Belinda Bencic vs Venus Williams — Australian Open Round of 128

Australian Open · WTA · Round of 128
Belinda Bencic
SUI
Belinda Bencic
#14WTA
1989ELO
1952Hard ELO
$1.8MYTD
$17MCAREER
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 January 2018
hard
Venus Williams
USA5
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Bencic B.
6-3 7-5
Williams V.
Bencic B.
672
Williams V.
350

Belinda Bencic defeated Venus Williams 6-3 7-5 in the Australian Open round of 128 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 4–1, defending last year's final. Belinda Bencic narrowed the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-09-30BeijingR32hardBelinda Bencic3-6 6-3 7-5
2015-08-31US OpenR32hardVenus Williams6-3 6-4
2015-02-16DubaiR32hardVenus Williams6-1 6-2
2014-05-26Roland GarrosR128clayVenus Williams6-4 6-1
2012-10-15LuxembourgR32hardVenus Williams6-3 6-1
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Serve vs return

This season
Bencic B.serving82% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Williams V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Bencic B.

Serve advantage — Bencic B.

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

Bencic B.Williams V.
57
Serve
—
55
Return
—

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

Statistics

This season
Bencic B.Williams V.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
63%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
48%
42%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
55%
Return points won·Even
43%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
56%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
2.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.7
4.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 108). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Bencic B.Williams V.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
88
54
Break points saved·Clear edge
95
83
Break points won·Slight edge
94
83
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
30
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
98
86

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

Freshness

Recent load
Bencic B.Williams V.
Freshness·Clear edge
85
100

Bencic B.: 8 days rest · 4 matches (14d) · Williams V.: 21 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
20°CDrizzle
Wind 27 km/hHumidity 71%

