Magda Linette vs Venus WilliamsPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇵🇱Magda Linette
#77 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
63 meetings · sets 3–5
🇺🇸Venus Williams
#596 · 45 yrs · Right-Handed
6wMagda Linette and Venus Williams have met 3 times since 2016; Venus Williams leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Fed Cup WG2 R1: USA vs POL in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Williams leads 2–1. Across all meetings Linette has taken 3 sets to Williams's 5. Their most recent meeting: Magda Linette won at ASB Classic - Auckland (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Linette | Williams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Magda Linette | Venus Williams | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 33% | 7/21 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 4/23 | 33% | 4/12 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 18/44 | 33% | 4/12 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 25% | 4/16 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 44% | 12/27 | 33% | 4/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 3/9 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 14/16 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 44% | 7/16 | 0% | 0/1 |
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. Head-to-head: 1 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Linette 0, Williams 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Linette
🤖 Servebot
Williams
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both Magda Linette and Venus Williams are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 2,080 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jan 6, 2026
ASB Classic - Auckland
H Hard · 1st Round
Jul 21, 2016
Stanford
H Hard · Round of 16
Feb 6, 2016
Fed Cup WG2 R1: USA vs POL
H Hard · Round Robin
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Linette | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–7 | 0–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.23 | 4.97 |
| ROI % | -86.6% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -6.93u | -4.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Linette | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km | — |
| Route | POR → ROU → CZE | — |
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
Across 2 shared opponents, both Linette and Williams posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Linette | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Francesca Jones | L 46 61 36 | L 57 57 |
| Tatjana Maria | L 06 36 | L 46 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sinja Kraus
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Katerina Siniakova
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Darya Astakhova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 21
Francesca Jones
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 3
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Iva Jovic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Carol Zhao
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Leylah Fernandez
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 27
Sofia Kenin
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Emiliana Arango
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Kamilla Rakhimova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 2
Anastasia Potapova
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Irina Camelia Begu
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round
Jun 22
Kaitlin Quevedo
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round
Apr 21
Francesca Jones
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 19
Diane Parry
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 12–44 matches
| Metric | Linette | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 48% | 0% |
| Sets won | 43% | 14% |
| Games won | 48% | 38% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Linette | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| BJK Cup | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Linette | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
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