H2H data updated: 2026-09-12 00:00 UTC

Ana Ivanovic vs Serena Williams H2H: 1-9

Serena Williams holds a 9–1 lead over Ana Ivanovic in their WTA head-to-head. Across 10 main-draw meetings, Serena Williams leads 8–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Serena Williams won the 2015 Cincinnati Open quarterfinal 3-6 6-4 6-2.

SRB Age 38 Right-Handed 184 cm / 6'0"
H2H
1 9
10 main-draw meetings
USA Age 44 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Serena Williams #1 3-6 6-4 6-2 Ana Ivanovic #9 Match data Aug 22, 2015* QF Cincinnati Open Premier 5 modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Serena Williams #1 6-4 6-4 Ana Ivanovic #7 Match data Oct 20, 2014 RR WTA Finals WTA Finals Hard
Serena Williams #1 6-4 6-1 Ana Ivanovic #11 Match data Aug 17, 2014* F Cincinnati Open Premier 5 modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Serena Williams #1 2-6 6-3 7-5 Ana Ivanovic #11 Match data Aug 2, 2014* QF Stanford Premier modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Serena Williams #1 6-1 3-6 6-1 Ana Ivanovic #13 Match data May 17, 2014* SF Italian Open Premier 5 modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Ana Ivanovic #14 4-6 6-3 6-3 Serena Williams #1 Match data Jan 22, 2014* R16 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Serena Williams #4 6-1 6-3 Ana Ivanovic #13 Match data Sep 6, 2012* QF US Open Grand Slam Hard
Serena Williams #27 6-3 6-4 Ana Ivanovic #19 Match data Sep 6, 2011* R16 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Serena Williams #1 6-4 6-4 Ana Ivanovic #8 Match data Feb 20, 2009* QF Dubai Tennis Championships Premier 5 modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Serena Williams #91 6-2 6-4 Ana Ivanovic #17 Match data Sep 2, 2006* R32 US Open Grand Slam Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS Olympics 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Ana Ivanovic #63 #1 6,912 2,118 421 216 66.1% 1 0 3 2 5 4 15
Serena Williams #320 #1 13,615 2,399 837 172 83.0% 23 1 23 6 18 2 73

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Ana Ivanovic Serena Williams
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 1997 3–2 60.0% #101 1,582 0 0
16 2004 3–4 42.9% #101 1,542 0 0 1998 26–11 70.3% #20 1,893 0 0
17 2005 32–14 69.6% #16 1,849 0 1 1999 38–7 84.4% #4 2,189 1 5
18 2006 36–18 66.7% #14 1,894 0 2 2000 37–8 82.2% #6 2,184 1 8
19 2007 49–17 74.2% #4 2,037 0 5 2001 40–7 85.1% #6 2,237 1 11
20 2008 38–16 70.4% #5 1,986 1 8 2002 57–5 91.9% #1 2,339 4 19
