Serena Williams vs Kaia Kanepi — Beijing Round of 64

Beijing · WTA · Round of 64
USA
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 October 2009
hard
EST
Kaia Kanepi
41 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLW
Williams S.
7-5 6-4
Kanepi K.
Williams S.
762
Kanepi K.
54–

Serena Williams defeated Kaia Kanepi 7-5 6-4 in the Beijing round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Key context

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-08-27US OpenR16hardSerena Williams6-0 4-6 6-3
2014-08-25US OpenR16hardSerena Williams6-3 6-3
2008-06-23WimbledonR128grassSerena Williams7-5 6-3
2008-03-24MiamiR16hardSerena Williams6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Kanepi K.

Kanepi K.serving71% hold

wins 59% 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.Kanepi K.
1st serve in·Even
60%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
47%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
58%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
3.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.2
4.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Kanepi K.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
39
Break points saved·Dominant
94
69
Break points won·Dominant
96
70
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
57
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
15

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
24°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 24%

Draw

Final
Kuznetsova S.
Radwanska A.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Radwanska A.
Bartoli M.
6-46-3
Kuznetsova S.
Petrova N.
6-16-3
Quarter-finals
Petrova N.
Peng S.
6-756-36-2
Bartoli M.
Zvonareva V.
3-67-56-2
Radwanska A.
Dementieva E.
7-56-3
Kuznetsova S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-36-3
R16
Zvonareva V.
Pennetta F.
6-35-77-5
Radwanska A.
Martinez Sanchez M.
4-66-46-2
Petrova N.
Williams S.
6-43-67-65
Peng S.
Sharapova M.
6-26-4
Kuznetsova S.
Bondarenko A.
6-34-66-0
Bartoli M.
Zhang S.
6-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Wozniak A.
6-46-4
Dementieva E.
Li N.
6-26-0
R32
Martinez Sanchez M.
King V.
6-46-4
Kuznetsova S.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-26-1
Bondarenko A.
Errani S.
6-36-3
Wozniak A.
Cornet A.
7-606-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Williams V.
3-66-16-4
Zvonareva V.
Schiavone F.
6-36-0
Pennetta F.
Bondarenko K.
3-67-56-3
Bartoli M.
Kleybanova A.
6-26-3
Li N.
Safarova L.
4-66-06-4
Radwanska A.
Schnyder P.
6-46-1
Sharapova M.
Azarenka V.
6-36-757-5
Peng S.
Jankovic J.
4-67-56-2
Williams S.
Makarova K.
6-36-2
Petrova N.
Hantuchova D.
6-12-67-5
Zhang S.
Safina D.
7-57-65
Dementieva E.
Czink M.
6-46-3
R64
Schiavone F.
Lisicki S.
6-01-0
Azarenka V.
Govortsova O.
6-16-3
Peng S.
Shvedova Y.
6-26-3
Williams V.
Dushevina V.
6-27-61
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Bammer S.
7-56-1
Wozniak A.
Rezai A.
4-66-17-65
Cornet A.
Stosur S.
6-44-66-3
Errani S.
Glatch A.
6-16-1
Petrova N.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-15-76-2
Hantuchova D.
Suarez Navarro C.
7-56-2
Makarova K.
Peer S.
6-46-2
Williams S.
Kanepi K.
7-56-4
Bondarenko A.
Szavay A.
6-36-0
Medina Garrigues A.
Lu J.
3-67-57-5
Kuznetsova S.
Zheng J.
7-637-5
Martinez Sanchez M.
Wozniacki C.
6-757-626-0
King V.
Voskoboeva G.
6-46-3
Schnyder P.
Radwanska U.
6-47-5
Safarova L.
Ji C.
6-26-4
Czink M.
Vesnina E.
7-625-76-4
Dementieva E.
Groenefeld A.
6-46-0
Zvonareva V.
Cirstea S.
6-26-2
Bondarenko K.
Kirilenko M.
6-22-67-62
Pennetta F.
Han X.
7-626-2
Bartoli M.
Rybarikova M.
6-24-66-3
Kleybanova A.
Wickmayer Y.
5-76-36-3
Zhang S.
Benesova I.
6-46-2
Safina D.
Vinci R.
6-46-4