Mirjana Lucic vs Venus Williams — Quebec City Final

Quebec City · WTA · Final
CRO
Mirjana Lucic
44 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLWLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 September 2014
hard
Venus Williams
USA1
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Lucic M.
6-4 6-3
Williams V.
Lucic M.
662
Williams V.
430

Mirjana Lucic defeated Venus Williams 6-4 6-3 in the Quebec City final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, but Mirjana Lucic had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 8 on hard. Mirjana Lucic claimed a first win over Venus Williams in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Mirjana Lucic closed it out in two sets, 6–4 6–3.

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-02-25FlorianopolisR32hardVenus Williams6-3 6-3
2002-08-26US OpenR128hardVenus Williams6-0 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Lucic M.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Williams V.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Lucic M.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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
Lucic M.Williams V.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
57%
Aces / match·Even
3.3
2.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
6.2
4.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (156 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Lucic M.Williams V.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
28
54
Break points saved·Dominant
45
83
Break points won·Even
79
83
Deciding sets·Clear edge
43
30
Tiebreaks·Dominant
27
86

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

Freshness

Recent load
Lucic M.Williams V.
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