21 2009 22–14 61.1% #21 1,827 1 8 2003 36–3 92.3% #3 2,365 6 23
22 2010 33–18 64.7% #17 1,939 1 10 2004 39–11 78.0% #7 2,225 6 25
23 2011 32–20 61.5% #22 1,871 1 11 2005 21–9 70.0% #11 2,101 7 26
24 2012 35–19 64.8% #13 1,874 1 11 2006 12–4 75.0% #95 2,063 7 26
25 2013 38–23 62.3% #16 1,856 1 11 2007 34–10 77.3% #7 2,077 8 28
26 2014 59–18 76.6% #5 2,048 1 15 2008 44–9 83.0% #2 2,126 9 32
27 2015 29–19 60.4% #16 1,855 1 15 2009 50–13 79.4% #1 2,120 11 35
28 2016 15–16 48.4% #63 1,684 1 15 2010 25–4 86.2% #4 2,158 13 37
29 2011 22–4 84.6% #12 2,182 13 39
30 2012 54–6 90.0% #3 2,302 15 46
31 2013 77–5 93.9% #1 2,382 17 57
32 2014 52–10 83.9% #1 2,272 18 64
33 2015 50–6 89.3% #1 2,292 21 69
34 2016 38–6 86.4% #2 2,208 22 71
35 2017 8–1 88.9% #22 2,200 23 72
36 2018 18–7 72.0% #16 2,112 23 72
37 2019 25–8 75.8% #10 2,093 23 72
38 2020 16–5 76.2% #11 2,045 23 73
39 2021 12–6 66.7% #41 1,994 23 73
40 2022 3–4 42.9% #320 1,926 23 73
44 2026 0–1 0.0% #320 1,899 23 73

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Ana Ivanovic Serena Williams
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
15 1997 3 2 5 60.0%
16 2004 3 2 5 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1998 16 7 23 69.6% 6 2 8 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
17 2005 21 9 30 70.0% 9 4 13 69.2% 2 1 3 66.7% 1999 27 4 31 87.1% 6 3 9 66.7% 5 0 5 100.0%
18 2006 26 12 38 68.4% 4 3 7 57.1% 5 2 7 71.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 2000 29 5 34 85.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 1 6 83.3% 3 1 4 75.0%
19 2007 23 11 34 67.6% 16 3 19 84.2% 6 2 8 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 2001 32 5 37 86.5% 4 1 5 80.0% 4 1 5 80.0%
20 2008 26 13 39 66.7% 10 2 12 83.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 2002 28 3 31 90.3% 18 2 20 90.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 4 0 4 100.0%
21 2009 15 10 25 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 2003 13 0 13 100.0% 12 3 15 80.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 4 0 4 100.0%
22 2010 27 12 39 69.2% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 2004 23 6 29 79.3% 10 4 14 71.4% 6 1 7 85.7%
23 2011 25 13 38 65.8% 1 4 5 20.0% 6 3 9 66.7% 2005 16 5 21 76.2% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0%
24 2012 24 13 37 64.9% 6 4 10 60.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 2006 12 4 16 75.0%
25 2013 28 17 45 62.2% 9 4 13 69.2% 1 2 3 33.3% 2007 24 6 30 80.0% 6 3 9 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0%
26 2014 39 13 52 75.0% 13 4 17 76.5% 7 1 8 87.5% 2008 27 5 32 84.4% 11 3 14 78.6% 6 1 7 85.7%
