Venus Williams vs Lauren Davis — Auckland Semi-final

Auckland · WTA · Semi-final
Venus Williams
USA3
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 January 2015
hard
USA
Lauren Davis
32 yrs · 157 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWLW
Williams V.
6-0 6-3
Davis L.
Williams V.
662
Davis L.
030

Venus Williams defeated Lauren Davis 6-0 6-3 in the Auckland semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 4–0.

Key context

Head to head

3–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-08-12CincinnatiR64hardVenus Williams7-5 6-2
2018-12-31AucklandR16hardVenus Williams6-4 6-3
2015-01-19Australian OpenR64hardVenus Williams6-2 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Davis L.

Davis L.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Williams V.

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
Williams V.Davis L.
1st serve in·Even
61%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
51%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
1.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
2.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Davis L.
Clutch Rating·Even
54
51
Break points saved·Dominant
83
26
Break points won·Even
83
79
Deciding sets·Dominant
30
86
Tiebreaks·Even
86
82

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
23°CPartly cloudy
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 65%

Draw

Final
Williams V.[3]
Wozniacki C.[1]
2-66-36-3
Semi-finals
Wozniacki C.[1]
Strycova B.[4]
4-66-36-4
Williams V.[3]
Davis L.
6-06-3
Quarter-finals
Davis L.
Radwanska U.
2-66-26-1
Strycova B.[4]
Vandeweghe C.[7]
6-47-5
Wozniacki C.[1]
Goerges J.
6-46-4
Williams V.[3]
Vesnina E.
6-26-4
R16
Vandeweghe C.[7]
Flipkens K.
6-16-757-5
Strycova B.[4]
Erakovic M.
6-02-66-4
Williams V.[3]
Nara K.
6-46-1
Radwanska U.
Hantuchova D.
1-66-36-1
Davis L.
Stephens S.[6]
1-66-46-1
Vesnina E.
Konjuh A.
6-36-1
Wozniacki C.[1]
Townsend T.
6-17-64
Goerges J.
Hradecka L.
6-37-5
R32
Hradecka L.
Kuznetsova S.[5]
3-67-666-4
Flipkens K.
Larsson J.
7-611-67-63
Strycova B.[4]
Scheepers C.
6-13-66-2
Townsend T.
Wickmayer Y.
7-53-66-0
Vandeweghe C.[7]
Vinci R.
5-76-26-3
Konjuh A.
Barthel M.[8]
6-26-1
Nara K.
Bertens K.
6-36-2
Williams V.[3]
Cepelova J.
6-16-0
Stephens S.[6]
Soler Espinosa S.
6-36-1
Davis L.
Rogers S.
1-66-46-3
Wozniacki C.[1]
Glushko J.
6-36-2
Goerges J.
Tatishvili A.
6-16-4
Erakovic M.
Puig M.
7-52-66-4
Radwanska U.
Schiavone F.
6-47-5
Hantuchova D.
Errani S.[2]
6-36-2
Vesnina E.
Mladenovic K.
7-656-2