Venus Williams vs Caroline Wozniacki — Auckland Final

Auckland · WTA · Final
Venus Williams
USA3
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 5 January 2015
hard
DEN1
Caroline Wozniacki
36 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWLWLW
Williams V.
2-6 6-3 6-3
Wozniacki C.
Williams V.
2662
Wozniacki C.
6331

Venus Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the Auckland final on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 6–1. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 7–1.

Key context

Head to head

6–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-10-23SingaporeFhardCaroline Wozniacki6-4 6-4
2015-03-23MiamiR16hardVenus Williams6-3 7-6(1)
2014-02-17DubaiSFhardVenus Williams6-3 6-2
2008-03-24MiamiR16hardVenus Williams6-3 6-3
2007-10-08BangkokR32hardVenus Williams6-4 6-1
2007-10-01Japan OpenSFhardVenus Williams6-3 7-5
2007-02-19MemphisR16hardVenus Williams6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Wozniacki C.

Wozniacki C.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Serve advantage — Wozniacki C.

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.Wozniacki C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
47%
Service points won·Even
56%
59%
Return points won·Even
44%
46%
Break points saved·Even
57%
59%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
2.7
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.Wozniacki C.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
89
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
92
Break points won·Clear edge
83
97
Deciding sets·Dominant
30
90
Tiebreaks·Even
86
84

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

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Wozniacki C.
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