Venus Williams vs Catalina Castano — Miami Round of 16

Miami · WTA · Round of 16
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Wednesday, 23 March 2005
hard
COL
Catalina Castano
47 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLWLL
Williams V.
6-4 2-6 6-1
Castano C.
Williams V.
6262
Castano C.
4611

Venus Williams defeated Catalina Castano 6-4 2-6 6-1 in the Miami round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

  • Match story: Venus Williams came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–4 2–6 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Castano C.

Castano C.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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.Castano C.
1st serve in·Even
61%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
57%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
1.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.8
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 76). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Castano C.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
28
Break points saved·Dominant
83
56
Break points won·Dominant
83
55
Deciding sets·Slight edge
30
40
Tiebreaks·Dominant
86
50

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
27°CDrizzle
Wind 11 km/hHumidity 75%

Draw

Final
Clijsters K.
Sharapova M.
6-37-5
Semi-finals
Clijsters K.
Mauresmo A.
6-16-0
Sharapova M.
Williams V.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Mauresmo A.
Ivanovic A.
6-16-4
Clijsters K.
Dementieva E.
6-26-1
Williams V.
Williams S.
6-17-68
Sharapova M.
Henin J.
6-16-766-2
R16
Ivanovic A.
Kuznetsova S.
6-33-67-5
Mauresmo A.
Sprem K.
6-17-5
Sharapova M.
Asagoe S.
6-16-2
Henin J.
Molik A.
6-42-66-2
Williams S.
Likhovtseva E.
6-41-66-4
Williams V.
Castano C.
6-42-66-1
Clijsters K.
Myskina A.
6-36-4
Dementieva E.
Golovin T.
3-66-26-1
R32
Williams S.
Peer S.
6-36-3
Molik A.
Dulko G.
3-66-36-4
Sharapova M.
Irvin M.
6-26-0
Dementieva E.
Maleeva M.
6-36-4
Kuznetsova S.
Randriantefy D.
6-16-3
Ivanovic A.
Vaidisova N.
6-27-64
Castano C.
Schnyder P.
6-32-66-1
Williams V.
Zuluaga F.
6-26-0
Sprem K.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-26-2
Mauresmo A.
Smashnova A.
6-26-1
Likhovtseva E.
Sugiyama A.
6-43-66-3
Henin J.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-36-2
Myskina A.
Pennetta F.
6-46-0
Clijsters K.
Dechy N.
6-06-2
Golovin T.
Bovina E.
6-37-64
Asagoe S.
Schiavone F.
6-06-3
R64
Myskina A.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-26-1
Irvin M.
Safina D.
7-640-66-4
Asagoe S.
Jidkova A.
6-756-47-64
Williams V.
Groenefeld A.
6-26-0
Cohen Aloro S.
Hantuchova D.
7-636-2
Kuznetsova S.
Voskoboeva G.
6-16-3
Schnyder P.
Peschke K.
6-46-1
Clijsters K.
Frazier A.
6-26-3
Dechy N.
Raymond L.
6-26-4
Golovin T.
Haynes A.
6-06-786-3
Bovina E.
Perebiynis T.
6-36-2
Dulko G.
Brandi K.
4-66-06-3
Sugiyama A.
Craybas J.
7-56-4
Ivanovic A.
Petrova N.
6-47-5
Molik A.
Pratt N.
6-26-3
Maleeva M.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-43-67-5
Dementieva E.
Linetskaya E.
6-32-66-4
Sprem K.
Parra Santonja A.
6-31-66-4
Henin J.
Spears A.
6-46-3
Llagostera Vives N.
Zvonareva V.
3-66-36-1
Zuluaga F.
Medina Garrigues A.
7-56-1
Castano C.
Suarez P.
7-56-3
Pennetta F.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
6-36-3
Likhovtseva E.
Chladkova D.
7-646-2
Schiavone F.
Shaughnessy M.
7-654-67-62
Randriantefy D.
Koukalova K.
6-26-1
Peer S.
Bartoli M.
2-66-47-5
Williams S.
Dushevina V.
6-36-0
Vaidisova N.
Jankovic J.
6-27-66
Smashnova A.
Morigami A.
7-56-4
Mauresmo A.
Kirilenko M.
4-66-46-1
Sharapova M.
Daniilidou E.
6-06-4
R128
Ruano Pascual V.
Kutuzova V.
6-37-5
Daniilidou E.
Garbin T.
6-34-66-1
Haynes A.
Diaz Oliva M.
6-37-65
Perebiynis T.
Marrero M.
6-32-66-3
Raymond L.
Washington M.
6-46-2
Clijsters K.
Kloesel S.
6-06-1
Linetskaya E.
Sucha M.
6-16-4
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Mirza S.
6-27-5
Voskoboeva G.
Uberoi N.
6-46-2
Randriantefy D.
Peterson J.
6-46-3
Vaidisova N.
Srebotnik K.
7-56-1
Ivanovic A.
Granville L.
6-37-5
Cohen Aloro S.
Strycova B.
3-66-46-3
Jidkova A.
Bondarenko A.
6-36-2
Morigami A.
Kirkland J.
6-26-2
Llagostera Vives N.
Lee Waters L.
6-26-0
Spears A.
Stosur S.
7-654-66-1
Vento Kabchi M.
Schaul C.
6-36-1
Groenefeld A.
Schruff J.
6-46-2
Pratt N.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-2
Medina Garrigues A.
Weingartner M.
6-14-3
Dushevina V.
Loit E.
6-36-3
Chladkova D.
Benesova I.
6-44-66-2
Castano C.
Foretz Gacon S.
6-16-3
Irvin M.
Serna M.
6-37-5
Parra Santonja A.
Tatishvili A.
6-30-66-2
Kirilenko M.
Chakvetadze A.
7-56-3
Shaughnessy M.
Fedak Y.
6-36-0
Brandi K.
Jackson J.
6-36-2
Peschke K.
Karatantcheva S.
6-36-1
Craybas J.
Razzano V.
4-66-36-2
Peer S.
Domachowska M.
6-22-67-5