Serena Williams vs Cara Black — Indian Wells Round of 16

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Friday, 5 March 1999
hard
ZIM
Cara Black
47 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Williams S.
6-0 7-5
Black C.
Williams S.
672
Black C.
05–

Serena Williams defeated Cara Black 6-0 7-5 in the Indian Wells round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Cara Black came in defending last year's round of 64, but Serena Williams had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 6 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Black C.

Black C.serving58% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Serve advantage — Williams S.

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 S.Black C.
1st serve in·Even
59%
59%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
75%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
45%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
53%
Return points won·Even
46%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
53%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
1.5
Double faults / match·Even
3.2
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
20°CClear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 26%

Draw

Final
Williams S.
Graf S.
6-33-67-5
Semi-finals
Williams S.
Testud S.
7-56-0
Graf S.
Rubin C.
2-66-46-2
Quarter-finals
Rubin C.
Hingis M.
6-37-6
Williams S.
Pierce M.
7-57-6
Testud S.
Nagyova H.
6-16-3
Graf S.
Novotna J.
6-26-0
R16
Nagyova H.
Seles M.
6-26-4
Williams S.
Black C.
6-07-5
Pierce M.
Grande R.
6-16-0
Testud S.
Tauziat N.
7-66-2
Graf S.
Sugiyama A.
6-06-1
Novotna J.
Rippner B.
6-16-4
Rubin C.
Coetzer A.
6-46-4
Hingis M.
Schnyder P.
6-16-3
R32
Pierce M.
Frazier A.
6-06-3
Seles M.
Likhovtseva E.
7-66-2
Nagyova H.
Farina Elia S.
6-26-4
Grande R.
Osterloh L.
6-46-4
Novotna J.
Fernandez M.
6-06-3
Coetzer A.
Halard Decugis J.
6-46-77-6
Testud S.
Barabanschikova O.
7-66-0
Rubin C.
Martinez C.
6-36-4
Rippner B.
Rittner B.
6-46-4
Tauziat N.
Saeki M.
6-16-76-3
Schnyder P.
Molik A.
3-66-16-3
Sugiyama A.
Raymond L.
7-67-5
Graf S.
Peschke K.
6-16-2
Hingis M.
Stevenson A.
6-36-4
Black C.
Spirlea I.
6-76-47-5
Williams S.
Davenport L.
6-46-2
R64
Saeki M.
Serna M.
4-67-66-2
Williams S.
Steck J.
6-17-5
Fernandez M.
Tatarkova E.
6-46-3
Black C.
Huber A.
4-66-36-2
Spirlea I.
Glass A.
7-67-6
Osterloh L.
Schett B.
6-46-4
Grande R.
De Swardt M.
5-76-47-6
Frazier A.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
4-66-36-2
Likhovtseva E.
Lucic M.
6-46-3
Rubin C.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-46-3
Halard Decugis J.
Li F.
6-27-6
Rippner B.
Plischke S.
6-46-2
Rittner B.
Monami D.
0-66-46-3
Raymond L.
Zvereva N.
6-46-4
Sugiyama A.
Sidot A.
2-66-27-5
Peschke K.
Panova T.
6-46-1
Barabanschikova O.
Smashnova A.
5-76-16-2
Testud S.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-16-1
Farina Elia S.
Kournikova A.
7-61-67-5
Nagyova H.
Morariu C.
7-57-5
Martinez C.
Appelmans S.
6-24-66-2
Schnyder P.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-4
Molik A.
Fusai A.
6-26-3
Stevenson A.
Snyder T.
7-56-4