Venus Williams vs Mary Pierce — Zurich Quarter-final

Zurich · 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
Monday, 12 October 1998
hard
FRA
Mary Pierce
51 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLWWLW
Williams V.
6-4 6-1
Pierce M.
Williams V.
662
Pierce M.
41–

Venus Williams defeated Mary Pierce 6-4 6-1 in the Zurich quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 6–3, defending last year's quarter-final. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 7–3.

Key context

Head to head

6–3
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
1998-08-31US OpenR16hardVenus Williams6-1 7-6
1998-08-03San DiegoQFhardMary Pierce2-6 7-6 4-0 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Pierce M.

Pierce M.serving82% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Williams V.

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

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

Freshness

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

Williams V.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Williams V.
7-56-3
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Spirlea I.
6-26-3
Williams V.
Tauziat N.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Tauziat N.
Schett B.
4-67-56-1
Davenport L.
Coetzer A.
6-36-1
Spirlea I.
Monami D.
6-46-0
Williams V.
Pierce M.
6-46-1
R16
Pierce M.
Kruger J.
7-66-1
Tauziat N.
Raymond L.
6-26-3
Schett B.
Schnyder P.
6-41-67-6
Monami D.
Mauresmo A.
6-36-4
Spirlea I.
Martinez C.
6-27-6
Coetzer A.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-36-1
Davenport L.
Halard Decugis J.
6-46-2
Williams V.
Morariu C.
7-56-3
R32
Coetzer A.
Zvereva N.
7-56-4
Halard Decugis J.
Sugiyama A.
7-56-1
Pierce M.
Rubin C.
7-52-66-3
Raymond L.
Cristea C.
6-46-4
Schett B.
Po Messerli K.
6-36-3
Schnyder P.
Farina Elia S.
6-26-3
Monami D.
Kournikova A.
6-36-1
Mauresmo A.
Plischke S.
4-66-46-1
Spirlea I.
Oremans M.
7-66-2
Dragomir Ilie R.
Huber A.
3-66-46-4
Morariu C.
Testud S.
6-32-66-4
Kruger J.
Peschke K.
2-66-46-2