Venus Williams vs Heather Watson — San Jose Round of 16

San Jose · WTA · Round of 16
Venus Williams
USA3
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 July 2018
hard
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#470WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
Williams V.
6-4 4-6 6-0
Watson H.
Williams V.
6462
Watson H.
4601

Venus Williams defeated Heather Watson 6-4 4-6 6-0 in the San Jose round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2014-09-29BeijingR64hardVenus Williams6-3 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Watson H.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Serve advantage — Watson H.

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.Watson H.
1st serve in·Even
61%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
44%
Service points won·Even
55%
57%
Return points won·Even
42%
42%
Break points saved·Even
56%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.6
3.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.8
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (108 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Watson H.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
20
Break points saved·Dominant
83
43
Break points won·Clear edge
83
62
Deciding sets·Clear edge
30
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
86
13

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

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Watson H.
Freshness·Even
100
100

Williams V.: 21 days rest · Watson H.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. 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