Johanna Konta vs Serena Williams — San Jose Round of 32

San Jose · WTA · Round of 32
GBR
Johanna Konta
35 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 July 2018
hard
USA6
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
Konta J.
6-1 6-0
Williams S.
Konta J.
662
Williams S.
100

Johanna Konta defeated Serena Williams 6-1 6-0 in the San Jose round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Johanna Konta claimed a first win over Serena Williams in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-01-16Australian OpenQFhardSerena Williams6-2 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Konta J.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Williams S.serving85% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Konta J.

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

Statistics

This season
Konta J.Williams S.
1st serve in·Even
64%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
48%
Service points won·Even
61%
63%
Return points won·Even
42%
45%
Break points saved·Even
63%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.3
7.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.4
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (144 vs 100). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Konta J.Williams S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
66
95
Break points saved·Even
90
94
Break points won·Dominant
67
96
Deciding sets·Clear edge
84
98
Tiebreaks·Dominant
48
95

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Buzarnescu M.[5]
Sakkari M.
6-16-0
Semi-finals
Buzarnescu M.[5]
Mertens E.[4]
4-66-36-1
Sakkari M.
Collins D.
3-67-56-2
Quarter-finals
Collins D.
Azarenka V.
6-743-0
Mertens E.[4]
Konta J.
7-646-3
Buzarnescu M.[5]
Tomljanovic A.
6-17-5
Sakkari M.
Williams V.[3]
6-47-62
R16
Williams V.[3]
Watson H.
6-44-66-0
Collins D.
Lapko V.
6-13-66-1
Azarenka V.
Blinkova A.
6-16-0
Sakkari M.
Babos T.[8]
6-06-1
Mertens E.[4]
Kratzer A.
6-26-0
Buzarnescu M.[5]
Anisimova A.
7-52-66-1
Tomljanovic A.
Frech M.
6-43-66-3
Konta J.
Kenin S.
6-16-4
R32
Watson H.
Liu C.
6-43-66-4
Lapko V.
Zhang S.[7]
7-626-0
Kenin S.
Cepede Royg V.
6-46-4
Konta J.
Williams S.[6]
6-16-0
Anisimova A.
Wang Q.
6-27-5
Azarenka V.
Bondarenko K.
6-36-777-5
Tomljanovic A.
Garcia Perez G.
6-46-1
Sakkari M.
Mchale C.
6-26-2
Buzarnescu M.[5]
Vickery S.
6-34-66-3
Babos T.[8]
Mladenovic K.
6-46-2
Collins D.
Lao D.
7-626-3
Kratzer A.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-44-67-5