Venus Williams vs Meilen Tu — Nice Quarter-final

Nice · WTA · Quarter-final
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 February 2001
carpet
USA
Meilen Tu
48 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLW
Williams V.
6-4 7-6
Tu M.
Williams V.
6772
Tu M.
462–

Venus Williams defeated Meilen Tu 6-4 7-6 in the Nice quarter-final on carpet. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 4–0.

Key context

Head to head

3–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-04-02Amelia IslandR16clayVenus Williams6-2 7-5
2002-02-05ParisR16carpetVenus Williams6-1 6-3
2001-08-27US OpenR64hardVenus Williams6-2 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Tu M.

Tu M.serving67% hold

wins 57% 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. About

Statistics

This season
Williams V.Tu M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
0.9
Double faults / match·Even
4.8
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 58). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Tu M.
Freshness·
100
—

Williams V.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

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