Venus Williams vs Simona Halep — Tokyo Round of 16

Tokyo · WTA · Round of 16
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 23 September 2013
hard
ROU
Simona Halep
34 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLWW
Williams V.
4-6 7-5 6-3
Halep S.
Williams V.
4762
Halep S.
6531

Venus Williams defeated Simona Halep 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the Tokyo round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Simona Halep came in leading the head-to-head 4–2, defending last year's round of 32. Venus Williams narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-03-18MiamiR16hardSimona Halep6-3 6-3
2019-01-14Australian OpenR32hardSimona Halep6-2 6-3
2018-08-06MontrealR16hardSimona Halep6-2 6-2
2015-05-11RomeR16claySimona Halep6-2 6-1
2012-05-14RomeR64clayVenus Williams6-3 6-4
2012-05-07MadridR64clayVenus Williams6-1 4-6 7-6(6)

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Halep S.

Halep S.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Serve advantage — Halep 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 V.Halep S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
47%
Service points won·Even
56%
59%
Return points won·Slight edge
44%
49%
Break points saved·Even
57%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
2.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 198). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Halep S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
89
Break points saved·Even
83
87
Break points won·Clear edge
83
100
Deciding sets·Dominant
30
98
Tiebreaks·Even
86
82

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

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Halep S.
Freshness·
100
—

Williams V.: 21 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
24°COvercast
Wind 25 km/hHumidity 52%

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.
Kerber A.
6-20-66-3
Semi-finals
Kerber A.
Wozniacki C.
6-47-65
Kvitova P.
Williams V.
3-66-37-62
Quarter-finals
Kerber A.
Radwanska A.
6-46-4
Kvitova P.
Kuznetsova S.
6-46-1
Williams V.
Bouchard E.
6-36-746-3
Wozniacki C.
Safarova L.
2-66-36-2
R16
Williams V.
Halep S.
4-67-56-3
Kerber A.
Ivanovic A.
6-46-2
Radwanska A.
Cibulkova D.
6-36-4
Wozniacki C.
Rybarikova M.
6-16-1
Safarova L.
Stosur S.
6-46-4
Kvitova P.
Keys M.
6-26-2
Kuznetsova S.
Cirstea S.
7-636-1
Bouchard E.
Jankovic J.
7-56-2
R32
Stosur S.
Date Krumm K.
6-37-62
Bouchard E.
Stephens S.
5-77-676-3
Halep S.
Petkovic A.
7-646-3
Williams V.
Azarenka V.
6-26-4
Kvitova P.
Bencic B.
7-56-4
Safarova L.
Vinci R.
7-56-4
Cibulkova D.
Dellacqua C.
7-56-3
Rybarikova M.
Flipkens K.
6-26-3
Wozniacki C.
Pennetta F.
6-26-3
Kerber A.
Torro Flor M.
6-06-1
Ivanovic A.
Svitolina E.
6-36-0
Radwanska A.
Wozniak A.
7-656-0
Keys M.
Peng S.
7-56-2
Cirstea S.
Doi M.
6-16-2
Kuznetsova S.
Errani S.
6-46-4
Jankovic J.
Morita A.
6-46-1
R64
Halep S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
3-67-653-0
Date Krumm K.
Rodionova A.
6-24-1
Wozniak A.
Schiavone F.
2-66-46-2
Cibulkova D.
Radwanska U.
6-36-3
Svitolina E.
Nara K.
2-67-56-3
Ivanovic A.
Beck A.
6-16-1
Torro Flor M.
Koukalova K.
7-661-66-3
Pennetta F.
Hantuchova D.
6-36-3
Williams V.
Barthel M.
6-36-1
Doi M.
Lepchenko V.
6-736-07-5
Kuznetsova S.
Ormaechea P.
6-16-2
Cirstea S.
Goerges J.
6-46-4
Keys M.
Suarez Navarro C.
5-77-56-2
Morita A.
Robson L.
7-646-3
Petkovic A.
Vesnina E.
4-67-656-4
Peng S.
Ozaki R.
6-26-1
Bencic B.
Saville D.
6-25-77-5
Bouchard E.
Puig M.
6-06-4
Stephens S.
Voegele S.
6-36-2
Rybarikova M.
Hsieh S.
6-25-76-0
Dellacqua C.
Mladenovic K.
7-56-1
Safarova L.
Hercog P.
6-46-767-62
Stosur S.
Cornet A.
2-66-46-1
Flipkens K.
Strycova B.
7-647-5