Serena Williams vs Monica Seles — Toronto Semi-final

Toronto · WTA · Semi-final
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 13 August 2001
hard
USA
Monica Seles
52 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLWWW
Williams S.
7-5 7-6
Seles M.
Williams S.
7772
Seles M.
565–

Serena Williams defeated Monica Seles 7-5 7-6 in the Toronto semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 3–1. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

3–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-08-06Los AngelesQFhardMonica Seles6-2 3-6 7-6(2)
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
Williams S.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Seles M.

Seles M.serving50% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Williams S.

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

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
25°CMainly clear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 60%

Draw

Final
Williams S.
Capriati J.
6-16-776-3
Semi-finals
Williams S.
Seles M.
7-57-65
Capriati J.
Huber A.
6-33-66-3
Quarter-finals
Huber A.
Hopkins J.
7-646-3
Capriati J.
Shaughnessy M.
7-56-4
Seles M.
Henin J.
1-66-26-2
Williams S.
Testud S.
6-06-2
R16
Capriati J.
Prakusya W.
7-626-2
Seles M.
Dokic J.
6-37-63
Shaughnessy M.
Bedanova D.
6-46-4
Huber A.
Mauresmo A.
6-36-3
Hopkins J.
Coetzer A.
6-46-3
Testud S.
Dementieva E.
6-727-57-64
Williams S.
Schett B.
3-66-36-2
Henin J.
Frazier A.
6-36-2
R32
Frazier A.
Rubin C.
6-43-61-0
Schett B.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-2
Dokic J.
Serna M.
6-16-4
Coetzer A.
Grande R.
6-26-3
Prakusya W.
Tu M.
7-624-66-3
Hopkins J.
Weingartner M.
4-66-37-5
Capriati J.
Hantuchova D.
5-77-56-2
Seles M.
Irvin M.
6-36-2
Testud S.
Diaz Oliva M.
6-46-1
Huber A.
Dominikovic E.
7-636-1
Williams S.
Majoli I.
7-626-1
Dementieva E.
Peschke K.
4-66-46-3
Henin J.
Sugiyama A.
6-47-65
Mauresmo A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-06-3
Bedanova D.
Maleeva M.
6-47-64
Shaughnessy M.
Asagoe S.
6-06-4
R64
Shaughnessy M.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-16-4
Asagoe S.
Bovina E.
6-726-36-4
Bedanova D.
Black C.
7-56-756-0
Likhovtseva E.
Kandarr J.
6-46-4
Grande R.
Raymond L.
1-66-46-2
Serna M.
Leon Garcia G.
7-51-66-3
Irvin M.
Nagyova H.
6-46-4
Majoli I.
Washington M.
6-14-67-5
Tanasugarn T.
Panova T.
6-06-3
Dominikovic E.
Drake M.
6-17-63
Huber A.
Rittner B.
2-66-36-3
Weingartner M.
Sanchez Vicario A.
3-66-16-4
Diaz Oliva M.
Webb V.
3-67-56-1
Hopkins J.
Dechy N.
7-57-5
Testud S.
Ruano Pascual V.
3-66-36-4
Tu M.
Tulyaganova I.
3-66-36-4
Schett B.
Sidot A.
6-36-4
Prakusya W.
Selyutina I.
6-26-4
Hantuchova D.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-46-4
Peschke K.
Reeves S.
6-36-2
Sugiyama A.
Sfar S.
6-16-3
Frazier A.
Kremer A.
6-26-3
Dokic J.
Petrova N.
6-757-56-1
Rubin C.
Nejedly J.
6-36-2