Venus Williams vs Sandrine Testud — New Haven Round of 16

New Haven · WTA · Round of 16
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 19 August 2001
hard
FRA
Sandrine Testud
54 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWLL
Williams V.
7-6 6-3
Testud S.
Williams V.
7762
Testud S.
653–

Venus Williams defeated Sandrine Testud 7-6 6-3 in the New Haven round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 4–1, defending the title. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 5–1.

Key context

Head to head

4–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-02-18DubaiSFhardSandrine Testud1-6 7-6(5) 6-4
2001-08-27US OpenR16hardVenus Williams6-4 6-0
1999-11-08PhiladelphiaQFcarpetVenus Williams6-1 7-6
1999-08-02San DiegoQFhardVenus Williams7-5 6-1
1997-08-25US OpenQFhardVenus Williams7-5 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Testud S.

Testud S.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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Williams V.Testud S.
1st serve in·Even
61%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
60%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
44%
28%
Service points won·Slight edge
56%
49%
Return points won·Even
44%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
62%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
0.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.8
4.0

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Williams V.
Davenport L.
7-666-4
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Clijsters K.
W/O
Williams V.
Capriati J.
6-47-61
Quarter-finals
Capriati J.
Dokic J.
6-46-3
Williams V.
Henin J.
6-35-76-2
Clijsters K.
Tauziat N.
6-26-2
Davenport L.
Mauresmo A.
6-46-4
R16
Davenport L.
Myskina A.
6-26-1
Capriati J.
Huber A.
0-66-36-2
Henin J.
Schett B.
6-36-2
Tauziat N.
Peschke K.
6-17-63
Clijsters K.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-16-4
Mauresmo A.
Nagyova H.
7-6146-3
Dokic J.
Raymond L.
6-36-0
Williams V.
Testud S.
7-656-3
R32
Raymond L.
Razzano V.
6-16-2
Tauziat N.
Shaughnessy M.
6-22-67-5
Peschke K.
Bedanova D.
1-66-36-2
Huber A.
Serna M.
6-26-2
Dokic J.
Dementieva E.
4-67-56-4
Schett B.
Dechy N.
7-666-4
Testud S.
Granville L.
6-46-3
Henin J.
Carlsson A.
6-26-3
Sanchez Vicario A.
Suarez P.
7-646-2
Myskina A.
Coetzer A.
6-37-5
Nagyova H.
Farina Elia S.
6-16-2
Mauresmo A.
Maleeva M.
6-36-4