Venus Williams vs Sandrine Testud — San Diego Quarter-final

San Diego · 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, 2 August 1999
hard
FRA
Sandrine Testud
54 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWLL
Williams V.
7-5 6-1
Testud S.
Williams V.
762
Testud S.
51–

Venus Williams defeated Sandrine Testud 7-5 6-1 in the San Diego quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 4–1, defending last year's quarter-final. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 5–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Venus Williams came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 6–1.

Head to head

4–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-02-18DubaiSFhardSandrine Testud1-6 7-6(5) 6-4
2001-08-27US OpenR16hardVenus Williams6-4 6-0
2001-08-19New HavenR16hardVenus Williams7-6(5) 6-3
1999-11-08PhiladelphiaQFcarpetVenus Williams6-1 7-6
1997-08-25US OpenQFhardVenus Williams7-5 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Testud S.

Testud S.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Williams V.Testud S.
1st serve in·Even
61%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
60%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
44%
28%
Service points won·Slight edge
56%
49%
Return points won·Even
44%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
62%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
0.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.8
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 1). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Hingis M.
Williams V.
6-46-0
Semi-finals
Williams V.
Davenport L.
6-47-5
Hingis M.
Coetzer A.
6-16-2
Quarter-finals
Davenport L.
Huber A.
7-57-5
Coetzer A.
Frazier A.
7-56-1
Williams V.
Testud S.
7-56-1
Hingis M.
Monami D.
6-26-4
R16
Frazier A.
Graf S.
4-67-52-1
Hingis M.
Rubin C.
7-56-3
Huber A.
Schett B.
5-76-46-3
Williams V.
Zvereva N.
7-56-1
Testud S.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-27-5
Coetzer A.
Kournikova A.
6-01-66-1
Monami D.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-4
Davenport L.
Spirlea I.
6-06-2
R32
Rubin C.
Halard Decugis J.
7-66-2
Coetzer A.
Raymond L.
6-76-16-1
Sanchez Vicario A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-21-66-4
Testud S.
Mauresmo A.
6-46-0
Zvereva N.
Zuluaga F.
6-26-1
Huber A.
Tauziat N.
6-36-1
Monami D.
Drake M.
6-37-5
Spirlea I.
Plischke S.
6-26-1
Sugiyama A.
Pierce M.
6-34-66-1
Frazier A.
Schnyder P.
6-47-6
Kournikova A.
Tu M.
6-27-6
Schett B.
Martinez C.
6-46-3