Venus Williams vs Sania Mirza — Charleston Round of 32

Charleston · WTA · Round of 32
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1570Clay ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 13 April 2009
clay
IND
Sania Mirza
39 yrs · 153 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWWWLL
Williams V.
6-1 3-6 6-2
Mirza S.
Williams V.
6362
Mirza S.
1621

Venus Williams defeated Sania Mirza 6-1 3-6 6-2 in the Charleston round of 32 on clay. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Venus Williams closed it out in three sets, 6–1 3–6 6–2.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-01-14Australian OpenR32hardVenus Williams7-6(0) 6-4
2005-07-25StanfordR16hardVenus Williams6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Mirza S.

Mirza S.serving57% hold

wins 53% 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.Mirza S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
56%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
46%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
52%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
1.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.8
4.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 74). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Mirza S.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
54
36
Break points saved·Dominant
83
55
Break points won·Clear edge
83
69
Deciding sets·Clear edge
30
47
Tiebreaks·Dominant
86
52

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
20°COvercast
Wind 23 km/hHumidity 64%

Draw

Final
Lisicki S.
Wozniacki C.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Wozniacki C.
Dementieva E.
6-45-77-5
Lisicki S.
Bartoli M.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Dementieva E.
Cibulkova D.
6-41-0
Wozniacki C.
Razzano V.
6-26-0
Bartoli M.
Czink M.
6-46-1
Lisicki S.
Vesnina E.
6-46-0
R16
Razzano V.
Zvonareva V.
1-1
Wozniacki C.
Peng S.
6-36-4
Bartoli M.
Oudin M.
6-46-1
Cibulkova D.
Rodionova A.
6-766-26-3
Dementieva E.
Lepchenko V.
6-16-1
Czink M.
Petrova N.
3-66-47-5
Lisicki S.
Williams V.
6-47-65
Vesnina E.
Kutuzova V.
7-647-5
R32
Kutuzova V.
Bondarenko A.
6-47-5
Oudin M.
Wozniak A.
7-56-0
Bartoli M.
Sevastova A.
6-16-3
Wozniacki C.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-36-3
Peng S.
Amanmuradova A.
7-52-67-5
Razzano V.
Dubois S.
6-37-63
Zvonareva V.
De Los Rios R.
6-36-2
Cibulkova D.
Paszek T.
6-46-0
Rodionova A.
Mattek Sands B.
6-26-4
Lepchenko V.
Perry S.
6-26-3
Dementieva E.
Ditty J.
6-06-2
Lisicki S.
Wienerova L.
6-46-3
Williams V.
Mirza S.
6-13-66-2
Vesnina E.
Schnyder P.
6-26-757-5
Czink M.
King V.
6-46-2
Petrova N.
Mayr Achleitner P.
6-12-66-2
R64
Kutuzova V.
Koryttseva M.
6-16-1
Ditty J.
Morita A.
6-16-1
Lepchenko V.
Voskoboeva G.
6-16-3
Perry S.
Strycova B.
7-56-1
Mattek Sands B.
Duque Marino M.
7-637-5
Rodionova A.
Brengle M.
6-27-64
Paszek T.
Schruff J.
7-56-2
De Los Rios R.
Gullickson C.
6-16-4
Dubois S.
Obrien K.
4-66-26-1
Amanmuradova A.
Stevenson A.
6-26-4
Peng S.
Pivovarova A.
6-06-2
Razzano V.
Cecil M.
6-16-2
Kudryavtseva A.
Haynes A.
6-45-76-0
Sevastova A.
Domachowska M.
6-11-66-4
Oudin M.
Savchuk O.
6-46-0
Wozniak A.
Spears A.
6-34-66-0
King V.
Govortsova O.
6-737-656-3
Czink M.
Craybas J.
6-26-4
Mayr Achleitner P.
Yan Z.
6-26-2
Vesnina E.
Rodina E.
6-06-2
Bondarenko A.
Kremer A.
6-46-0
Lisicki S.
Pelletier M.
7-56-4
Wienerova L.
Glatch A.
6-47-5
Mirza S.
Karatantcheva S.
6-46-4