Serena Williams vs Alize Cornet — Charleston Semi-final

Charleston · WTA · Semi-final
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 April 2008
clay
FRA
Alize Cornet
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
Williams S.
7-5 6-3
Cornet A.
Williams S.
762
Cornet A.
53–

Serena Williams defeated Alize Cornet 7-5 6-3 in the Charleston semi-final on clay. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in defending last year's round of 32. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

Head to head

3–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-08-08OlympicsR32hardSerena Williams7-6(5) 6-2
2014-09-22WuhanR32hardAlize Cornet5-6 RET
2014-06-23WimbledonR32grassAlize Cornet1-6 6-3 6-4
2014-02-17DubaiSFhardAlize Cornet6-4 6-4
2012-12-31BrisbaneR16hardSerena Williams6-2 6-2
2008-08-11OlympicsR16hardSerena Williams3-6 6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Cornet A.

Cornet A.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Serve advantage — Williams S.

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 S.Cornet A.
1st serve in·Even
60%
62%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
75%
62%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
44%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
55%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
1.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.2
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Cornet A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
53
Break points saved·Dominant
94
57
Break points won·Clear edge
96
83
Deciding sets·Clear edge
98
74
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
47

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
Weather
15°CPartly cloudy
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 44%

Draw

Final
Williams S.
Zvonareva V.
6-43-66-3
Semi-finals
Williams S.
Cornet A.
7-56-3
Zvonareva V.
Dementieva E.
6-36-726-3
Quarter-finals
Dementieva E.
Schnyder P.
6-46-4
Williams S.
Sharapova M.
7-54-66-1
Zvonareva V.
Jankovic J.
6-23-66-2
Cornet A.
Szavay A.
7-56-4
R16
Dementieva E.
Azarenka V.
6-47-5
Zvonareva V.
Bartoli M.
6-44-66-1
Jankovic J.
Rodionova A.
6-06-2
Williams S.
Srebotnik K.
4-66-46-3
Cornet A.
Cirstea S.
6-17-5
Sharapova M.
Perebiynis T.
7-56-2
Szavay A.
Safina D.
6-27-5
Schnyder P.
Radwanska A.
6-36-2
R32
Cirstea S.
Chakvetadze A.
6-21-66-2
Srebotnik K.
Strycova B.
4-66-17-5
Cornet A.
Errani S.
6-32-66-3
Safina D.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-16-4
Bartoli M.
Dellacqua C.
7-54-66-1
Williams S.
Dulko G.
6-36-4
Zvonareva V.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-16-0
Azarenka V.
Sun T.
7-646-0
Perebiynis T.
Schruff J.
6-46-3
Rodionova A.
Rezai A.
6-36-4
Radwanska A.
Gallovits Hall E.
6-776-27-5
Sharapova M.
Mattek Sands B.
6-06-0
Jankovic J.
Stevenson A.
7-56-0
Szavay A.
Sugiyama A.
7-53-66-4
Dementieva E.
Craybas J.
6-06-2
Schnyder P.
Govortsova O.
7-626-0
R64
Stevenson A.
Jidkova A.
7-666-1
Craybas J.
Lepchenko V.
6-26-2
Dulko G.
Molik A.
6-26-3
Errani S.
Ditty J.
6-26-3
Rodionova A.
Cibulkova D.
6-41-0
Gallovits Hall E.
Shaughnessy M.
6-32-0
Dominguez Lino L.
Wozniak A.
6-16-1
Cirstea S.
King V.
6-757-56-1
Strycova B.
Chan Y.
6-36-2
Szavay A.
Fedak Y.
6-07-64
Sugiyama A.
Morita A.
6-46-1
Govortsova O.
Vesnina E.
6-36-2
Srebotnik K.
Bacsinszky T.
7-646-3
Rezai A.
Sequera M.
6-44-67-5
Perebiynis T.
Medina Garrigues A.
4-66-07-5
Radwanska A.
Domachowska M.
6-44-66-3
Dellacqua C.
Salerni M.
7-56-4
Schruff J.
Voskoboeva G.
7-626-4
Azarenka V.
Scheepers C.
6-16-0
Zvonareva V.
Chuang C.
6-26-2
Cornet A.
Krajicek M.
6-33-66-4
Mattek Sands B.
Yuan M.
6-34-66-2
Ruano Pascual V.
Puchkova O.
4-67-56-0
Sun T.
Rolle A.
2-67-616-2