Davenport v Williams
WTA Tour career
Lindsay DavenportUnited States918 games · 1991–2008
Venus WilliamsUnited States, United States / USA1,096 games · 1994–2026Lineball analyst12–3
Lindsay Davenport takes it, 12–3 on categories
Davenport wins on titles. Williams’s case rests on grand slam titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Davenport 918 matches, Williams 1,096 matches.
- Williams has 7 grand slam titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Davenport’s 3 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Davenport has 55 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Williams’ 48 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
- Williams averages 3.1 aces a match to Davenport’s 2.1 (49% more).
- Winners’ edge: Davenport’s team won 80%, Williams’s teams won 73% of the matches they played.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.155 total · best 1Titlesper game0.148 total · best 1
- 0.03 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
- 59.2First serve in %59.4
- 71.5First-serve points won %68.2
- 57.8Break points saved %57.5
- 48.1Return points won %45.7
Head to head
1427 matches
since 199713
since 199713
- Hard · 20 matchesDavenport 11Williams 9
- Grass · 4 matchesDavenport 0Williams 4
- Carpet · 2 matchesDavenport 2Williams 0
- Clay · 1 matchDavenport 1Williams 0
- Grand Slams · 9 matchesDavenport 4Williams 5
- Finals · 12 matchesDavenport 5Williams 7
Last meetings
- 20 June 2005 · Wimbledon · Final · GrassWilliams won 4-6 7-6(4) 9-7
- 4 Apr 2005 · Amelia Island · Quarterfinal · ClayDavenport won 1-6 6-3 6-4
- 30 Aug 2004 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardDavenport won 7-5 6-4
- 19 July 2004 · Los Angeles · Semifinal · HardDavenport won 7-5 2-0
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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