Elia v Williams
WTA Tour career
Silvia Farina EliaItaly710 games · 1989–2005
Venus WilliamsUnited States, United States / USA1,096 games · 1994–2026
Venus WilliamsUnited States, United States / USA1,096 games · 1994–2026Lineball analyst3–11
Venus Williams takes it, 11–3 on categories
Williams wins on titles. Farina Elia’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Farina Elia 710 matches, Williams 1,096 matches.
- Williams has 48 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Farina Elia’s 3 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Farina Elia has the better first serve in %: 71.4 to Williams’s 59.4.
- Williams averages 3.1 aces a match to Farina Elia’s 0.1 — 21.8 times as many.
- Winners’ edge: Williams’s teams won 73%, Farina Elia’s team won 55% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Williams has 1,096 matches across 33 seasons, Farina Elia 710 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, 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.
- 0.03 total · best 1Titlesper game0.148 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
- 71.4First serve in %59.4
- 59.1First-serve points won %68.2
- 56.4Break points saved %57.5
- 47.3Return points won %45.7
- 0.124 total · best 2Aces
Head to head
110 matches
since 19979
since 19979
- Hard · 4 matchesElia 1Williams 3
- Clay · 3 matchesElia 0Williams 3
- Carpet · 3 matchesElia 0Williams 3
- Grand Slams · 1 matchElia 0Williams 1
Last meetings
- 28 Feb 2005 · Dubai · Round of 32 · HardElia won 7-5 7-6(6)
- 26 May 2003 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · ClayWilliams won 6-1 6-2
- 11 Feb 2002 · Antwerp · Quarterfinal · CarpetWilliams won 6-3 0-1 ret.
- 5 Feb 2002 · Paris · Quarterfinal · CarpetWilliams won 6-2 6-1
- 30 Apr 2001 · Hamburg · Quarterfinal · ClayWilliams won 6-1 6-1
- 24 July 1999 · Fed Cup WG1 SF: ITA vs USA · Round robin · ClayWilliams won 6-1 6-1
- 5 Oct 1998 · Filderstadt · Round of 32 · HardWilliams won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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