Venus Williams vs Saori Obata — Tokyo Round of 16
Tokyo · WTA · Round of 16
0 — 0
Sets
Tuesday, 3 February 2004
hard
Williams V.6-3 6-4
Obata S.
Williams V.
662
Obata S.
34–
Venus Williams defeated Saori Obata 6-3 6-4 in the Tokyo round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Saori Obata came in defending last year's round of 32.
Key context
- Match story: Venus Williams closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.
Head to head
No previous meetings on record.
Serve vs return
This seasonBaseline 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 season1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
57%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
44%
39%
Service points won·Even
56%
52%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Clear edge
57%
45%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
1.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.8
3.7
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 10). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Conditions
Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
9°COvercast
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 79%
Draw
Quarter-finals
Dokic J.
Panova T.
6-16-1
Davenport L.
Hantuchova D.
6-26-2
Maleeva M.
Sugiyama A.
6-16-1
Rubin C.
Williams V.
W/O
R16
Panova T.
Dementieva E.
7-656-3
Hantuchova D.
Sharapova M.
7-666-1
Davenport L.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-26-1
Dokic J.
Husarova J.
7-676-726-1
Maleeva M.
Granville L.
6-16-3
Sugiyama A.
Callens E.
6-36-3
Rubin C.
Morigami A.
7-56-736-3
Williams V.
Obata S.
6-36-4
R32
Morigami A.
Asagoe S.
6-47-65
Rubin C.
Grande R.
6-36-0
Callens E.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-36-4
Maleeva M.
Raymond L.
4-66-26-3
Hantuchova D.
Molik A.
6-16-777-5
Sharapova M.
Yoshida Y.
6-16-1
Granville L.
Jidkova A.
7-56-2
Panova T.
Zheng J.
6-46-3
Husarova J.
Tanasugarn T.
7-686-3
Dokic J.
Black C.
3-67-656-1
Vento Kabchi M.
Likhovtseva E.
6-37-65
Obata S.
Vakulenko J.
7-56-3