Lee v Williams

Venus Williams takes it, 11–1 on categories

Williams wins on first-serve points won %. Chi Lee’s case rests on break points converted %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Chi Lee 3 matches, Williams 1,096 matches.

• Williams averages 3.1 aces a match to Chi Lee’s 1.7 (83% more).
• Williams has the better sets won %: 69.3 to Chi Lee’s 28.6.
• Williams averages 1.6 sets won a match to Chi Lee’s 0.7 — 2.4 times as many.
• Longevity: Williams has 1,096 matches across 33 seasons, Chi Lee 3 in 2 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Small sample: Chi Lee (3 matches) — treat the averages with care.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (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.