Mary Pierce vs Venus Williams — Kremlin Cup Semi-final

Kremlin Cup · WTA · Semi-final
FRA
Mary Pierce
51 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLWWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Tuesday, 20 October 1998
carpet
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Pierce M.
2-6 6-2 6-0
Williams V.
Pierce M.
2662
Williams V.
6201

Mary Pierce defeated Venus Williams 2-6 6-2 6-0 in the Kremlin Cup semi-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 7–2, defending last year's quarter-final. Mary Pierce narrowed the head-to-head to 7–3.

Key context

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
1998-10-12ZurichQFhardVenus Williams6-4 6-1
1998-08-31US OpenR16hardVenus Williams6-1 7-6
1998-08-03San DiegoQFhardMary Pierce2-6 7-6 4-0 RET

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.

Draw

Final
Pierce M.
Seles M.
7-66-3
Semi-finals
Pierce M.
Williams V.
2-66-26-0
Seles M.
Testud S.
6-37-6
Quarter-finals
Seles M.
Farina Elia S.
6-06-1
Pierce M.
Serna M.
7-56-3
Williams V.
Studenikova K.
6-16-0
Testud S.
Martinez C.
7-67-5
R16
Seles M.
Schett B.
6-36-4
Farina Elia S.
Nagyova H.
6-36-1
Martinez C.
Petrova N.
6-06-0
Testud S.
Zvereva N.
6-46-3
Pierce M.
Appelmans S.
6-26-2
Serna M.
Schnyder P.
7-66-4
Studenikova K.
Rubin C.
6-37-5
Williams V.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-1
R32
Rubin C.
Spirlea I.
6-26-3
Studenikova K.
Kruger J.
6-43-66-4
Likhovtseva E.
Dragomir Ilie R.
3-66-36-3
Nagyova H.
Habsudova K.
6-26-3
Farina Elia S.
Kournikova A.
7-64-66-1
Petrova N.
Majoli I.
6-77-66-0
Zvereva N.
Panova T.
6-36-2
Testud S.
Dechy N.
6-26-2
Pierce M.
Sugiyama A.
5-76-26-4
Appelmans S.
Dementieva E.
6-46-4
Serna M.
Raymond L.
5-76-36-4
Schett B.
Huber A.
6-26-3