Serena Williams vs Emilie Loit — Paris Quarter-final

Paris · WTA · Quarter-final
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 February 2009
carpet
FRA
Emilie Loit
47 yrs · 167 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLLLL
Williams S.
6-4 6-1
Loit E.
Williams S.
662
Loit E.
41–

Serena Williams defeated Emilie Loit 6-4 6-1 in the Paris quarter-final on carpet. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-01-13Australian OpenR128hardSerena Williams3-6 7-6(5) 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving84% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Loit E.

Loit E.serving66% hold

wins 56% 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.Loit E.
1st serve in·Even
60%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
63%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
44%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Clear edge
61%
46%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
2.6
Double faults / match·Even
3.2
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 5). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Loit E.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
35
Break points saved·Dominant
94
56
Break points won·Dominant
96
59
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
52
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
51

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

Draw

Final
Mauresmo A.
Dementieva E.
7-672-66-4
Semi-finals
Dementieva E.
Williams S.
W/O
Mauresmo A.
Jankovic J.
6-20-66-1
Quarter-finals
Mauresmo A.
Radwanska A.
6-26-0
Williams S.
Loit E.
6-46-1
Dementieva E.
Dechy N.
6-36-2
Jankovic J.
Cornet A.
5-76-46-4
R16
Radwanska A.
Kleybanova A.
6-756-46-2
Loit E.
Kanepi K.
2-66-36-1
Jankovic J.
Li N.
6-03-66-2
Cornet A.
Hantuchova D.
1-66-46-2
Mauresmo A.
Niculescu M.
6-16-2
Dechy N.
Schnyder P.
3-66-46-3
Dementieva E.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-46-2
Williams S.
Sprem K.
6-16-2
R32
Dementieva E.
Rezai A.
6-46-3
Kanepi K.
Medina Garrigues A.
3-66-27-5
Williams S.
Benesova I.
6-16-4
Loit E.
Vaidisova N.
6-16-4
Sprem K.
Kvitova P.
6-36-1
Mauresmo A.
Errani S.
6-26-0
Li N.
Szavay A.
7-666-2
Schnyder P.
Bondarenko A.
6-47-63
Niculescu M.
Bacsinszky T.
6-46-3
Hantuchova D.
Makarova K.
6-26-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Razzano V.
6-46-1
Kleybanova A.
Pironkova T.
6-27-63
Jankovic J.
Schiavone F.
7-57-62
Radwanska A.
Lyubtsova O.
6-16-1
Cornet A.
Sevastova A.
6-16-3
Dechy N.
Cirstea S.
6-21-66-2