Serena Williams vs Nathalie Dechy — Los Angeles Round of 16

Los Angeles · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 4 August 2002
hard
FRA
Nathalie Dechy
47 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
Williams S.
6-2 6-1
Dechy N.
Williams S.
662
Dechy N.
21–

Serena Williams defeated Nathalie Dechy 6-2 6-1 in the Los Angeles round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 4–0, defending last year's quarter-final. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Key context

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-05-12RomeR16claySerena Williams6-3 6-0
2002-08-26US OpenR32hardSerena Williams6-1 6-1
2002-04-15CharlestonR16claySerena Williams7-6(3) 6-3
1999-02-22ParisSFcarpetSerena Williams6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Dechy N.

Dechy N.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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. About

Statistics

This season
Williams S.Dechy N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
70%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
75%
60%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
44%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
55%
Return points won·Even
46%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
54%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
1.5
Double faults / match·Even
3.2
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 132). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Dechy N.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
42
Break points saved·Dominant
94
66
Break points won·Dominant
96
64
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
57
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
46

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Draw

Final
Rubin C.
Davenport L.
5-77-656-3
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-4
Rubin C.
Dokic J.
6-06-2
Quarter-finals
Dokic J.
Grande R.
6-46-1
Rubin C.
Williams S.
6-24-67-5
Sugiyama A.
Capriati J.
6-36-3
Davenport L.
Daniilidou E.
7-626-2
R16
Dokic J.
Husarova J.
4-0
Davenport L.
Panova T.
6-26-4
Grande R.
Srebotnik K.
6-26-1
Williams S.
Dechy N.
6-26-1
Rubin C.
Bedanova D.
6-26-1
Sugiyama A.
Coetzer A.
6-17-64
Capriati J.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-736-2
Daniilidou E.
Kremer A.
6-07-5
R32
Capriati J.
Gagliardi E.
6-16-2
Williams S.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-46-2
Dechy N.
Tulyaganova I.
6-46-2
Rubin C.
Irvin M.
6-13-66-2
Bedanova D.
Stevenson A.
6-36-2
Dokic J.
Pisnik T.
6-36-2
Husarova J.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-4
Grande R.
Maleeva M.
4-66-06-3
Srebotnik K.
Clijsters K.
6-42-66-4
Daniilidou E.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-2
Kremer A.
Mikaelian M.
6-26-2
Panova T.
Tu M.
6-26-4
Davenport L.
Bovina E.
6-26-736-3
Sugiyama A.
Dementieva E.
6-26-757-5
Coetzer A.
Smashnova A.
6-06-2
Tanasugarn T.
Frazier A.
3-67-676-1
R64
Frazier A.
Schett B.
6-46-4
Coetzer A.
Jankovic J.
6-26-2
Gagliardi E.
Zuluaga F.
6-06-2
Sugiyama A.
Nagyova H.
6-46-3
Bovina E.
Schiavone F.
6-36-1
Tu M.
Poutchek T.
6-27-62
Mikaelian M.
Morariu C.
3-66-37-5
Daniilidou E.
Pratt N.
6-46-4
Srebotnik K.
Suarez P.
6-24-66-1
Grande R.
Molik A.
6-46-2
Husarova J.
Serna M.
4-66-16-3
Pisnik T.
Peng S.
2-66-27-5
Stevenson A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-47-66
Irvin M.
Arn G.
6-06-3
Tulyaganova I.
Serra Zanetti A.
3-66-37-5
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Widjaja A.
6-17-60