Venus Williams vs Barbara Rittner — Hanover Quarter-final
Hanover · WTA · Quarter-final
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 February 1999
carpet
Williams V.6-2 6-1
Rittner B.
Williams V.
662
Rittner B.
21–
Venus Williams defeated Barbara Rittner 6-2 6-1 in the Hanover quarter-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Barbara Rittner came in defending last year's round of 32.
Key context
- Match story: Venus Williams dropped just 3 games past Barbara Rittner.
Head to head
No previous meetings on record.
Serve vs return
This seasonServe advantage — Williams V.
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 season1st serve in·Even
61%
63%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
65%
53%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
56%
50%
Return points won·Slight edge
44%
39%
Break points saved·Even
57%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
2.8
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 5). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Draw
Quarter-finals
Graf S.
Schett B.
6-36-2
Novotna J.
Testud S.
6-16-4
Likhovtseva E.
Oremans M.
6-26-2
Williams V.
Rittner B.
6-26-1
R16
Rittner B.
Farina Elia S.
6-2
Williams V.
Sugiyama A.
6-47-5
Likhovtseva E.
Schnyder P.
7-56-3
Oremans M.
Tauziat N.
6-46-4
Schett B.
Ruano Pascual V.
7-56-2
Novotna J.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-36-3
Graf S.
Sidot A.
6-16-3
Testud S.
Huber A.
6-36-3
R32
Likhovtseva E.
Nagyova H.
6-24-2
Tauziat N.
Dechy N.
6-36-76-3
Oremans M.
Loit E.
6-06-0
Testud S.
Glass A.
7-66-1
Dragomir Ilie R.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
6-36-2
Sugiyama A.
Majoli I.
2-67-56-3
Huber A.
Plischke S.
7-57-6
Rittner B.
Serna M.
6-45-76-4
Sidot A.
Appelmans S.
6-36-4
Farina Elia S.
Habsudova K.
6-36-1
Ruano Pascual V.
Fusai A.
6-36-2
Schett B.
Capriati J.
6-46-2