Venus Williams and Johanna Konta will square off in the 3^rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 8^th time of their career.

Venus Williams

Ranked no. 50 Williams qualified to the 3^rd round after beating Elise Mertens 7-5 3-6 7-6⁴ and her sister Serena retired soon after..

Last year result

The American lost in the 3^rd round 6-2 7-6³ to Anett Kontaveit.

Johanna Konta

Ranked no. 42 Johanna qualified to the 3^rd round after defeating Alison Riske 6-4 6-1 and Sloane Stephens 6-7³ 6-4 6-1.

Johanna best result of the season was reaching the finals in Rabat.

Last year result

The Brit lost in the 3^rd round 2-6 6-3 6-4 to Jelena Ostapenko.

HEAD TO HEAD and prediction Venus Williams vs. Johanna Konta

This will be the 8^th time that Venus Williams and Johanna Konta square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they faced each other, Williams won 5-7 6-1 6-2 in the 4^th round in Miami in 2018.

Head 2 Head

• 7Slam
• 49Main
• 0ITF
• 0Minor

• 0Slam
• 4Main
• 8ITF
• 3Minor

Venus
Williams

4:4

Johanna
Konta

Rank

833

High

1

2Hard3

1Clay1

1Grass0

Rank

High

4

Win Loss

Williams

LL

Konta

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