Aravane Rezai vs Venus Williams — Istanbul Round of 16

Istanbul · WTA · Round of 16
FRA
Aravane Rezai
39 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 May 2007
clay
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1570Clay ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Rezai A.
6-4 6-4
Williams V.
Rezai A.
662
Williams V.
44–

Aravane Rezai defeated Venus Williams 6-4 6-4 in the Istanbul round of 16 on clay. Aravane Rezai extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Aravane Rezai edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-05-10MadridFclayAravane Rezai6-2 7-5
2007-04-02Amelia IslandR64clayVenus Williams6-1 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Rezai A.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Williams V.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Rezai A.

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
Rezai A.Williams V.
1st serve in·Even
57%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
52%
57%
Aces / match·Even
2.7
2.9
Double faults / match·Even
5.1
4.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (192 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Rezai A.Williams V.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
21
54
Break points saved·Dominant
43
83
Break points won·Dominant
57
83
Deciding sets·Even
32
30
Tiebreaks·Dominant
55
86

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Dementieva E.
Rezai A.
7-653-0
Semi-finals
Rezai A.
Sharapova M.
6-26-4
Dementieva E.
Bondarenko A.
7-656-2
Quarter-finals
Bondarenko A.
Schnyder P.
W/O
Rezai A.
Shaughnessy M.
1-66-16-4
Sharapova M.
Radwanska A.
6-23-66-0
Dementieva E.
Castano C.
1-66-46-4
R16
Castano C.
Dzehalevich E.
4-67-56-1
Shaughnessy M.
Afinogenova E.
6-16-3
Rezai A.
Williams V.
6-46-4
Radwanska A.
Oprandi R.
6-16-0
Sharapova M.
Pironkova T.
6-47-61
Dementieva E.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-36-3
Schnyder P.
King V.
6-46-1
Bondarenko A.
Sevastova A.
6-43-67-65
R32
Bondarenko A.
Ozgen P.
6-16-0
Shaughnessy M.
Mirza S.
6-46-3
Afinogenova E.
Kloesel S.
6-35-76-3
Rezai A.
Obziler T.
6-36-1
Castano C.
Groenefeld A.
7-636-2
Schnyder P.
Chan Y.
6-16-1
Kostanic Tosic J.
Shvedova Y.
2-66-36-4
King V.
Senoglu I.
6-37-5
Williams V.
Poutchek T.
6-16-2
Radwanska A.
Bychkova E.
7-57-5
Oprandi R.
Bondarenko K.
6-46-4
Pironkova T.
Govortsova O.
6-42-66-2
Dzehalevich E.
Tatishvili A.
6-37-5
Sevastova A.
Yakimova A.
6-16-3