Monica Seles vs Serena Williams — Los Angeles Quarter-final

Los Angeles · WTA · Quarter-final
USA
Monica Seles
52 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 August 2001
hard
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
Seles M.
6-2 3-6 7-6
Williams S.
Seles M.
63772
Williams S.
26621

Monica Seles defeated Serena Williams 6-2 3-6 7-6 in the Los Angeles quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 4–0, defending the title, but Monica Seles had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 4 on hard. Monica Seles claimed a first win over Serena Williams in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Monica Seles closed it out in three sets, 6–2 3–6 7–6.

Head to head

0–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-08-13TorontoSFhardSerena Williams7-5 7-6(5)
1999-08-30US OpenQFhardSerena Williams4-6 6-3 6-2
1999-03-18Key BiscayneR16hardSerena Williams6-2 6-3
1997-11-03ChicagoQFcarpetSerena Williams4-6 6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Seles M.serving50% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Williams S.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Seles M.

Serve advantage — Williams S.

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
Seles M.Williams S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
54%
59%
1st serve points won·Dominant
50%
75%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
26%
49%
Service points won·Dominant
39%
64%
Return points won·Even
43%
46%
Break points saved·Clear edge
40%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
1.0
7.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
12.0
3.2

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

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Seles M.
6-37-5
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Hingis M.
6-31-66-4
Davenport L.
Tauziat N.
6-16-2
Quarter-finals
Tauziat N.
Clijsters K.
6-46-2
Davenport L.
Dementieva E.
5-76-46-2
Seles M.
Williams S.
6-23-67-62
Hingis M.
Frazier A.
6-26-3
R16
Williams S.
Pratt N.
6-36-3
Seles M.
Testud S.
3-67-656-4
Hingis M.
Likhovtseva E.
6-06-3
Frazier A.
Prakusya W.
7-56-3
Tauziat N.
Dokic J.
6-00-66-2
Clijsters K.
Molik A.
7-636-3
Dementieva E.
Razzano V.
6-46-4
Davenport L.
Bedanova D.
6-36-3
R32
Davenport L.
Petrova N.
7-637-63
Dementieva E.
Brandi K.
W/O
Molik A.
Rubin C.
6-17-64
Frazier A.
Husarova J.
7-656-4
Prakusya W.
Grande R.
7-646-2
Williams S.
Hopkins J.
7-56-3
Pratt N.
Tulyaganova I.
6-46-1
Testud S.
Kremer A.
6-26-3
Seles M.
Irvin M.
6-36-2
Tauziat N.
Tanasugarn T.
6-37-61
Bedanova D.
Schett B.
6-46-2
Razzano V.
Sanchez Vicario A.
3-66-16-4
Likhovtseva E.
Dominikovic E.
6-16-3
Hingis M.
Osterloh L.
6-27-5
Dokic J.
Weingartner M.
6-26-1
Clijsters K.
Black C.
4-66-36-1
R64
Tanasugarn T.
Stevenson A.
6-14-1
Molik A.
Lucic M.
6-26-4
Hopkins J.
Sfar S.
7-56-1
Osterloh L.
Kandarr J.
6-46-0
Dominikovic E.
Garbin T.
6-06-1
Husarova J.
Nola P.
6-26-2
Grande R.
Panova T.
6-15-76-1
Pratt N.
Asagoe S.
6-36-3
Kremer A.
Tu M.
6-46-2
Irvin M.
Avants C.
5-76-36-1
Weingartner M.
Bovina E.
7-55-76-3
Black C.
Sugiyama A.
5-76-16-2
Brandi K.
Fujiwara R.
1-66-36-1
Razzano V.
Sidot A.
3-66-26-4
Bedanova D.
Lee J.
6-43-66-2
Petrova N.
Diaz Oliva M.
6-16-4