Serena Williams vs Christina Mchale — Auckland Round of 16

Auckland · WTA · Round of 16
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Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 January 2020
hard
USA
Christina Mchale
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Williams S.
3-6 6-2 6-3
Mchale C.
Williams S.
3662
Mchale C.
6231

Serena Williams defeated Christina Mchale 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the Auckland round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 4–0.

Key context

Head to head

3–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-06-27WimbledonR64grassSerena Williams6-7(7) 6-2 6-4
2016-05-09RomeR16claySerena Williams7-6(7) 6-1
2016-03-21MiamiR64hardSerena Williams6-3 5-7 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Mchale C.

Mchale C.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Williams S.

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
Williams S.Mchale C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
60%
65%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
72%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
62%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Clear edge
62%
50%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.3
1.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.1
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (45 vs 81). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Mchale C.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
0
Break points saved·Dominant
94
28
Break points won·Dominant
96
65
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
8
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
29

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
19°COvercast
Wind 37 km/hHumidity 55%

Draw

Final
Williams S.[1]
Pegula J.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Williams S.[1]
Anisimova A.[3]
6-16-1
Pegula J.
Wozniacki C.[5]
3-66-46-0
Quarter-finals
Williams S.[1]
Siegemund L.
6-46-3
Anisimova A.[3]
Bouchard E.
6-23-66-4
Pegula J.
Cornet A.
6-03-2
Wozniacki C.[5]
Goerges J.[4]
6-16-4
R16
Siegemund L.
Gauff C.
5-76-26-3
Anisimova A.[3]
Kasatkina D.
6-26-4
Bouchard E.
Garcia C.[8]
6-46-4
Wozniacki C.[5]
Davis L.
6-14-66-4
Goerges J.[4]
Teichmann J.
6-36-2
Pegula J.
Zidansek T.
6-26-3
Cornet A.
Martic P.[2]
3-66-46-4
Williams S.[1]
Mchale C.
3-66-26-3
R32
Bouchard E.
Flipkens K.
7-57-5
Zidansek T.
Peterson R.[6]
7-677-65
Williams S.[1]
Giorgi C.
6-36-2
Mchale C.
Li A.
7-56-2
Siegemund L.
Mcnally C.
6-26-2
Anisimova A.[3]
Baindl K.
6-36-4
Garcia C.[8]
Townsend T.
5-76-37-5
Teichmann J.
Ivanov V.
6-46-3
Goerges J.[4]
Minnen G.
6-17-64
Pegula J.
Bellis C.[9]
6-06-4
Martic P.[2]
Arconada U.
5-76-46-4
Cornet A.
Bonaventure Y.
4-67-56-3
Davis L.
Lepchenko V.
7-676-2
Gauff C.
Hruncakova V.
6-36-1
Wozniacki C.[5]
Hourigan P.
6-16-0
Kasatkina D.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-33-66-2