Venus Williams vs Anastasia Myskina — Antwerp Semi-final

Antwerp · WTA · Semi-final
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 14 February 2005
hard
RUS
Anastasia Myskina
45 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWWW
Williams V.
6-3 3-6 6-3
Myskina A.
Williams V.
6362
Myskina A.
3631

Venus Williams defeated Anastasia Myskina 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the Antwerp semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Venus Williams closed it out in three sets, 6–3 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-05-24Roland GarrosQFclayAnastasia Myskina6-3 6-4
2002-04-08Amelia IslandR16clayVenus Williams6-4 7-6(5)
2002-02-18DubaiQFhardVenus Williams6-0 3-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Myskina A.

Myskina A.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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.Myskina A.
1st serve in·Even
61%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
45%
Service points won·Even
56%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
48%
Break points saved·Even
57%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
1.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 49). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Myskina A.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
54
45
Break points saved·Clear edge
83
66
Break points won·Clear edge
83
63
Deciding sets·Dominant
30
58
Tiebreaks·Dominant
86
58

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Mauresmo A.
Williams V.
4-67-56-4
Semi-finals
Williams V.
Myskina A.
6-33-66-3
Mauresmo A.
Molik A.
6-37-62
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Clijsters K.
6-26-3
Molik A.
Koukalova K.
6-36-4
Myskina A.
Srebotnik K.
7-666-2
Mauresmo A.
Schnyder P.
4-66-46-3
R16
Schnyder P.
Pin C.
6-34-66-1
Mauresmo A.
Pierce M.
6-46-1
Clijsters K.
Petrova N.
7-56-736-1
Myskina A.
Golovin T.
6-36-766-4
Williams V.
Razzano V.
6-36-0
Srebotnik K.
Chakvetadze A.
4-66-17-612
Koukalova K.
Schaul C.
6-46-3
Molik A.
Maleeva M.
4-66-27-67
R32
Golovin T.
Safina D.
6-46-7106-3
Pierce M.
Benesova I.
6-26-1
Schaul C.
Callens E.
6-36-4
Koukalova K.
Dechy N.
7-676-4
Petrova N.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-46-1
Pin C.
Marrero M.
6-16-2
Clijsters K.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-26-3
Razzano V.
Ivanovic A.
6-32-66-3
Chakvetadze A.
Sprem K.
7-56-3
Maleeva M.
Garbin T.
6-46-4
Schnyder P.
Chladkova D.
6-37-5
Srebotnik K.
Camerin M.
3-66-26-4