Draw

Final
Wozniacki C.[2]
Halep S.[1]
7-623-66-4
Semi-finals
Halep S.[1]
Kerber A.[21]
6-34-69-7
Wozniacki C.[2]
Mertens E.
6-37-62
Quarter-finals
Kerber A.[21]
Keys M.[17]
6-16-2
Mertens E.
Svitolina E.[4]
6-46-0
Wozniacki C.[2]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-06-736-2
Halep S.[1]
Pliskova K.[6]
6-36-2
R16
Halep S.[1]
Osaka N.
6-36-2
Pliskova K.[6]
Strycova B.[20]
6-756-36-2
Kerber A.[21]
Hsieh S.
4-67-56-2
Keys M.[17]
Garcia C.[8]
6-36-2
Svitolina E.[4]
Allertova D.
6-36-0
Suarez Navarro C.
Kontaveit A.[32]
4-66-48-6
Wozniacki C.[2]
Rybarikova M.[19]
6-36-0
Mertens E.
Martic P.
7-657-5
R32
Osaka N.
Barty A.[18]
6-46-2
Strycova B.[20]
Pera B.
6-26-2
Pliskova K.[6]
Safarova L.[29]
7-667-5
Hsieh S.
Radwanska A.[26]
6-27-5
Kerber A.[21]
Sharapova M.
6-16-3
Keys M.[17]
Bogdan A.
6-36-4
Martic P.
Kumkhum L.
6-33-67-5
Mertens E.
Cornet A.
7-56-4
Allertova D.
Linette M.
6-16-4
Svitolina E.[4]
Kostyuk M.
6-26-2
Suarez Navarro C.
Kanepi K.
3-66-16-3
Rybarikova M.[19]
Bondarenko K.
7-53-66-1
Halep S.[1]
Davis L.
4-66-415-13
Garcia C.[8]
Sasnovich A.
6-35-76-2
Kontaveit A.[32]
Ostapenko J.[7]
6-31-66-3
Wozniacki C.[2]
Bertens K.[30]
6-46-3
R64
Halep S.[1]
Bouchard E.
6-26-2
Davis L.
Petkovic A.
4-66-06-0
Barty A.[18]
Giorgi C.
5-76-46-1
Osaka N.
Vesnina E.[16]
7-646-2
Pera B.
Konta J.[9]
6-47-5
Safarova L.[29]
Cirstea S.
6-26-4
Pliskova K.[6]
Haddad Maia B.
6-16-1
Hsieh S.
Muguruza G.[3]
7-616-4
Radwanska A.[26]
Tsurenko L.
2-67-56-3
Kerber A.[21]
Vekic D.
6-46-1
Sharapova M.
Sevastova A.[14]
6-17-64
Keys M.[17]
Alexandrova E.
6-06-1
Sasnovich A.
Lucic M.[28]
6-36-1
Garcia C.[8]
Vondrousova M.
6-736-28-6
Kumkhum L.
Bencic B.
6-16-3
Martic P.
Begu I.
6-47-63
Mertens E.
Saville D.[23]
7-56-3
Cornet A.
Goerges J.[12]
6-46-3
Allertova D.
Zhang S.
6-47-65
Linette M.
Kasatkina D.[22]
7-646-2
Kostyuk M.
Rogowska O.
6-37-5
Svitolina E.[4]
Siniakova K.
4-66-26-1
Ostapenko J.[7]
Duan Y.
6-33-66-4
Kontaveit A.[32]
Barthel M.
6-34-66-3
Kanepi K.
Puig M.
6-46-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Babos T.
6-42-66-2
Bondarenko K.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[15]
6-26-3
Bertens K.[30]
Gibbs N.
7-636-0
Wozniacki C.[2]
Fett J.
3-66-27-5
Bogdan A.
Putintseva Y.
1-66-26-3
Strycova B.[20]
Arruabarrena L.
6-36-4
Rybarikova M.[19]
Flipkens K.
6-40-66-2
R128
Halep S.[1]
Aiava D.
7-656-1
Bouchard E.
Dodin O.
6-37-65
Davis L.
Cepelova J.
6-746-36-1
Petkovic A.
Kvitova P.[27]
6-34-610-8
Giorgi C.
Kalinskaya A.
6-46-3
Pera B.
Blinkova A.
6-26-2
Arruabarrena L.
Hogenkamp R.
6-16-2
Safarova L.[29]
Tomljanovic A.
7-56-3
Cirstea S.
Diyas Z.
5-76-46-3
Haddad Maia B.
Cabrera L.
7-636-4
Hsieh S.
Zhu L.
0-66-08-6
Tsurenko L.
Vikhlyantseva N.
3-66-36-4
Radwanska A.[26]
Pliskova K.
2-66-36-2
Kerber A.[21]
Friedsam A.
6-06-4
Vekic D.
Hibino N.
7-56-3
Sharapova M.
Maria T.
6-16-4
Sevastova A.[14]
Lepchenko V.
3-66-36-2
Bogdan A.
Mladenovic K.[11]
6-36-2
Keys M.[17]
Wang Q.
6-17-5
Vondrousova M.
Nara K.
7-56-4
Garcia C.[8]
Witthoeft C.
7-56-3
Bencic B.
Williams V.[5]
6-37-5
Kumkhum L.
Larsson J.
6-37-5
Begu I.
Makarova K.[31]
3-66-48-6
Saville D.[23]
Falconi I.
6-16-1
Mertens E.
Hruncakova V.
6-26-1
Allertova D.
Parmentier P.
6-36-0
Linette M.
Brady J.
2-66-46-3
Kasatkina D.[22]
Schmiedlova A.
6-06-3
Kostyuk M.
Peng S.[25]
6-26-2
Rogowska O.
Fourlis J.
6-36-736-2
Ostapenko J.[7]
Schiavone F.
6-16-4
Duan Y.
Duque Marino M.
6-06-1
Barthel M.
Niculescu M.
6-47-5
Kontaveit A.[32]
Krunic A.
6-47-5
Kanepi K.
Cibulkova D.[24]
6-26-2
Puig M.
Stosur S.
4-67-666-4
Suarez Navarro C.
Frech M.
7-56-3
Babos T.
Vandeweghe C.[10]
7-646-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.[15]
Baindl K.
3-66-46-3
Bondarenko K.
Golubic V.
7-634-66-2
Rybarikova M.[19]
Townsend T.
6-07-5
Bertens K.[30]
Bellis C.
6-756-46-2
Gibbs N.
Tomova V.
6-16-1
Wozniacki C.[2]
Buzarnescu M.
6-26-3
Sasnovich A.
Mchale C.
6-36-2
Flipkens K.
Riske Amritraj A.
2-67-666-3
Fett J.
Eguchi M.
6-36-2
Pliskova K.[6]
Cepede Royg V.
6-36-4
Osaka N.
Kucova K.
7-56-2
Svitolina E.[4]
Jorovic I.
6-36-2
Martic P.
Van Uytvanck A.
7-656-3
Strycova B.[20]
Ahn K.
6-17-5
Vesnina E.[16]
Jabeur O.
6-36-4
Muguruza G.[3]
Ponchet J.
6-46-3
Cornet A.
Wang X.
6-46-2
Zhang S.
Stephens S.[13]
2-67-626-2
Siniakova K.
Sakkari M.
6-26-756-4
Barty A.[18]
Sabalenka A.
6-726-46-4
Konta J.[9]
Brengle M.
6-36-1
Putintseva Y.
Watson H.
7-57-66
Alexandrova E.
Hercog P.
7-626-4
Lucic M.[28]
Rogers S.
7-665-76-2
Goerges J.[12]
Kenin S.
6-46-4