Serena Williams vs Belinda Bencic — Madrid Round of 64

Madrid · WTA · Round of 64
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Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 May 2014
clay
Belinda Bencic
SUI
Belinda Bencic
#14WTA
1989ELO
1849Clay ELO
$1.8MYTD
$17MCAREER
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Williams S.
6-2 6-1
Bencic B.
Williams S.
662
Bencic B.
210

Serena Williams defeated Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-1 in the Madrid round of 64 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Belinda Bencic came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Serena Williams narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2022-08-08TorontoR32hardBelinda Bencic6-2 6-4
2017-01-16Australian OpenR128hardSerena Williams6-4 6-3
2015-08-10TorontoSFhardBelinda Bencic3-6 7-5 6-4
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Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Bencic B.

Bencic B.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

Serve & return on clay

Williams S.Bencic B.
—
Serve
38
—
Return
21

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the clay field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Williams S.Bencic B.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
48%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Even
46%
43%
Break points saved·Even
61%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
2.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.2
3.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Bencic B.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
95
88
Break points saved·Even
94
95
Break points won·Even
96
94
Deciding sets·Even
98
98
Tiebreaks·Even
95
98

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

Freshness

Recent load
Williams S.Bencic B.
Freshness·
—
85

Bencic B.: 8 days rest · 4 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
21°CClear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 29%

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.[8]
Halep S.[4]
1-66-26-3
Semi-finals
Halep S.[4]
Kvitova P.[5]
6-746-36-2
Sharapova M.[8]
Radwanska A.[3]
6-16-4
Quarter-finals
Kvitova P.[5]
Williams S.[1]
DEF
Radwanska A.[3]
Garcia C.
6-44-66-4
Sharapova M.[8]
Li N.[2]
2-67-656-3
Halep S.[4]
Ivanovic A.[11]
6-26-2
R16
Williams S.[1]
Suarez Navarro C.[14]
6-26-3
Kvitova P.[5]
Safarova L.
6-46-3
Garcia C.
Errani S.[10]
6-24-66-3
Radwanska A.[3]
Vinci R.
6-16-1
Sharapova M.[8]
Stosur S.
6-46-3
Li N.[2]
Stephens S.[16]
2-66-36-2
Ivanovic A.[11]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-16-2
Halep S.[4]
Lisicki S.[15]
5-76-36-2
R32
Garcia C.
Kirilenko M.
DEF
Williams S.[1]
Peng S.
6-26-3
Suarez Navarro C.[14]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-26-4
Safarova L.
Rybarikova M.
6-16-2
Kvitova P.[5]
Lepchenko V.
2-66-26-1
Halep S.[4]
Arruabarrena L.
6-46-4
Lisicki S.[15]
Begu I.
6-36-4
Ivanovic A.[11]
Jovanovski B.
6-46-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Jankovic J.[6]
6-25-77-63
Errani S.[10]
Schiavone F.
6-36-1
Vinci R.
Wozniacki C.[13]
6-36-3
Sharapova M.[8]
Mchale C.
6-14-66-4
Stosur S.
Muguruza G.
7-53-66-1
Stephens S.[16]
Cetkovska P.
6-42-66-3
Radwanska A.[3]
Kuznetsova S.
6-34-67-66
Li N.[2]
Zheng J.
6-26-3
R64
Williams S.[1]
Bencic B.
6-26-1
Peng S.
Nara K.
6-26-3
Suarez Navarro C.[14]
Meusburger Y.
7-666-4
Safarova L.
Pennetta F.[12]
1-66-06-3
Rybarikova M.
Beck A.
6-27-5
Lepchenko V.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-44-66-4
Kvitova P.[5]
Cirstea S.
6-15-77-64
Arruabarrena L.
Pironkova T.
6-36-4
Begu I.
Zhang S.
6-47-5
Ivanovic A.[11]
Keys M.
6-17-64
Jovanovski B.
Knapp K.
6-16-1
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Torro Flor M.
6-44-66-1
Jankovic J.[6]
Svitolina E.
6-46-3
Kirilenko M.
Mladenovic K.
6-47-5
Schiavone F.
Vesnina E.
6-46-736-4
Errani S.[10]
Petkovic A.
7-56-1
Wozniacki C.[13]
Makarova K.
6-26-2
Vinci R.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-4
Kuznetsova S.
Cornet A.
6-34-66-1
Radwanska A.[3]
Bouchard E.
7-636-2
Sharapova M.[8]
Koukalova K.
6-16-2
Mchale C.
Davis L.
7-626-3
Muguruza G.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-746-37-62
Stephens S.[16]
Niculescu M.
2-66-36-2
Cetkovska P.
Voegele S.
6-16-3
Zheng J.
Duque Marino M.
7-656-2
Garcia C.
Kerber A.[7]
6-32-0
Riske Amritraj A.
Kanepi K.
6-776-16-2
Halep S.[4]
Goerges J.
6-26-0
Lisicki S.[15]
Pliskova K.
6-26-756-3
Stosur S.
Cibulkova D.[9]
6-46-0
Li N.[2]
Flipkens K.
6-17-67