Venus Williams vs Arantxa Rus — Yarra Valley Classic Round of 64

Yarra Valley Classic · WTA · Round of 64
Venus Williams
USA
Venus Williams
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 31 January 2021
hard
Arantxa Rus
NED
Arantxa Rus
#183WTA
1511ELO
1503Hard ELO
35 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLWLL
Williams V.
6-1 6-3
Rus A.
Williams V.
662
Rus A.
130

Venus Williams defeated Arantxa Rus 6-1 6-3 in the Yarra Valley Classic round of 64 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
2018-02-10Fed Cup WG R1: NED vs USARRhardVenus Williams6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Rus A.

Rus A.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Serve advantage — Rus 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
Williams V.Rus A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
60%
71%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
61%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
37%
46%
Service points won·Even
52%
56%
Return points won·Slight edge
39%
44%
Break points saved·Even
51%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.4
2.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.2
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (37 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Rus A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
15
Break points saved·Dominant
83
51
Break points won·Even
83
86
Deciding sets·Clear edge
30
16
Tiebreaks·Dominant
86
0

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

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Rus A.
Freshness·Even
100
100

Williams V.: 21 days rest · Rus A.: 20 days rest. Higher means fresher. 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