Elina Svitolina vs Serena WilliamsPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇦Elina Svitolina
#9 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 3–8
🇺🇸Serena Williams
Unranked · 44 yrs · Right-Handed
9wElina Svitolina and Serena Williams have met 5 times since 2015; Serena Williams leads 4–1. Their first meeting came at Australian Open in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Williams leads 3–1. Across all meetings Svitolina has taken 3 sets to Williams's 8. Their most recent meeting: Serena Williams won at Us Open (2019).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Svitolina | Williams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elina Svitolina | Serena Williams | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 61% | 25/41 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 31% | 4/13 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 20/54 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 54% | 21/39 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 77% | 10/13 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 73% | 11/15 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 97% | 31/32 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 25/32 | — | |
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: 4 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Svitolina 1, Williams 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Svitolina
👑 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
5 career meetings, newest first
Aug 31, 2019
Us Open
H Hard · Semifinals
Aug 11, 2016
Olympics
H Hard · Round of 16
May 26, 2016
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 16
Aug 22, 2015
Cincinnati
H Hard · Semifinals
Jan 21, 2015
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Svitolina | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–5 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.52 | 1.93 |
| ROI % | -18.9% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -2.46u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Svitolina | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 8 | — |
| 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Tereza Valentova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Iga Swiatek
National Bank Open - Toronto · Semifinals
Aug 13
Ekaterina Alexandrova
National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals
Aug 11
Amanda Anisimova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 9
Anastasia Potapova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Alexandra Eala
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · Quarterfinals
Aug 1
Polina Kudermetova
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 31
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 · 1–54 matches
| Metric | Svitolina | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 76% | 0% |
| Sets won | 67% | 33% |
| Games won | 57% | 42% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Svitolina | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 3 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Svitolina | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 3 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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