Venus Williams vs Karin Knapp — Doha Round of 32

Doha · WTA · Round of 32
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, 18 February 2008
hard
ITA
Karin Knapp
39 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWWLL
Williams V.
6-2 6-3
Knapp K.
Williams V.
662
Knapp K.
23–

Venus Williams defeated Karin Knapp 6-2 6-3 in the Doha round of 32 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Knapp K.

Knapp K.serving67% hold

wins 57% 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.Knapp K.
1st serve in·Even
61%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
57%
53%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
2.7
Double faults / match·Even
4.8
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 183). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Knapp K.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
24
Break points saved·Dominant
83
33
Break points won·Clear edge
83
66
Deciding sets·Even
30
34
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
86
75

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
23°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 36%

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.
Zvonareva V.
6-12-66-0
Semi-finals
Zvonareva V.
Li N.
3-66-36-3
Sharapova M.
Radwanska A.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Radwanska A.
Cibulkova D.
6-46-716-4
Li N.
Jankovic J.
6-36-4
Sharapova M.
Wozniacki C.
6-06-1
Zvonareva V.
Bammer S.
2-66-26-0
R16
Radwanska A.
Ivanovic A.
W/O
Sharapova M.
Tanasugarn T.
6-26-2
Wozniacki C.
Medina Garrigues A.
3-67-636-3
Li N.
Peer S.
6-16-3
Jankovic J.
Sugiyama A.
6-16-2
Zvonareva V.
Safina D.
7-56-3
Bammer S.
Kuznetsova S.
6-37-68
Cibulkova D.
Williams V.
6-36-3
R32
Medina Garrigues A.
Kirilenko M.
2-67-56-1
Tanasugarn T.
Mauresmo A.
7-677-5
Sharapova M.
Voskoboeva G.
6-44-66-1
Zvonareva V.
Schiavone F.
2-66-36-4
Williams V.
Knapp K.
6-26-3
Safina D.
Yan Z.
6-26-1
Kuznetsova S.
Dechy N.
7-57-5
Cibulkova D.
Schnyder P.
6-36-4
Radwanska A.
Garbin T.
6-36-3
Ivanovic A.
Govortsova O.
6-36-1
Jankovic J.
Shvedova Y.
6-13-66-3
Bammer S.
Niculescu M.
3-67-56-4
Sugiyama A.
Morita A.
4-66-46-0
Peer S.
Razzano V.
6-17-63
Li N.
Chakvetadze A.
7-676-4
Wozniacki C.
Bartoli M.
6-26-3
R64
Medina Garrigues A.
Petrova N.
6-21-2
Knapp K.
Goerges J.
6-16-4
Cibulkova D.
Safarova L.
6-46-3
Schnyder P.
Paszek T.
6-46-0
Radwanska A.
Morigami A.
7-56-0
Garbin T.
Radwanska U.
6-27-5
Govortsova O.
Mirza S.
4-67-653-2
Li N.
Likhovtseva E.
6-10-66-4
Peer S.
Klepac A.
6-36-4
Sugiyama A.
Szavay A.
7-636-0
Morita A.
Vesnina E.
6-36-4
Shvedova Y.
Zheng J.
6-44-66-1
Zvonareva V.
Rodionova A.
6-06-3
Yan Z.
Dushevina V.
6-24-66-2
Safina D.
Srebotnik K.
6-26-4
Bammer S.
Nakamura A.
6-16-3
Niculescu M.
Ditty J.
6-16-4
Dechy N.
Peng S.
1-66-46-1
Wozniacki C.
Chan Y.
3-66-26-3
Kirilenko M.
Makarova K.
6-35-76-0
Mauresmo A.
Lisicki S.
7-626-3
Tanasugarn T.
Kerber A.
7-636-4
Voskoboeva G.
Daniilidou E.
6-17-66
Razzano V.
Sun T.
6-757-626-3