Venus Williams vs Nuria Llagostera Vives — Acapulco Round of 32

Acapulco · 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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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 23 February 2009
hard
ESP
Nuria Llagostera Vives
46 yrs · 156 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Williams V.
6-4 4-6 6-2
Llagostera Vives N.
Williams V.
6462
Llagostera Vives N.
4621

Venus Williams defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the Acapulco round of 32 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

  • Match story: Venus Williams closed it out in three sets, 6–4 4–6 6–2.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-09-19BeijingR16hardVenus Williams6-3 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving69% hold

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

Llagostera Vives N.serving60% hold

wins 54% 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%
52%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
41%
Service points won·Even
56%
52%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
57%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
1.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.8
5.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 42). 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

Draw

Final
Williams V.
Pennetta F.
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Williams V.
Strycova B.
6-06-3
Pennetta F.
Benesova I.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Szavay A.
6-25-76-1
Benesova I.
Johansson M.
6-16-3
Pennetta F.
Cetkovska P.
2-66-36-0
Strycova B.
Ani M.
4-67-56-1
R16
Johansson M.
Garbin T.
W/O
Pennetta F.
Parmentier P.
6-16-3
Cetkovska P.
Martinez Sanchez M.
3-66-46-1
Benesova I.
Koukalova K.
4-66-47-63
Ani M.
Dulko G.
7-666-3
Strycova B.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-47-5
Szavay A.
Vinci R.
7-616-4
Williams V.
Arn G.
6-36-736-4
R32
Pennetta F.
Koryttseva M.
6-36-1
Ani M.
Mayr Achleitner P.
4-67-616-4
Dulko G.
Olaru R.
6-36-2
Strycova B.
Klepac A.
2-66-16-4
Suarez Navarro C.
Kutuzova V.
7-56-3
Vinci R.
Safarova L.
6-46-4
Garbin T.
Craybas J.
7-644-66-3
Szavay A.
Orlik A.
7-57-5
Arn G.
Gallovits Hall E.
6-26-3
Johansson M.
De Los Rios R.
6-46-1
Williams V.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-44-66-2
Koukalova K.
Loit E.
4-66-47-5
Benesova I.
Savchuk O.
6-26-0
Martinez Sanchez M.
Parra Santonja A.
6-26-3
Cetkovska P.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-26-2
Parmentier P.
Torres Sandoval M.
6-26-3