Anastasia Potapova vs Serena WilliamsPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Potapova
#25 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 0–4
🇺🇸Serena Williams
Unranked · 44 yrs · Right-Handed
9wAnastasia Potapova and Serena Williams have met 2 times since 2020; Serena Williams leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Australian Open - Melbourne in 2020 on hard. On hard courts Williams leads 2–0. Williams has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Potapova has taken 0 sets to Williams's 4. Their most recent meeting: Serena Williams won at Australian Open - Melbourne (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Potapova | Williams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Potapova | Serena Williams | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 58% | 15/26 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 4/15 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 15/41 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 41% | 9/22 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 63% | 12/19 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 6/13 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 17/19 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 79% | 15/19 | — | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Potapova 0, Williams 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Potapova
👑 The Complete Package
Williams
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 3,896 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Feb 12, 2021
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 3rd Round
Jan 20, 2020
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Potapova | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–5 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.73 | 1.93 |
| ROI % | -47.9% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -3.83u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Potapova | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 4 | — |
| Distance | 761 mi · 1,225 km | — |
| Route | AUT → CAN → POL | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Potapova has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Williams's 0%).
| Opponent | Potapova | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Maya Joint | W 61 62 | L 36 76 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sloane Stephens
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Elina Svitolina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Elena Gabriela Ruse
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Diana Shnaider
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 31
Venus Williams
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Suzan Lamens
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · 1st Round
Jun 10
Anna Kalinskaya
French Open - Paris · 4th Round
Jun 1
Maya Joint
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Ajla Tomljanovic
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 2
Anett Kontaveit
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Aug 31
Danka Kovinic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Emma Raducanu
Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 16
Belinda Bencic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 10
Nuria Parrizas Diaz
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 8
Harmony Tan
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 28
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 1–41 matches
| Metric | Potapova | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 0% |
| Sets won | 58% | 33% |
| Games won | 53% | 42% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Potapova | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Potapova | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
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