Williams v Henin
WTA Tour 2006
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Too close to call — 8–4 on categories
Henin wins on sets lost. Williams’s case rests on first-serve points won %. WTA Tour 2006: Williams 16 matches, Henin 68 matches.
- Williams averages 5.9 aces a match to Henin’s 2.1 — 2.9 times as many.
- Henin has 24 sets lost (one every 2.9 matches) to Williams’ 11 sets lost (one every 1.4 matches).
- Henin has the better sets won %: 83.8 to Williams’s 69.4.
- Henin ranks 1st of 28 in WTA Tour 2006 for titles per match.
- Henin ranks 1st of 85 in WTA Tour 2006 for first-serve points won %.
- Winners’ edge: Henin’s team won 88%, Williams’s team won 75% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Henin has 68 matches, Williams 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
- –Titlesper game0.16 total · best 1★ #1 of 28
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 59.2First serve in %56.4#76 of 85
- 74.0First-serve points won %70.0★ #1 of 85
- 62.9Break points saved %54.7#40 of 85
- 46.0Return points won %51.8★ #1 of 85
Head to head
814 matches
since 20016
since 20016
- Hard · 6 matchesWilliams 5Henin 1
- Clay · 5 matchesWilliams 1Henin 4
- Grass · 2 matchesWilliams 1Henin 1
- Carpet · 1 matchWilliams 1Henin 0
- Grand Slams · 7 matchesWilliams 3Henin 4
- Finals · 5 matchesWilliams 3Henin 2
Last meetings
- 18 Jan 2010 · Australian Open · Final · HardWilliams won 6-4 3-6 6-2
- 24 Mar 2008 · Miami · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-2 6-0
- 27 Aug 2007 · US Open · Quarterfinal · HardHenin won 7-6(3) 6-1
- 25 June 2007 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · GrassHenin won 6-4 3-6 6-3
- 28 May 2007 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2006.
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