27 2015 21 13 34 61.8% 7 4 11 63.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 2009 36 8 44 81.8% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 3 1 4 75.0%
28 2016 8 10 18 44.4% 5 4 9 55.6% 2 2 4 50.0% 2010 10 1 11 90.9% 8 3 11 72.7% 7 0 7 100.0%
29 2011 18 2 20 90.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
30 2012 26 4 30 86.7% 15 2 17 88.2% 13 0 13 100.0%
31 2013 46 4 50 92.0% 28 0 28 100.0% 3 1 4 75.0%
32 2014 41 6 47 87.2% 9 3 12 75.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
33 2015 30 3 33 90.9% 13 3 16 81.3% 7 0 7 100.0%
34 2016 20 5 25 80.0% 11 1 12 91.7% 7 0 7 100.0%
35 2017 8 1 9 88.9%
36 2018 9 5 14 64.3% 3 1 4 75.0% 6 1 7 85.7%
37 2019 16 5 21 76.2% 3 2 5 60.0% 6 1 7 85.7%
38 2020 15 4 19 78.9% 1 1 2 50.0%
39 2021 8 2 10 80.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0%
40 2022 3 3 6 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
44 2026 0 1 1 0.0%
Career 286 148 434 65.9% 89 43 132 67.4% 41 23 64 64.1% 5 2 7 71.4% 533 103 636 83.8% 174 47 221 78.7% 107 17 124 86.3% 23 5 28 82.1%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 517/630 of Ana Ivanovic's and 633/768 of Serena Williams's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Ana Ivanovic Serena Williams
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
17 2005 12/46 1.7 3.0 55.7% 67.6% 52.9% 52.0% 42.8% 60.8% 46.7% —/—
18 2006 37/54 3.8 3.2 55.5% 69.0% 49.2% 60.6% 50.1% 60.3% 47.0% —/—
19 2007 62/66 4.2 3.1 57.2% 71.1% 49.0% 53.4% 51.4% 61.6% 46.6% —/—
20 2008 47/54 3.5 3.4 62.3% 67.9% 49.5% 57.8% 49.4% 60.9% 46.3% —/—
21 2009 32/36 3.2 4.6 60.8% 65.9% 49.8% 59.1% 53.4% 59.2% 45.1% 2003 13/39 3.9 2.1 61.7% 74.0% 52.8% 63.9% 58.8% 66.1% 51.8%
22 2010 48/51 3.7 4.5 59.0% 70.2% 44.2% 49.7% 50.1% 59.9% 46.0% 2004 16/50 6.4 2.6 61.3% 73.3% 51.5% 64.8% 54.6% 64.9% 49.7%
23 2011 45/52 4.2 5.0 54.6% 71.9% 48.1% 59.4% 50.6% 60.9% 48.2% 2005 14/30 5.9 2.6 61.2% 74.1% 52.5% 68.0% 48.3% 65.1% 47.5%
24 2012 47/54 3.2 3.7 55.8% 69.3% 47.9% 51.3% 48.8% 59.9% 46.2% 2006 15/16 6.3 2.9 59.3% 74.2% 47.4% 54.7% 58.2% 63.1% 46.9%
25 2013 52/61 3.9 4.4 57.7% 67.2% 49.3% 55.8% 52.6% 59.7% 48.3% 2007 42/44 6.1 2.6 59.4% 69.2% 48.1% 58.2% 57.3% 60.8% 46.0%
26 2014 71/77 3.3 3.1 60.6% 67.9% 49.8% 57.6% 51.0% 60.8% 48.4% 2008 44/53 6.8 2.7 61.4% 73.4% 45.2% 60.0% 47.6% 62.7% 47.7%
27 2015 35/48 4.1 5.0 62.1% 68.3% 47.4% 54.4% 46.4% 60.3% 44.5% 2009 57/63 6.2 2.8 60.8% 75.0% 50.7% 54.5% 48.2% 65.3% 46.2%
