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Angelique Kerber vs Venus WilliamsPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

AK

🇩🇪Angelique Kerber

Unranked · 38 yrs · Left-Handed

109w
3–1

4 meetings · sets 6–3

VW

🇺🇸Venus Williams

#611 · 45 yrs · Right-Handed

14

Angelique Kerber and Venus Williams have met 4 times since 2016; Angelique Kerber leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Wimbledon in 2016 on grass. On hard courts Kerber leads 2–1. Kerber has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Kerber has taken 6 sets to Williams's 3. Their most recent meeting: Angelique Kerber won at Indian Wells (2019).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorKerberWilliams
Wins in straight sets——
Wins a set when losing—36%
Goes to a deciding set—36%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite——
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog—36%
Tiebreak sets won—67%
Wins after taking set 1—0%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1—0%

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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kerber 2, Williams 1).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Kerber

🎯 Baseliner

Precise groundstrokesCourt controlPatient constructionConsistent depth
vs

Williams

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve

Matchup analysis

The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 244 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Venus Williams.

Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.

Previous meetings

4 career meetings, newest first

Mar 8, 2019

Indian Wells

H Hard · Quarterfinals

7763
63
Kerber

Jan 11, 2018

Sydney

H Hard · Round of 16

57
63
61
Kerber

Mar 24, 2017

Miami

H Hard · Quarterfinals

57
36
Williams

Jul 2, 2016

Wimbledon

G Grass · Semifinals

64
64
Kerber

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricKerberWilliams
W-L-0–4
Avg odds-4.35
ROI %--100.0%
Units P/L--4.00u

Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricKerberWilliams
Countries—2
Events—2
Matches—2
Distance—411 mi · 662 km
Route—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.

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Kerber
LWWWLLLL
L

Qinwen Zheng

Olympics - Paris · Quarterfinals

764
46
667

Jul 31

W

Leylah Fernandez

Olympics - Paris · 3rd Round

64
63

Jul 30

W

Jaqueline Cristian

Olympics - Paris · 2nd Round

64
36
64

Jul 29

W

Naomi Osaka

Olympics - Paris · 1st Round

75
63

Jul 27

L

Yulia Putintseva

Wimbledon - London · 1st Round

57
36

Jul 2

L

Diana Shnaider

Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round

57
36

Jun 24

L

Linda Noskova

Berlin Ladies Open - Berlin · 1st Round

647
62
46

Jun 18

L

Arantxa Rus

French Open - Paris · 1st Round

46
36

May 28

Williams
LLLLLLLL
L

Emiliana Arango

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round

26
26

Aug 14

L

Kamilla Rakhimova

National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round

46
16

Aug 2

L

Anastasia Potapova

Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round

36
36

Jul 29

L

Irina Camelia Begu

Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round

26
64
667

Jun 22

L

Kaitlin Quevedo

Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round

26
46

Apr 21

L

Francesca Jones

Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round

57
57

Mar 19

L

Diane Parry

BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round

36
764
16

Mar 5

L

Ajla Tomljanovic

ATX Open - Austin · 1st Round

46
16

Feb 24

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ KerberKerber ahead↓ Williams

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 11–11 matches

MetricKerberWilliams
Matches won-0%
Sets won-15%
Games won-38%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageKerberWilliams
Grand Slam10
WTA 50010
WTA 100011

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceKerberWilliams
Hard21
Grass10

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Angelique Kerber vs Venus Williams FAQ

Angelique Kerber leads the head-to-head 3–1 over 4 meetings.