Serena Williams and Venus Williams will play each other in the 2nd round of the The Top Seed Open for the 31st time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12.30 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Serena Williams who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Serena Williams is the pick to win this match.
Serena Williams -> 1.40
Venus Williams -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Serena Williams vs. Venus Williams
This will be the 31st time that Serena Williams and Venus Williams fight against each other. The head to head is 18-12 for Serena Williams (see full H2H stats), 11-9 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Venus Williams won w/o in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2019.
Serena Williams
Ranked no. 9, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Bernarda Pera 4-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Pera, Serena Williams recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Serena Williams scored 102 points vs Pera’s 93. Serena was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Serena Williams fired 7 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Serena Williams lost the serve twice and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Serena Williams put 58% of her first serves in, winning 78% (43/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. Serena broke Pera 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Serena Williams has a a great record in the last 10 years having won 85% of her matches (983-171). 8-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Serena Williams has a 366-46 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Auckland where she defeated Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 6-4.
Serena Williams has a 9-2 win-loss record in 2020, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Lexington
Serena didn’t compete in Lexington in 2019.
Venus Williams
Ranked no. 67, Venus got to the 2nd round after beating Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Venus had a good straight sets win against Azarenka (6-3 6-2). During the match Venus Williams scored 58 points vs Azarenka’s 43. Venus Williams was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Venus Williams blasted 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Venus Williams conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Venus Williams put 70% of her first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. Venus was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Azarenka 3 times.
Venus Williams has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (814-411). 1-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Venus Williams has a 225-109 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The American has a 1-3 win-loss record in 2020, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Lexington
Venus didn’t play in Lexington in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Serena Williams | Venus Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 |
| Pts | 102-93 | 58-43 |
| Total Points | 195 | 101 |
| Winners | 43 | 28 |
| %Winners | 42% | 48% |
Both Serena Williams and Venus Williams played 1 match. At the moment, Serena Williams conceded 1 set while Venus Williams hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Serena Williams has played 1 sets more than Venus Williams (3 vs 2). Therefore, Serena Williams played 10 games more than Venus Williams. The American scored 43 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Venus Williams bagged 28 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Serena Williams | Venus Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 55/95 | 40/57 |
| %1st in | 58% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 43/55 | 28/40 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 11/17 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 65% |
Serena Williams managed to score 7 aces . Venus Williams bagged 3 aces . Serena Williams won 78% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Venus Williams won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Serena Williams | Venus Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 33% | 100% |
| Conceded | 13 | 1 |
| Saved | 11 | 1 |
| % Saved | 85% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Serena Williams broke her opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Serena lost her serve twice and she saved 85% of the break points that she conceded. Venus Williams broke her opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Venus was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Serena Williams | |||
| R1 Pera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 102-93 | 102-93 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 55/95 | 55/95 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 43/55 | 43/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 16/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
| Venus Williams | |||
| R1 Azarenka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-43 | 58-43 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/57 | 40/57 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
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