28 2016 29/31 2.7 4.2 59.8% 67.3% 42.7% 49.4% 48.5% 57.4% 45.0% 2010 29/29 8.6 2.9 62.3% 77.4% 47.5% 66.0% 51.5% 66.4% 46.8%
29 —/— 2011 25/26 8.0 2.5 59.0% 79.5% 53.0% 67.2% 50.8% 68.7% 46.9%
30 —/— 2012 48/60 8.2 2.3 59.0% 78.7% 54.8% 66.6% 53.2% 68.8% 49.8%
31 —/— 2013 74/82 6.1 2.2 63.0% 76.5% 53.5% 60.3% 56.0% 68.1% 52.4%
32 —/— 2014 56/62 7.7 3.5 59.3% 76.5% 51.6% 64.4% 52.8% 66.3% 48.9%
33 —/— 2015 50/56 9.5 3.5 59.9% 76.7% 55.9% 67.3% 54.5% 68.4% 47.8%
34 —/— 2016 41/44 7.9 2.8 62.3% 77.4% 51.9% 58.8% 50.6% 68.0% 49.0%
35 —/— 2017 9/9 7.9 3.9 55.9% 79.6% 46.7% 57.9% 51.3% 65.7% 46.5%
36 —/— 2018 24/25 7.1 3.4 59.2% 74.2% 48.5% 55.3% 51.9% 63.9% 44.0%
37 —/— 2019 31/33 6.6 2.8 59.2% 76.5% 50.4% 50.4% 45.6% 65.5% 46.7%
38 —/— 2020 20/21 8.9 2.7 61.3% 73.3% 50.7% 71.0% 49.7% 64.3% 44.9%
39 —/— 2021 17/18 5.1 2.6 57.4% 72.6% 48.9% 43.6% 49.4% 62.4% 46.2%
40 —/— 2022 7/7 8.0 4.7 65.0% 68.0% 35.4% 62.0% 45.8% 56.6% 40.5%
44 —/— 2026 1/1 7.0 7.0 79.0% 62.7% 45.0% 54.6% 27.3% 59.0% 38.2%
Career 517/637 3.6 3.9 58.5% 68.8% 48.2% 55.3% 50.2% 60.3% 46.8% 633/1,009 7.2 2.8 60.6% 75.5% 50.9% 60.9% 52.1% 65.8% 48.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Ana Ivanovic Serena Williams
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
15 1997 1582 144.0 +42 54.5% +0.82 1–0 1–1 -0.18
16 2004 1543 117.4 +32 41.2% -0.12 2–1 (67%) 1–3 (25%) 100.3 -0.54 1998 1893 158.1 -62 -201 -189 64.6% +1.29 8–5 (62%) 2–3 (40%) 106.2 -1.19
17 2005 1850 150.3 +3.23 +2.55 1.191 52.9% -43 -122 -247 65.7% +0.96 8–3 (73%) 8–1 (89%) 112.3 +0.56 1999 2189 178.2 +12 -418 80.2% +2.10 8–5 (62%) 6–0 (100%) 108.5 -2.69
18 2006 1895 151.5 +3.56 +2.92 1.182 53.4% -15 -151 -172 64.3% +1.14 7–4 (64%) 5–6 (45%) 99.8 -0.58 2000 2185 168.9 +24 -372 80.6% +2.43 6–1 (86%) 4–3 (57%) 102.2 +0.57
19 2007 2038 159.0 +5.55 +4.04 1.216 54.1% -62 -22 -172 65.5% +1.17 15–3 (83%) 5–2 (71%) 112.5 -2.51 2001 2238 172.8 +36 -434 -326 79.2% +2.45 7–4 (64%) 5–5 (50%) 100.5 -2.79
20 2008 1987 164.1 +5.49 +3.02 1.186 53.6% -11 +74 -137 67.2% +1.20 12–10 (55%) 7–3 (70%) 100.5 -1.28 2002 2339 173.4 +18 -278 -232 87.1% +2.70 9–3 (75%) 11–1 (92%) 111.5 -2.86
21 2009 1828 136.0 +3.01 +1.86 1.108 52.3% -1 +191 +29 60.0% +0.80 6–6 (50%) 3–5 (38%) 93.3 +1.32 2003 2365 170.4 +7.11 +5.95 1.527 58.7% +80 -218 -130 86.0% +2.74 6–2 (75%) 2–0 -1.67
22 2010 1940 156.0 +3.95 +2.72 1.147 52.9% +4 +25 -134 64.2% +1.10 5–4 (56%) 9–5 (64%) 102.7 -2.94 2004 2226 163.6 +6.68 +4.43 1.416 56.9% +107 -101 +86 74.8% +1.90 9–4 (69%) 4–3 (57%) 96.9 -0.38
