Venus Williams vs Lucie Hradecka — Quebec City Quarter-final

Quebec City · WTA · Quarter-final
Venus Williams
USA1
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 September 2014
hard
CZE
Lucie Hradecka
41 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLLLW
Williams V.
6-3 4-6 7-6
Hradecka L.
Williams V.
64772
Hradecka L.
36631

Venus Williams defeated Lucie Hradecka 6-3 4-6 7-6 in the Quebec City quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lucie Hradecka came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Venus Williams closed it out in three sets, 6–3 4–6 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Hradecka L.

Hradecka L.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Even serve battle

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.Hradecka L.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
53%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
45%
Service points won·Even
56%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
41%
Break points saved·Even
57%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
5.1
Double faults / match·Even
4.8
5.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 120). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Hradecka L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
28
Break points saved·Dominant
83
49
Break points won·Dominant
83
39
Deciding sets·Dominant
30
67
Tiebreaks·Dominant
86
38

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

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Hradecka L.
Freshness·
100
—

Williams V.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Lucic M.
Williams V.[1]
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Lucic M.
Goerges J.[5]
6-45-76-2
Williams V.[1]
Rogers S.[4]
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Williams V.[1]
Hradecka L.
6-34-67-63
Lucic M.
Karatantcheva S.
7-56-0
Rogers S.[4]
Maria T.
6-46-2
Goerges J.[5]
Hlavackova A.
6-767-56-2
R16
Hradecka L.
Krejcikova B.
3-67-56-2
Maria T.
Brengle M.
4-66-46-0
Lucic M.
Babos T.[8]
7-636-2
Karatantcheva S.
Mladenovic K.[3]
5-76-47-5
Goerges J.[5]
Oudin M.
6-26-2
Hlavackova A.
Tomljanovic A.[2]
6-33-66-3
Rogers S.[4]
Muhammad A.
6-757-627-65
Williams V.[1]
Savchuk O.
6-16-2
R32
Williams V.[1]
Abanda F.
7-56-3
Savchuk O.
Dabrowski G.
6-37-5
Krejcikova B.
Vickery S.
6-26-4
Rogers S.[4]
Martincova T.
6-16-3
Muhammad A.
Konta J.
6-26-707-64
Brengle M.
Crawford S.
6-36-3
Maria T.
Tatishvili A.[7]
7-696-4
Babos T.[8]
Oprandi R.
6-13-66-4
Lucic M.
Cepede Royg V.
6-36-1
Karatantcheva S.
Marand S.
3-66-17-66
Mladenovic K.[3]
Broady N.
6-47-5
Goerges J.[5]
Dubois S.
6-16-2
Oudin M.
Lim A.
5-76-36-3
Hlavackova A.
Kania P.
6-36-0
Tomljanovic A.[2]
Falconi I.
6-46-1
Hradecka L.
Larcher De Brito M.[6]
7-646-1