Magdalena Maleeva vs Venus Williams — Nice Semi-final

Nice · WTA · Semi-final
BUL
Magdalena Maleeva
51 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 February 2001
carpet
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Maleeva M.
7-6 6-4
Williams V.
Maleeva M.
71062
Williams V.
684–

Magdalena Maleeva defeated Venus Williams 7-6 6-4 in the Nice semi-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 3–1. Magdalena Maleeva narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-04-26WarsawQFclayVenus Williams6-1 6-0
2002-09-30MoscowR16hardMagdalena Maleeva2-6 6-1 7-6(3)
2002-01-14Australian OpenR16hardVenus Williams6-0 6-3
1998-01-11SydneyQFhardVenus Williams6-2 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Maleeva M.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Williams V.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Maleeva M.

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. About

Statistics

This season
Maleeva M.Williams V.
1st serve in·Even
65%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
54%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.0
2.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.6
4.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Mauresmo A.
Maleeva M.
6-26-0
Semi-finals
Maleeva M.
Williams V.
7-686-4
Mauresmo A.
Huber A.
2-66-16-1
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Tu M.
6-47-62
Huber A.
Farina Elia S.
6-26-2
Mauresmo A.
Kremer A.
6-26-3
Maleeva M.
Dementieva E.
6-36-3
R16
Williams V.
Sidot A.
7-637-66
Huber A.
Dechy N.
6-24-66-3
Dementieva E.
Pin C.
6-36-4
Kremer A.
Tauziat N.
6-36-4
Mauresmo A.
Peschke K.
6-26-2
Maleeva M.
Henin J.
7-634-66-4
Tu M.
Serna M.
6-46-777-5
Farina Elia S.
Martinez C.
6-26-2
R32
Sidot A.
Palaversic M.
6-36-3
Serna M.
Loit E.
6-34-66-2
Tu M.
Frazier A.
6-23-66-0
Maleeva M.
Schnyder P.
6-35-76-3
Pin C.
Panova T.
3-66-17-5
Farina Elia S.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
3-66-46-3
Dechy N.
Barna A.
6-06-3
Huber A.
Chladkova D.
6-46-2
Kremer A.
Jeyaseelan S.
6-06-4
Peschke K.
Smashnova A.
5-76-26-4
Henin J.
Habsudova K.
6-46-3
Mauresmo A.
Carlsson A.
6-16-3