23 2011 1872 151.9 +4.17 +3.67 1.234 54.3% +36 -19 -25 62.9% +1.43 1–8 (11%) 3–10 (23%) 83.3 +1.25 2005 2101 150.6 +5.70 +2.41 1.360 56.0% +157 -3 +122 70.0% +1.48 8–0 (100%) 1–6 (14%) 99.2 -0.26
24 2012 1875 149.9 +3.85 +3.01 1.152 52.8% +9 +6 +7 63.4% +0.95 5–5 (50%) 5–6 (45%) 97.2 -0.65 2006 2064 147.1 +4.12 +2.38 1.272 54.9% +120 69.4% +1.75 3–1 (75%) 0–3 (0%) 96.2 -0.43
25 2013 1856 156.8 +3.94 +4.03 1.197 54.0% +6 +62 -26 61.7% +1.14 8–13 (38%) 5–8 (38%) 91.3 -0.64 2007 2077 165.4 +4.80 +3.80 1.173 53.4% +88 +12 +155 78.3% +1.84 6–4 (60%) 9–3 (75%) 101.7 -2.31
26 2014 2048 165.8 +4.88 +5.41 1.235 54.6% -22 -45 -121 73.1% +1.51 13–8 (62%) 12–3 (80%) 108.8 -3.79 2008 2126 164.9 +6.89 +4.29 1.280 55.0% +42 -33 +130 80.0% +2.11 9–4 (69%) 5–2 (71%) 102.9 -1.00
27 2015 1855 147.0 +1.43 +3.09 1.121 52.3% +30 +80 -4 59.5% +0.82 7–12 (37%) 6–7 (46%) 89.9 +1.19 2009 2120 165.8 +9.20 +3.92 1.332 55.3% +59 -117 +157 75.6% +1.76 11–6 (65%) 8–8 (50%) 98.1 -2.33
28 2016 1684 127.0 +0.89 +1.59 1.057 51.3% +67 +187 +113 50.0% +0.20 3–5 (38%) 4–3 (57%) 94.0 +1.36 2010 2159 157.0 +8.78 +3.86 1.393 56.1% +37 -163 +212 79.1% +2.01 6–3 (67%) 10–2 (83%) 106.5 -1.14
29 2011 2182 160.3 +9.93 +4.56 1.499 57.5% +57 +125 78.9% +2.33 6–1 (86%) 3–2 (60%) 101.2 -0.27
30 2012 2302 168.5 +11.57 +6.33 1.597 58.7% -26 -157 +62 88.2% +2.98 6–1 (86%) 3–2 (60%) 103.3 -2.18
31 2013 2383 177.8 +12.05 +8.21 1.643 59.9% -2 -40 +41 89.7% +3.22 10–4 (71%) 3–3 (50%) 101.0 -0.69
32 2014 2273 171.7 +9.98 +6.05 1.454 57.3% +55 +1 +33 83.6% +2.37 7–3 (70%) 8–0 (100%) 102.4 -0.53
33 2015 2293 165.1 +9.57 +5.97 1.514 57.9% +37 -12 +16 81.3% +2.24 17–2 (89%) 7–2 (78%) 105.8 -0.61
34 2016 2208 161.7 +10.55 +5.23 1.529 57.9% +31 +121 +136 83.0% +2.39 4–2 (67%) 8–2 (80%) 100.3 -0.68
35 2017 2201 137.8 +4.47 +1.79 1.354 56.0% +39 89.5% +2.32 0–1 1–0 -0.09
36 2018 2112 148.0 +5.23 +2.07 1.220 53.7% +22 +268 +229 71.2% +1.29 3–1 (75%) 3–0 (100%) 102.0 -0.74
37 2019 2094 156.8 +7.34 +3.63 1.352 55.6% +42 +282 +271 77.3% +2.05 7–1 (88%) -0.12
38 2020 2046 143.2 +4.70 +1.29 1.259 54.8% +19 70.6% +1.55 7–4 (64%) 4–3 (57%) 97.0 +0.57
39 2021 1994 145.6 +4.15 +2.90 1.229 53.9% +132 +333 68.6% +1.54 3–0 (100%) 2–2 (50%) 101.9 -0.19
40 2022 1926 119.5 +0.06 -0.90 0.934 48.7% +144 47.1% -0.35 1–2 (33%) 2–1 (67%) +0.04
44 2026 1899 96.8 +0.09 -3.44 0.931 47.3% 33.3% -1.67 0–1 1–0 +0.12
Career 2119 159.9 +3.97 +3.43 1.177 53.5% -3 +13 -76 63.8% +1.08 92–82 (53%) 73–62 (54%) 97.3 -1.15 2399 174.5 +8.45 +4.77 1.403 56.6% +43 -85 +34 79.6% +2.21 168–65 (72%) 113–57 (66%) 110.8 -2.44

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.