Venus Williams vs Cara Black — Indian Wells Round of 32

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 32
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Thursday, 8 March 2001
hard
ZIM
Cara Black
47 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWWL
Williams V.
6-4 3-6 6-0
Black C.
Williams V.
6362
Black C.
4601

Venus Williams defeated Cara Black 6-4 3-6 6-0 in the Indian Wells round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Cara Black came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving70% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Black C.

Black C.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. About

Statistics

This season
Williams V.Black C.
1st serve in·Even
61%
59%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
45%
Service points won·Even
56%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Even
57%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
1.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
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°CMainly clear
Wind 5 km/hHumidity 56%

Draw

Final
Williams S.
Clijsters K.
4-66-46-2
Semi-finals
Williams S.
Williams V.
W/O
Clijsters K.
Hingis M.
6-22-66-1
Quarter-finals
Clijsters K.
Bovina E.
6-26-2
Hingis M.
Farina Elia S.
6-06-1
Williams V.
Dementieva E.
6-06-3
Williams S.
Davenport L.
6-16-2
R16
Dementieva E.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-3
Farina Elia S.
Huber A.
6-34-66-4
Bovina E.
Dechy N.
6-32-67-5
Hingis M.
Schett B.
6-37-64
Clijsters K.
Sugiyama A.
6-44-66-2
Williams V.
Mcquillan R.
6-46-2
Williams S.
Maleeva M.
6-36-2
Davenport L.
Raymond L.
6-46-2
R32
Schett B.
Suarez P.
6-36-3
Mcquillan R.
Shaughnessy M.
6-36-4
Huber A.
Tanasugarn T.
3-66-46-3
Williams V.
Black C.
6-43-66-0
Williams S.
Leon Garcia G.
6-36-1
Davenport L.
Sidot A.
6-46-4
Raymond L.
Testud S.
6-776-47-5
Hingis M.
Torrens Valero C.
6-36-0
Clijsters K.
Henin J.
1-66-46-3
Dechy N.
Sanchez Vicario A.
7-693-66-2
Farina Elia S.
Dominikovic E.
6-16-3
Bovina E.
Schiavone F.
6-35-76-3
Dementieva E.
Kremer A.
6-16-4
Maleeva M.
Serna M.
7-56-2
Sugiyama A.
Garbin T.
6-46-2
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Petrova N.
6-46-4
R64
Sidot A.
Courtois L.
5-77-636-0
Dechy N.
Osterloh L.
6-16-1
Raymond L.
Majoli I.
6-27-5
Testud S.
Montolio A.
6-16-3
Maleeva M.
Poutchek T.
4-67-626-1
Serna M.
Kuti Kis R.
6-26-3
Leon Garcia G.
De Los Rios R.
6-26-2
Schett B.
Kleinova S.
6-26-1
Hingis M.
Peschke K.
7-56-0
Torrens Valero C.
Panova T.
7-57-5
Suarez P.
Kandarr J.
6-44-66-4
Williams S.
Gersi A.
6-36-2
Davenport L.
Pratt N.
6-26-1
Huber A.
Cacic S.
7-57-5
Tanasugarn T.
Vavrinec M.
6-27-5
Williams V.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
6-06-1
Farina Elia S.
Jankovic J.
6-26-4
Dominikovic E.
Tauziat N.
6-44-67-5
Garbin T.
Seles M.
7-663-66-4
Sugiyama A.
Husarova J.
7-56-0
Henin J.
Rittner B.
6-36-4
Black C.
Grande R.
6-24-66-1
Shaughnessy M.
Loit E.
6-26-1
Mcquillan R.
Frazier A.
7-57-5
Petrova N.
Talaja S.
6-36-3
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Likhovtseva E.
3-66-36-2
Kremer A.
Pisnik T.
7-56-1
Clijsters K.
Plischke S.
6-26-3
Dementieva E.
Brandi K.
6-26-0
Bovina E.
Martinez C.
6-46-4
Schiavone F.
Schnyder P.
6-47-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Hopkins J.
6-06-756-4
R128
De Los Rios R.
Bacheva L.
7-637-62
Pitkowski Malcor S.
Stevenson A.
4-66-46-4
Rittner B.
De Swardt M.
6-16-2
Vavrinec M.
Snyder T.
3-66-36-3
Courtois L.
Wartusch P.
6-23-66-3
Plischke S.
Chladkova D.
7-646-2
Majoli I.
Weingartner M.
6-46-2
Jankovic J.
Rippner B.
6-15-77-66
Dominikovic E.
Tu M.
6-26-3
Garbin T.
Barabanschikova O.
7-626-3
Grande R.
Li F.
6-26-2
Loit E.
Smashnova A.
6-36-746-3
Mcquillan R.
Jeyaseelan S.
4-66-16-3
Petrova N.
Nola P.
6-46-3
Montolio A.
Ruano Pascual V.
7-53-66-3
Poutchek T.
Oremans M.
1-66-26-3
Kuti Kis R.
Hantuchova D.
6-16-4
Pisnik T.
Carlsson A.
6-26-2
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Buth D.
7-56-3
Hopkins J.
Grzybowska M.
6-26-1
Osterloh L.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-13-67-5
Brandi K.
Casoni G.
6-26-1
Bovina E.
Tulyaganova I.
6-46-3
Schiavone F.
Glass A.
6-46-1
Peschke K.
Asagoe S.
6-33-66-2
Gersi A.
Jidkova A.
6-36-3
Torrens Valero C.
Gagliardi E.
6-37-5
Kandarr J.
Bedanova D.
7-633-67-66
Husarova J.
Nejedly J.
5-76-36-3
Pratt N.
Morariu C.
6-36-1
Kleinova S.
Marrero M.
6-46-3
Cacic S.
Srebotnik K.
6-46-3