Elina Svitolina vs Serena WilliamsOlympics Round of 16

Olympics · WTA · Round of 16
#10WTA
2070ELO
1997Hard ELO
$3.4MYTD
$30MCAREER
31 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 August 2016
hard
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
Svitolina E.
6-4 6-3
Williams S.
Svitolina E.
662
Williams S.
430

Elina Svitolina defeated Serena Williams 6-4 6-3 in the Olympics round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Elina Svitolina claimed a first win over Serena Williams in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

04
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-08-26US OpenSFhardSerena Williams6-3 6-1
2016-05-23Roland GarrosR16claySerena Williams6-1 6-1
2015-08-17CincinnatiSFhardSerena Williams6-4 6-3
2015-01-19Australian OpenR32hardSerena Williams4-6 6-2 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Svitolina E.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Williams S.serving82% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Svitolina E.

Serve advantage — Williams S.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Svitolina E.Williams S.
48
Serve
57
Return

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Even
61%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
67%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
59%
64%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Even
58%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.4
7.3
Double faults / match·Even
2.9
3.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 153). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
89
95
Break points saved·Even
93
94
Break points won·Even
99
96
Deciding sets·Even
99
98
Tiebreaks·Even
92
95

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

Freshness

Recent load
Freshness·
98

Svitolina E.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw