Ashleigh Barty vs Serena Williams — Yarra Valley Classic Semi-final

Yarra Valley Classic · WTA · Semi-final
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Ashleigh Barty
30 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sets
Walkover
Sunday, 31 January 2021
hard
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Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Barty A.
vs
Williams S.

Ashleigh Barty advanced past Serena Williams via walkover in the Yarra Valley Classic semi-final. Ashleigh Barty claimed a first win over Serena Williams in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-05-28Roland GarrosR64claySerena Williams3-6 6-3 6-4
2014-01-13Australian OpenR128hardSerena Williams6-2 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Barty A.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Williams S.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Barty A.

Serve advantage — Barty A.

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
Barty A.Williams S.
1st serve in·Even
59%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
76%
71%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
50%
45%
Service points won·Slight edge
65%
60%
Return points won·Even
46%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
65%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
6.8
6.0
Double faults / match·Even
3.0
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (60 vs 24). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Barty A.Williams S.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
90
95
Break points saved·Even
94
94
Break points won·Even
92
96
Deciding sets·Even
99
98
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
90
95

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

Draw

Final
Barty A.[1]
Muguruza G.[6]
7-636-4
Semi-finals
Barty A.[1]
Williams S.[5]
W/O
Muguruza G.[6]
Vondrousova M.[8]
6-16-0
Quarter-finals
Muguruza G.[6]
Kenin S.[2]
6-26-2
Williams S.[5]
Collins D.[13]
6-24-6[10-6]
Vondrousova M.[8]
Podoroska N.[14]
4-66-3[10-4]
Barty A.[1]
Rogers S.
7-52-6[10-4]
R16
Collins D.[13]
Pliskova K.[3]
7-657-63
Barty A.[1]
Bouzkova M.[16]
6-04-66-3
Rogers S.
Martic P.[7]
7-616-3
Muguruza G.[6]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[11]
6-16-2
Williams S.[5]
Pironkova T.
6-16-4
Kenin S.[2]
Pegula J.
5-77-56-2
Vondrousova M.[8]
Zvonareva V.
7-646-746-4
Podoroska N.[14]
Kvitova P.[4]
5-76-17-67
R32
Kenin S.[2]
Giorgi C.
7-5
Pliskova K.[3]
Cocciaretto E.
6-36-2
Muguruza G.[6]
Van Uytvanck A.
6-26-0
Vondrousova M.[8]
Gracheva V.
6-46-0
Rogers S.
Peterson R.
6-45-76-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.[11]
Sevastova A.
6-06-3
Barty A.[1]
Bogdan A.
6-36-3
Martic P.[7]
Lapko V.
4-66-36-2
Collins D.[13]
Stojanovic N.
6-26-1
Kvitova P.[4]
Williams V.
7-667-5
Bouzkova M.[16]
Bolsova A.
6-36-766-2
Zvonareva V.
Dolehide C.
6-26-4
Podoroska N.[14]
Minnen G.
6-36-4
Pironkova T.
Vekic D.[9]
1-66-46-2
Pegula J.
Barthel M.
6-47-5
Williams S.[5]
Saville D.
6-16-4
R64
Lapko V.
Shvedova Y.
4-66-26-4
Saville D.
Hruncakova V.
6-26-0
Pegula J.
Mladenovic K.[15]
6-46-1
Gracheva V.
Cabrera L.
2-66-46-2
Bogdan A.
Rakhimova K.
6-26-2
Van Uytvanck A.
Hsieh S.
6-26-0
Pironkova T.
Samsonova L.
6-26-1
Podoroska N.[14]
Jones F.
6-16-3
Collins D.[13]
Bonaventure Y.
6-36-3
Sevastova A.
Brengle M.
6-46-2
Bolsova A.
Raina A.
6-36-0
Bouzkova M.[16]
Stosur S.
6-26-0
Cocciaretto E.
Zhu L.
0-66-37-5
Stojanovic N.
Sherif M.
6-36-2
Zvonareva V.
Pliskova K.
6-46-746-3
Rogers S.
Ferro F.[12]
6-27-5
Peterson R.
Inglis M.
6-26-1
Minnen G.
Danilovic O.
6-46-4
Barthel M.
Birrell K.
7-56-3
Williams V.
Rus A.
6-16-3
Giorgi C.
Burel C.
6-46-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.[11]
Doi M.
6-16-4