Konta v Williams

Venus Williams takes it, 11–3 on categories

Williams wins on titles. Konta’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Konta 319 matches, Williams 1,096 matches.

• Williams has 48 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Konta’s 4 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
• Konta averages 4.1 aces a match to Williams’ 3.1 (33% more).
• Williams averages 0.7 sets lost a match to Konta’s 0.9.
• Winners’ edge: Williams’s teams won 73%, Konta’s team won 61% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Williams has 1,096 matches across 33 seasons, Konta 319 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
• Different eras: the game, the rules and the stat-keeping have all changed between their careers.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.