Anastasia Potapova vs Serena WilliamsPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Potapova
#26 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 0–4
🇺🇸Serena Williams
Unranked · 44 yrs · Right-Handed
15wAnastasia 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 | 57% | 17/30 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 6/18 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 19/48 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 38% | 11/29 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 12/18 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 87% | 20/23 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 74% | 17/23 | — | |
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%, 4,271 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 | 5–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.55 | - |
| ROI % | +19.6% | - |
| Units P/L | +1.76u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Potapova | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | ROU | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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
Sinja Kraus
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Mirra Andreeva
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Amanda Anisimova
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 5
Leolia Jeanjean
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Darja Semenistaja
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
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
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 · 1–48 matches
| Metric | Potapova | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 0% |
| Sets won | 57% | 33% |
| Games won | 52% | 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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