Venus Williams vs Chanda Rubin — San Diego Round of 16

San Diego · WTA · Round of 16
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 August 1998
hard
USA
Chanda Rubin
50 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLW
Williams V.
6-3 6-2
Rubin C.
Williams V.
662
Rubin C.
32–

Venus Williams defeated Chanda Rubin 6-3 6-2 in the San Diego round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 8–1, defending last year's round of 16. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 9–1.

Key context

Head to head

8–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-08-30US OpenR32hardVenus Williams7-6(4) 6-3
2002-08-26US OpenR16hardVenus Williams6-2 4-6 7-5
2002-05-27Roland GarrosR16clayVenus Williams6-3 6-2
2000-10-14LinzSFhardVenus Williams6-4 6-0
2000-05-15RomeR32clayVenus Williams6-1 6-2
1999-01-18Australian OpenR16hardVenus Williams7-6(3) 6-4
1998-06-22WimbledonR32grassVenus Williams6-3 6-4
1997-06-17EastbourneR32grassVenus Williams6-4 6-4
1997-04-07Amelia IslandR32clayChanda Rubin6-4 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Rubin C.

Rubin C.serving67% hold

wins 57% 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.Rubin C.
1st serve in·Even
61%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
48%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
50%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
1.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 22). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

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