Williams v Davenport
WTA Tour career
Venus WilliamsUnited States, United States / USA1,096 games · 1994–2026
Lindsay DavenportUnited States918 games · 1991–2008Lineball analyst3–12
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: Williams 1,096 matches, Davenport 918 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.
- 0.148 total · best 1Titlesper game0.155 total · best 1
- 0.07 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
- 59.4First serve in %59.2
- 68.2First-serve points won %71.5
- 57.5Break points saved %57.8
- 45.7Return points won %48.1
Head to head
1327 matches
since 199714
since 199714
- Hard · 20 matchesWilliams 9Davenport 11
- Grass · 4 matchesWilliams 4Davenport 0
- Carpet · 2 matchesWilliams 0Davenport 2
- Clay · 1 matchWilliams 0Davenport 1
- Grand Slams · 9 matchesWilliams 5Davenport 4
- Finals · 12 matchesWilliams 7Davenport 5
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 ret.
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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