Pierce M.
Paulus B.
6-37-5
Rubin C.
Basuki Y.
6-06-1
Frazier A.
Lee J.
7-66-2
Tauziat N.
Wang S.
7-53-66-1
Testud S.
Stevenson A.
4-66-26-0