Venus Williams vs Elena Bovina — San Diego Round of 32

San Diego · WTA · Round of 32
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 July 2001
hard
RUS
Elena Bovina
43 yrs · 189 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
Williams V.
6-1 6-2
Bovina E.
Williams V.
662
Bovina E.
12–

Venus Williams defeated Elena Bovina 6-1 6-2 in the San Diego round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Bovina came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Venus Williams claimed a first win over Elena Bovina in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-10-11MoscowQFhardElena Bovina6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Bovina E.

Bovina E.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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.Bovina E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
40%
Service points won·Even
56%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
49%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
2.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.8
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 41). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Williams V.
Seles M.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Hingis M.
6-36-4
Williams V.
Davenport L.
6-27-5
Quarter-finals
Davenport L.
Testud S.
6-25-77-65
Williams V.
Tauziat N.
6-26-2
Seles M.
Capriati J.
6-36-3
Hingis M.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-4
R16
Sugiyama A.
Pratt N.
6-34-1
Hingis M.
Stevenson A.
6-16-3
Capriati J.
Dokic J.
6-46-2
Seles M.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-1
Testud S.
Dementieva E.
6-26-4
Davenport L.
Schett B.
6-17-5
Tauziat N.
Maleeva M.
6-25-76-2
Williams V.
Bedanova D.
6-16-3
R32
Tauziat N.
Petrova N.
7-647-65
Hingis M.
Osterloh L.
6-16-4
Williams V.
Bovina E.
6-16-2
Bedanova D.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-16-4
Maleeva M.
Bradshaw A.
6-17-5
Davenport L.
Cacic S.
6-36-3
Schett B.
Rubin C.
7-646-4
Testud S.
Grande R.
6-47-5
Dementieva E.
Weingartner M.
6-36-3
Seles M.
Dominikovic E.
6-36-4
Shaughnessy M.
Kremer A.
6-746-26-1
Dokic J.
Kandarr J.
7-617-5
Capriati J.
Asagoe S.
6-16-1
Sugiyama A.
Clijsters K.
6-36-3
Pratt N.
Kournikova A.
6-716-16-3
Stevenson A.
Frazier A.
6-15-76-4
R64
Bovina E.
Likhovtseva E.
7-55-3
Petrova N.
Garbin T.
5-2
Kandarr J.
Husarova J.
6-46-4
Bedanova D.
Fusai A.
6-06-2
Bradshaw A.
Hopkins J.
1-66-16-4
Cacic S.
Nguyen A.
6-26-3
Rubin C.
Panova T.
6-06-3
Grande R.
Tu M.
3-66-36-2
Weingartner M.
Tulyaganova I.
7-641-67-62
Dominikovic E.
Sfar S.
7-657-5
Kremer A.
Black C.
6-26-1
Asagoe S.
Sidot A.
6-26-3
Sugiyama A.
Tanasugarn T.
4-67-636-2
Pratt N.
Nola P.
6-36-2
Stevenson A.
Brandi K.
7-656-0
Osterloh L.
Razzano V.
3-66-26-0