Elena Bovina vs Venus Williams — Moscow Quarter-final

Moscow · WTA · Quarter-final
RUS
Elena Bovina
43 yrs · 189 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 October 2004
hard
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Bovina E.
6-3 6-2
Williams V.
Bovina E.
662
Williams V.
32–

Elena Bovina defeated Venus Williams 6-3 6-2 in the Moscow quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Elena Bovina had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 8 on hard. Elena Bovina claimed a first win over Venus Williams in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-07-30San DiegoR32hardVenus Williams6-1 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Bovina E.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Bovina E.

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
Bovina E.Williams V.
1st serve in·Even
65%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
40%
44%
Service points won·Even
53%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
50%
57%
Aces / match·Even
2.7
2.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.1
4.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (36 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Myskina A.
Dementieva E.
7-56-0
Semi-finals
Dementieva E.
Bovina E.
6-47-5
Myskina A.
Davenport L.
6-47-61
Quarter-finals
Dementieva E.
Kuznetsova S.
6-16-3
Davenport L.
Schiavone F.
6-46-1
Myskina A.
Zvonareva V.
4-66-07-5
Bovina E.
Williams V.
6-36-2
R16
Myskina A.
Likhovtseva E.
2-66-16-0
Bovina E.
Schaul C.
7-56-3
Kuznetsova S.
Pastikova M.
6-26-4
Davenport L.
Safina D.
6-46-2
Williams V.
Dushevina V.
6-06-4
Dementieva E.
Mamic S.
6-36-3
Schiavone F.
Petrova N.
0-66-36-4
Zvonareva V.
Sprem K.
4-66-26-3
R32
Zvonareva V.
Dechy N.
6-06-2
Sprem K.
Smashnova A.
6-16-3
Dementieva E.
Schnyder P.
6-26-3
Likhovtseva E.
Zuluaga F.
6-16-2
Petrova N.
Suarez P.
7-56-4
Schiavone F.
Farina Elia S.
6-756-27-5
Safina D.
Chakvetadze A.
6-41-66-3
Bovina E.
Hantuchova D.
6-26-3
Dushevina V.
Maleeva M.
5-76-46-4
Williams V.
Jidkova A.
6-46-4
Pastikova M.
Sugiyama A.
6-27-5
Mamic S.
Pierce M.
6-06-4