Venus Williams vs Elena Vesnina — Auckland Quarter-final

Auckland · WTA · Quarter-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
RUS
Elena Vesnina
39 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLLL
Williams V.
6-2 6-4
Vesnina E.
Williams V.
662
Vesnina E.
240

Venus Williams defeated Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-4 in the Auckland quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Vesnina came in leading the head-to-head 4–2. Venus Williams narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-05-14RomeR32clayVenus Williams6-2 4-6 7-5
2017-03-06Indian WellsQFhardElena Vesnina6-2 4-6 6-3
2016-03-21MiamiR64hardElena Vesnina6-0 6-7(5) 6-2
2014-02-17DubaiR32hardVenus Williams6-3 6-2
2013-08-12CincinnatiR32hardElena Vesnina6-2 5-7 6-2
2012-06-25WimbledonR128grassElena Vesnina6-1 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Vesnina E.

Vesnina E.serving71% hold

wins 59% 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.Vesnina E.
1st serve in·Even
61%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
48%
Service points won·Even
56%
57%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
57%
58%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
2.5
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.8
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 157). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Vesnina E.
Clutch Rating·Even
54
55
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
77
Break points won·Clear edge
83
69
Deciding sets·Dominant
30
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
86
29

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

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Vesnina E.
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