Venus Williams vs Nuria Llagostera Vives — Beijing Round of 16

Beijing · WTA · Round of 16
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 September 2005
hard
ESP
Nuria Llagostera Vives
46 yrs · 156 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Williams V.
6-3 6-1
Llagostera Vives N.
Williams V.
662
Llagostera Vives N.
31–

Venus Williams defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-3 6-1 in the Beijing round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-02-23AcapulcoR32hardVenus Williams6-4 4-6 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Llagostera Vives N.

Llagostera Vives N.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.Llagostera Vives N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
53%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
56%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
57%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
1.1
Double faults / match·Even
4.8
4.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Llagostera Vives N.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
54
36
Break points saved·Clear edge
83
65
Break points won·Clear edge
83
61
Deciding sets·Clear edge
30
42
Tiebreaks·
86
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
21°COvercast
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 63%

Draw

Final
Kirilenko M.
Groenefeld A.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Kirilenko M.
Sharapova M.
6-42-1
Groenefeld A.
Domachowska M.
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Domachowska M.
Williams V.
W/O
Kirilenko M.
Sun T.
6-16-3
Sharapova M.
Asagoe S.
6-46-1
Groenefeld A.
Peng S.
7-56-1
R16
Williams V.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-36-1
Groenefeld A.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-3
Asagoe S.
Craybas J.
6-26-4
Sun T.
Williams S.
6-27-67
Kirilenko M.
Nakamura A.
6-17-63
Domachowska M.
Zheng J.
6-36-1
Sharapova M.
Peer S.
6-05-76-2
Peng S.
Diaz Oliva M.
3-66-27-60
R32
Diaz Oliva M.
Molik A.
7-616-746-4
Llagostera Vives N.
Jidkova A.
2-66-07-65
Zheng J.
Jankovic J.
7-54-67-5
Peer S.
Dushevina V.
6-26-0
Peng S.
Laine E.
6-16-1
Kirilenko M.
Jackson J.
7-57-5
Sugiyama A.
Morigami A.
7-636-4
Domachowska M.
Shaughnessy M.
6-36-3
Nakamura A.
Pennetta F.
3-66-46-4
Asagoe S.
Golovin T.
6-36-4
Sun T.
Panova T.
6-36-4
Craybas J.
Li N.
4-67-647-5