Olga Puchkova vs Venus Williams — Florianopolis Semi-final

Florianopolis · WTA · Semi-final
RUS
Olga Puchkova
38 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 25 February 2013
hard
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Puchkova O.
4-6 6-4 7-5
Williams V.
Puchkova O.
4672
Williams V.
6451

Olga Puchkova defeated Venus Williams 4-6 6-4 7-5 in the Florianopolis semi-final on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Puchkova O.serving53% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Williams V.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Puchkova O.

Serve advantage — Williams V.

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
Puchkova O.Williams V.
1st serve in·Even
57%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
37%
44%
Service points won·Slight edge
49%
56%
Return points won·Even
41%
44%
Break points saved·Clear edge
39%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.3
2.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.9
4.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (23 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Puchkova O.Williams V.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
29
54
Break points saved·Dominant
34
83
Break points won·Clear edge
60
83
Deciding sets·Dominant
61
30
Tiebreaks·
—
86

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

Freshness

Recent load
Puchkova O.Williams V.
Freshness·
—
100

Williams V.: 20 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Niculescu M.
Puchkova O.
6-24-66-4
Semi-finals
Niculescu M.
Mladenovic K.
6-06-2
Puchkova O.
Williams V.
4-66-47-5
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Rybarikova M.
6-46-0
Mladenovic K.
Czink M.
6-46-3
Puchkova O.
Cepelova J.
6-16-1
Niculescu M.
Babos T.
6-36-2
R16
Cepelova J.
Beck A.
7-666-4
Williams V.
Muguruza G.
6-42-67-5
Puchkova O.
Garcia C.
3-66-36-3
Czink M.
Haddad Maia B.
1-66-27-63
Mladenovic K.
Maria T.
6-26-1
Babos T.
Scheepers C.
6-16-2
Niculescu M.
Mrdeza T.
6-16-1
Rybarikova M.
Garcia Vidagany B.
6-43-66-4
R32
Maria T.
Pereira T.
6-46-2
Williams V.
Lucic M.
6-36-3
Rybarikova M.
Date Krumm K.
6-36-0
Garcia C.
Irigoyen M.
6-16-4
Haddad Maia B.
Hsu C.
6-16-2
Czink M.
Shvedova Y.
2-66-46-2
Mrdeza T.
Peer S.
6-06-3
Niculescu M.
Medina Garrigues A.
5-77-676-1
Beck A.
Alves M.
6-23-66-0
Cepelova J.
Goncalves P.
7-646-2
Babos T.
Savinykh V.
7-656-736-2
Scheepers C.
Perez A.
2-66-46-0
Mladenovic K.
Keothavong A.
6-36-4
Muguruza G.
Barrois K.
6-26-2
Garcia Vidagany B.
Bratchikova N.
6-46-2
Puchkova O.
Flipkens K.
2-66-46-4