Venus Williams vs Sorana Cirstea — Indian Wells Round of 64

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 64
Venus Williams
USA8
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 March 2018
hard
Sorana Cirstea
ROU
Sorana Cirstea
#18WTA
1957ELO
1914Hard ELO
$1.5MYTD
$12MCAREER
36 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWW
Williams V.
6-3 6-4
Cirstea S.
Williams V.
662
Cirstea S.
340

Venus Williams defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-3 6-4 in the Indian Wells round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's quarter-final. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2021-05-24StrasbourgR32claySorana Cirstea6-1 2-6 6-1
2018-08-06MontrealR32hardVenus Williams7-6(4) 6-4
2010-03-22MiamiR64hardVenus Williams6-4 6-3
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Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Cirstea S.

Cirstea S.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Serve advantage — Cirstea 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

Williams V.Cirstea S.
—
Serve
67
—
Return
70

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

Statistics

This season
Williams V.Cirstea S.
1st serve in·Even
61%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
42%
48%
Service points won·Even
55%
59%
Return points won·Even
42%
44%
Break points saved·Even
56%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.6
3.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
2.3

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Cirstea S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
85
Break points saved·Even
83
86
Break points won·Slight edge
83
92
Deciding sets·Dominant
30
85
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
86
96

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

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Cirstea S.
Freshness·Clear edge
100
86

Williams V.: 19 days rest · Cirstea S.: 7 days rest · 1 match, 30 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
19°CClear
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 10%

Draw

Final
Osaka N.
Kasatkina D.[20]
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Kasatkina D.[20]
Williams V.[8]
4-66-47-5
Osaka N.
Halep S.[1]
6-36-0
Quarter-finals
Kasatkina D.[20]
Kerber A.[10]
6-06-2
Williams V.[8]
Suarez Navarro C.[27]
6-36-2
Halep S.[1]
Martic P.
6-46-756-3
Osaka N.
Pliskova K.[5]
6-26-3
R16
Kasatkina D.[20]
Wozniacki C.[2]
6-47-5
Kerber A.[10]
Garcia C.[7]
6-16-1
Suarez Navarro C.[27]
Collins D.
6-26-4
Williams V.[8]
Sevastova A.[21]
7-666-4
Pliskova K.[5]
Anisimova A.
6-17-62
Osaka N.
Sakkari M.
6-15-76-1
Martic P.
Vondrousova M.
6-37-64
Halep S.[1]
Wang Q.
7-56-1
R32
Wozniacki C.[2]
Sasnovich A.
6-42-66-3
Kasatkina D.[20]
Stephens S.[13]
6-46-3
Garcia C.[7]
Saville D.[26]
7-56-4
Suarez Navarro C.[27]
Svitolina E.[4]
7-56-3
Collins D.
Zhuk S.
6-46-4
Williams V.[8]
Williams S.
6-36-4
Pliskova K.[5]
Zhang S.[32]
7-55-76-3
Anisimova A.
Kvitova P.[9]
6-26-4
Sakkari M.
Vandeweghe C.[17]
6-26-4
Osaka N.
Vickery S.
6-36-3
Martic P.
Ostapenko J.[6]
6-36-3
Vondrousova M.
Sabalenka A.
6-26-2
Wang Q.
Mladenovic K.[14]
6-16-2
Halep S.[1]
Dolehide C.
1-67-636-2
Kerber A.[10]
Vesnina E.[24]
7-56-2
Sevastova A.[21]
Goerges J.[12]
6-36-3
R64
Wozniacki C.[2]
Arruabarrena L.
6-46-1
Sasnovich A.
Kontaveit A.[28]
6-26-4
Kerber A.[10]
Makarova K.
3-66-46-2
Vesnina E.[24]
Bellis C.
2-66-16-1
Zhuk S.
Rybarikova M.[18]
6-32-67-5
Collins D.
Keys M.[15]
6-37-61
Williams S.
Bertens K.[29]
7-657-5
Pliskova K.[5]
Begu I.
7-646-1
Zhang S.[32]
Kenin S.
6-26-3
Kvitova P.[9]
Putintseva Y.
6-747-636-4
Stephens S.[13]
Azarenka V.
6-17-5
Kasatkina D.[20]
Siniakova K.
6-25-2
Saville D.[26]
Wickmayer Y.
7-636-2
Suarez Navarro C.[27]
Hsieh S.
6-42-66-3
Sakkari M.
Barty A.[16]
6-46-2
Vandeweghe C.[17]
Kanepi K.
6-07-66
Osaka N.
Radwanska A.[31]
6-36-2
Vickery S.
Muguruza G.[3]
2-67-56-1
Ostapenko J.[6]
Bencic B.
6-43-66-1
Vondrousova M.
Konta J.[11]
7-656-4
Mladenovic K.[14]
Stosur S.
7-57-5
Wang Q.
Mertens E.[22]
4-66-36-3
Dolehide C.
Cibulkova D.[30]
5-76-36-4
Halep S.[1]
Pliskova K.
6-46-4
Williams V.[8]
Cirstea S.
6-36-4
Goerges J.[12]
Vikhlyantseva N.
6-46-1
Martic P.
Strycova B.[25]
7-56-4
Garcia C.[7]
Brady J.
6-46-4
Svitolina E.[4]
Barthel M.
6-46-3
Sevastova A.[21]
Puig M.
6-22-66-1
Anisimova A.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[23]
6-46-1
Sabalenka A.
Kuznetsova S.[19]
6-46-3
R128
Vikhlyantseva N.
Zvonareva V.
6-36-2
Bellis C.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-06-3
Wickmayer Y.
Day K.
6-36-2
Brady J.
Buzarnescu M.
3-66-46-2
Barthel M.
Cepede Royg V.
6-26-1
Zhuk S.
Cornet A.
7-56-4
Collins D.
Townsend T.
2-66-46-3
Puig M.
Haddad Maia B.
6-37-63
Williams S.
Diyas Z.
7-56-3
Cirstea S.
Niculescu M.
6-26-3
Begu I.
Krunic A.
3-66-46-1
Kenin S.
Liu C.
6-26-0
Anisimova A.
Parmentier P.
6-26-2
Kanepi K.
Nara K.
1-66-46-4
Osaka N.
Sharapova M.
6-46-4
Bencic B.
Babos T.
1-66-17-64
Martic P.
Maria T.
6-36-1
Stosur S.
Davis L.
3-66-36-3
Dolehide C.
Rogers S.
3-67-666-3
Pliskova K.
Duan Y.
6-47-65
Hsieh S.
Witthoeft C.
5-4
Vickery S.
Bouchard E.
6-36-4
Vondrousova M.
Brengle M.
6-26-2
Sakkari M.
Vekic D.
6-46-2
Sasnovich A.
Linette M.
5-77-627-64
Siniakova K.
Mchale C.
3-66-27-66
Azarenka V.
Watson H.
6-46-2
Putintseva Y.
Van Uytvanck A.
6-02-66-2
Sabalenka A.
Lepchenko V.
7-56-1
Wang Q.
Bacsinszky T.
6-04-66-2
Arruabarrena L.
Tsurenko L.
3-66-36-4
Makarova K.
Flipkens K.
6-26-4