Serena Williams vs Svetlana KuznetsovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Serena Williams
Unranked · 44 yrs · Right-Handed
9w4 meetings · sets 7–2
🇷🇺Svetlana Kuznetsova
Unranked · 40 yrs · Right-Handed
270wSerena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova have met 4 times since 2015; Serena Williams leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Miami in 2015 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Williams has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Williams has taken 7 sets to Kuznetsova's 2. Their most recent meeting: Serena Williams won at Wimbledon (2016).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Williams | Kuznetsova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Serena Williams | Svetlana Kuznetsova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | — | ||
| Wins a set when losing | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | — | ||
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | — | ||
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Williams 3, Kuznetsova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Williams
💥 Big Hitter
Kuznetsova
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,096 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jun 30, 2016
Wimbledon
G Grass · Round of 16
May 13, 2016
Rome
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Mar 24, 2016
Miami
H Hard · Round of 16
Mar 26, 2015
Miami
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 | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.93 | - |
| ROI % | -100.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
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
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 28
Anett Kontaveit
Eastbourne International - Eastbourne · 1st Round
Jun 22
Victoria Azarenka
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 30
Alize Cornet
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 24
Daria Kasatkina
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg · Semifinals
Mar 20
Jaqueline Cristian
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg · Quarterfinals
Mar 19
Xin Yu Wang
St. Petersburg · Round of 16
Mar 18
Xi Yao Wang
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg · 2nd Round
Mar 17
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 1–1 matches
| Metric | Williams | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | - |
| Sets won | 33% | - |
| Games won | 42% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Williams | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Williams | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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