Venus Williams vs Risa Ozaki — Hong Kong Round of 32

Hong Kong · WTA · Round of 32
Venus Williams
USA2
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 October 2017
hard
JPN
Risa Ozaki
32 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLLL
Williams V.
6-2 6-2
Ozaki R.
Williams V.
662
Ozaki R.
220

Venus Williams defeated Risa Ozaki 6-2 6-2 in the Hong Kong round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-10-10Hong KongR32hardVenus Williams6-4 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Ozaki R.

Ozaki R.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.Ozaki R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
53%
Return points won·Even
43%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
50%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (159 vs 66). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Ozaki R.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
5
Break points saved·Dominant
83
10
Break points won·Dominant
83
53
Deciding sets·Clear edge
30
43
Tiebreaks·
86
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Ozaki R.
Freshness·
100
—

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Saville D.[7]
5-76-37-63
Semi-finals
Saville D.[7]
Brady J.
6-07-5
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Wang Q.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Osaka N.
6-36-3
Saville D.[7]
Cabrera L.
6-13-66-4
Brady J.
Gibbs N.
7-56-4
Wang Q.
Stosur S.
7-56-2
R16
Cabrera L.
Wozniacki C.[3]
W/O
Gibbs N.
Svitolina E.[1]
W/O
Stosur S.
Radwanska A.[4]
3-66-46-0
Wang Q.
Kumkhum L.
6-46-4
Saville D.[7]
Rogers S.
6-12-66-2
Brady J.
Zhang S.[8]
6-36-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Cako J.
7-636-1
Osaka N.
Williams V.[2]
7-56-2
R32
Cako J.
Hon P.
6-34-67-65
Kumkhum L.
Vesnina E.[5]
6-36-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Babos T.
6-46-4
Radwanska A.[4]
Zhang L.
6-16-2
Stosur S.
Lee Y.
6-34-66-1
Rogers S.
Jang S.
6-46-4
Svitolina E.[1]
Diyas Z.
6-47-62
Osaka N.
Guarachi A.
7-56-4
Cabrera L.
Aoyama S.
7-56-3
Wang Q.
Chang K.
6-36-0
Williams V.[2]
Ozaki R.
6-26-2
Saville D.[7]
Kato M.
6-17-64
Wozniacki C.[3]
Bouchard E.
6-16-1
Brady J.
Eguchi M.
6-36-0
Gibbs N.
Grammatikopoulou V.
4-66-27-5
Zhang S.[8]
Nara K.
6-06-0