Serena Williams vs Sloane StephensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Serena Williams
Unranked · 44 yrs · Right-Handed
9w4 meetings · sets 8–3
🇺🇸Sloane Stephens
#208 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
4Serena Williams and Sloane Stephens have met 4 times since 2015; Serena Williams leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Indian Wells in 2015 on hard. On clay courts Williams leads 2–0. On hard courts Williams leads 2–0. Williams has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Williams has taken 8 sets to Stephens's 3. Their most recent meeting: Serena Williams won at U.S. Open - New York (2020).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Williams | Stephens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Serena Williams | Sloane Stephens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 71% | 5/7 | |
| Wins a set when losing | 100% | 1/1 | 28% | 5/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 100% | 1/1 | 28% | 7/25 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 20% | 1/5 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 47% | 9/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 1/1 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 67% | 6/9 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 56% | 5/9 | |
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: 1 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Williams 1, Stephens 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Williams
💥 Big Hitter
Stephens
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 61% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 1,327 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Serena Williams.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Sep 5, 2020
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 3rd Round
May 28, 2015
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 16
May 6, 2015
Madrid
C Clay · Round of 32
Mar 12, 2015
Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Williams | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 5–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.93 | 3.00 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | +8.3% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | +0.83u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Williams | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 4 |
| Events | — | 4 |
| Matches | — | 7 |
| Distance | — | 1,730 mi · 2,784 km |
| Route | — | ECU → CAN → POL → ESP |
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
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
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round
Aug 25
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Anastasia Potapova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Sinja Kraus
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Belinda Bencic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Solana Sierra
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 4
Darja Vidmanova
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 2nd Round
Jul 31
Yuliia Starodubtseva
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 29
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 1–25 matches
| Metric | Williams | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | 28% |
| Sets won | 33% | 33% |
| Games won | 42% | 42% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Williams | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Williams | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
| Clay | 2 | 0 |
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