Venus Williams vs Veronika Kudermetova — Cincinnati Round of 64

Cincinnati · 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
Monday, 14 August 2023
hard
Veronika Kudermetova
RUS16
Veronika Kudermetova
#115WTA
1836ELO
1786Hard ELO
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLLWW
Williams V.
6-4 7-5
Kudermetova V.
Williams V.
672
Kudermetova V.
450

Venus Williams defeated Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 7-5 in the Cincinnati round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Veronika Kudermetova came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Williams V.serving65% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Kudermetova V.

Kudermetova V.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Williams V.

Serve advantage — Kudermetova V.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Williams V.Kudermetova V.
—
Serve
67
—
Return
24

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Williams V.Kudermetova V.
1st serve in·Even
59%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
67%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
37%
47%
Service points won·Slight edge
53%
59%
Return points won·Even
40%
43%
Break points saved·Even
49%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.6
4.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.1
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (21 vs 158). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams V.Kudermetova V.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
54
85
Break points saved·Even
83
85
Break points won·Even
83
85
Deciding sets·Dominant
30
91
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
86
96

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Williams V.
5.3
Clear underdogUmpiry Score
Kudermetova V.
5.9
Even matchUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 42 days (−0.7)
Form & Matchup
2.9Hard Elo 1617
Surface ELO
7.1+169 Hard Elo edge
2.8Overall Elo 1654
ELO gap
7.2Overall Elo 1836
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
1.8
Surface form
4.3
0.0Lost last 2
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
8.9
Minutes 14d
8.0
Prev. match
7.9
Country comfort
5.2
Surface transition
7.0
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Williams V.Kudermetova V.
Freshness·
100
—

Williams V.: 19 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
23°CRain
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 92%

Draw

Final
Gauff C.[7]
Muchova K.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Gauff C.[7]
Swiatek I.[1]
7-623-66-4
Muchova K.
Sabalenka A.[2]
6-746-36-2
Quarter-finals
Swiatek I.[1]
Vondrousova M.[10]
7-636-1
Muchova K.
Bouzkova M.
3-0
Gauff C.[7]
Paolini J.
6-36-2
Sabalenka A.[2]
Jabeur O.[5]
7-56-3
R16
Paolini J.
Rybakina E.[4]
4-65-2
Jabeur O.[5]
Vekic D.
5-2
Swiatek I.[1]
Zheng Q.
3-66-16-1
Gauff C.[7]
Noskova L.
6-46-0
Muchova K.
Sakkari M.[8]
6-32-66-3
Bouzkova M.
Pegula J.[3]
6-46-0
Sabalenka A.[2]
Kasatkina D.[14]
6-36-3
Vondrousova M.[10]
Stephens S.
7-56-3
R32
Vondrousova M.[10]
Potapova A.
6-46-2
Kasatkina D.[14]
Gracheva V.
6-36-1
Muchova K.
Martic P.
6-33-66-3
Zheng Q.
Williams V.
1-66-26-1
Rybakina E.[4]
Ostapenko J.
6-766-26-4
Noskova L.
Kvitova P.[9]
3-66-26-4
Gauff C.[7]
Sherif M.
6-26-2
Sakkari M.[8]
Cirstea S.
2-66-37-5
Bouzkova M.
Mertens E.
6-24-66-1
Pegula J.[3]
Trevisan M.
6-726-26-3
Jabeur O.[5]
Kalinina A.
6-36-727-62
Sabalenka A.[2]
Li A.
7-52-66-4
Swiatek I.[1]
Collins D.
6-16-0
Paolini J.
Bucsa C.
6-16-3
Stephens S.
Garcia C.[6]
4-66-46-4
Vekic D.
Azarenka V.
3-66-36-4
R64
Kvitova P.[9]
Blinkova A.
7-626-0
Paolini J.
Kostyuk M.
6-26-1
Noskova L.
Samsonova L.
2-66-36-1
Sherif M.
Wang X.
7-634-67-65
Cirstea S.
Alexandrova E.
6-06-2
Bouzkova M.
Begu I.
6-26-2
Vondrousova M.[10]
Siniakova K.
7-56-4
Gracheva V.
Wozniacki C.
6-46-4
Collins D.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-36-1
Zheng Q.
Sasnovich A.
6-16-4
Williams V.
Kudermetova V.[16]
6-47-5
Stephens S.
Cocciaretto E.
7-56-2
Ostapenko J.
Pliskova K.
1-66-36-4
Martic P.
Navarro E.
6-23-66-3
Muchova K.
Haddad Maia B.[12]
6-736-16-4
Mertens E.
Keys M.[15]
6-33-66-3
Trevisan M.
Pera B.
3-66-16-2
Kalinina A.
Zhu L.
6-37-5
Vekic D.
Brady J.
7-657-5
Azarenka V.
Krejcikova B.[11]
6-37-5
Kasatkina D.[14]
Stearns P.
6-26-1
Potapova A.
Naef C.
1-66-47-5
Bucsa C.
Bencic B.[13]
4-66-36-2
Li A.
Linette M.
0-67-656-2