Celine Naef and Venus Williams will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Libema Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Celine Naef who should win in 2 sets.
Celine Naef -> 1.34
Venus Williams -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Celine Naef vs. Venus Williams
There is no head to head record between Celine Naef and Venus Williams since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Celine Naef
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-19 | 0-5 | 3-7 | 8-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-28 | 4-5 | 3-5 | 30-13 | 1-4 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 41-19 | 5-3 | 12-6 | 19-8 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-6 | 7-1 | 2-3 | 14-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 202, Celine will start her run in ‘s-Hertogenbosch after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 7-5 6-3 to Mandlik in the qualifications on the 22nd of May.
Naef has a composed 28-7 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W25 Loughborough where she defeated Eliz Maloney in the final 6-0 6-4 and the W40 Porto where she overcame Lucrezia Stefanini in the final 6-2 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, Naef has an overall 57-17 record. She has a flat 0-0 record on grass.
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Celine has never competed in this tournament before.
Venus Williams
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 696, Venus will start her run in Hertogenbosch after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 3-6 6-2 7-5 to Zhu in the 2nd round on the 5th of January.
Williams has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
In terms of her career, The American has an overall 524-205 record. She has a positive 68-17 record on grass.
Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch
- Carol ZhaoZhao – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (7-63 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Alison RiskeRiske (6-3 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Natalija StevanovicStevanovic (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Jessika PonchetPonchet (7-5 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Milan DrinicDrinic – Maksim TikhomirovTikhomirov (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Manuel Pena LopezPena Lopez (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rrezart CunguCungu – Dejan KaticKatic (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivan SabanovSabanov – Boris ButulijaButulija (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Franjo RaspudicRaspudic – Djurabeck KarimovKarimov (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Milos NikolicNikolic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Samuel BensoussanBensoussan – Mircea-Alexandru JecanJecan (6-0 2-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Shendrit DeariDeari (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christian HirschmuellerHirschmueller – Jeremy BealeBeale (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AppelgrenAppelgren – Denis BelozerovBelozerov (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Mislav BosnjakBosnjak (1-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefan MicovMicov – Jonathan MridhaMridha (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Liudmila SamsonovaLiudmila – Lena PapadakisLena (7-5 6-7(5) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Susan BandecchiBandecchi – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Eva LysLys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emina BektasBektas – Dalma GalfiGalfi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeniya RodinaRodina – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Carol ZhaoZhao (0-0) – H2H and prediction