Venus Williams vs Kurumi Nara — Auckland Round of 16

Auckland · WTA · Round of 16
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
JPN
Kurumi Nara
34 yrs · 155 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLLWLL
Williams V.
6-4 6-1
Nara K.
Williams V.
662
Nara K.
410

Venus Williams defeated Kurumi Nara 6-4 6-1 in the Auckland round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-05-29Roland GarrosR64clayVenus Williams6-3 6-1
2016-03-07Indian WellsR64hardKurumi Nara6-4 6-3
2014-06-23WimbledonR64grassVenus Williams7-6(4) 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Nara K.

Nara K.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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.Nara K.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
69%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
0.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
2.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Nara K.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
5
Break points saved·Dominant
83
14
Break points won·Slight edge
83
73
Deciding sets·Clear edge
30
9
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
86
65

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

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Nara K.
Freshness·
100
—

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