Venus Williams vs Anna Smashnova — Stanford Quarter-final

Stanford · WTA · Quarter-final
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 July 2004
hard
ISR
Anna Smashnova
49 yrs · 157 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWWWLW
Williams V.
6-0 6-3
Smashnova A.
Williams V.
662
Smashnova A.
03–

Venus Williams defeated Anna Smashnova 6-0 6-3 in the Stanford quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-01-17Australian OpenR32hardVenus Williams6-3 6-0
2004-05-03BerlinR16grassVenus Williams6-3 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Smashnova A.

Smashnova A.serving53% hold

wins 51% 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. About

Statistics

This season
Williams V.Smashnova A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
68%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
65%
53%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
40%
Service points won·Slight edge
56%
49%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Clear edge
57%
43%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
0.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.8
4.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 22). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Smashnova A.
Freshness·
100
—

Williams V.: 20 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Williams V.
7-645-77-64
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-36-2
Williams V.
Frazier A.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Smashnova A.
6-06-3
Vento Kabchi M.
Schiavone F.
6-46-1
Frazier A.
Schnyder P.
6-37-64
Davenport L.
Washington M.
6-43-66-1
R16
Williams V.
Lee Waters L.
6-16-1
Smashnova A.
Parra Santonja A.
3-67-56-2
Schnyder P.
Pratt N.
6-36-2
Vento Kabchi M.
Barna A.
6-26-2
Schiavone F.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-43-67-62
Washington M.
Irvin M.
6-13-66-3
Davenport L.
Skavronskaia L.
6-16-1
Frazier A.
Bartoli M.
6-37-60
R32
Washington M.
Schaul C.
7-56-1
Skavronskaia L.
Mandula P.
3-66-26-3
Pratt N.
Jankovic J.
6-46-3
Smashnova A.
Jackson J.
6-10-67-63
Parra Santonja A.
Jidkova A.
6-26-1
Lee Waters L.
Haynes A.
6-26-4
Bartoli M.
Likhovtseva E.
6-16-4
Vento Kabchi M.
Daniilidou E.
6-36-767-66
Frazier A.
Liu A.
7-54-66-3
Barna A.
Benesova I.
7-634-66-4
Kostanic Tosic J.
Harkleroad A.
7-54-66-1
Irvin M.
Shaughnessy M.
6-36-1