Serena Williams vs Daria Saville — Yarra Valley Classic Round of 32

Yarra Valley Classic · WTA · Round of 32
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Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 31 January 2021
hard
AUS
Daria Saville
32 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLWLL
Williams S.
6-1 6-4
Saville D.
Williams S.
662
Saville D.
140

Serena Williams defeated Daria Saville 6-1 6-4 in the Yarra Valley Classic round of 32 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
2018-08-13CincinnatiR64hardSerena Williams6-1 6-2
2016-08-08OlympicsR64hardSerena Williams6-4 6-2
2013-02-11DohaR32hardSerena Williams6-2 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Saville D.

Saville D.serving69% hold

wins 58% 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.Saville D.
1st serve in·Even
60%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
70%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
60%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
56%
56%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.1
2.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.3
5.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (23 vs 144). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Saville D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
64
Break points saved·Clear edge
94
79
Break points won·Slight edge
96
87
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
70
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
51

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