H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Carina Witthoeft vs Serena Williams H2H: 0-1

Serena Williams holds a 1–0 lead over Carina Witthoeft in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Serena Williams leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Serena Williams won the 2018 US Open second round 6-2 6-2.

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Carina Witthoeft
Germany Right-Handed 176 cm / 5'9"
H2H
0 – 1
1 main-draw meetings
Serena Williams
USA Age 44 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Serena Williams #26 6-2 6-2 Carina Witthoeft #101 Match data Aug 30, 2018* R64 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
Carina Witthoeft #1,212 #48 1,093 1,747 49 69 41.5% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
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.

Carina Witthoeft Serena Williams
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
2012 0–1 0.0% #225 1,491 0 0 1997 3–2 60.0% #101 1,582 0 0
2013 0–2 0.0% #210 1,465 0 0 1998 26–11 70.3% #20 1,893 0 0
2014 0–1 0.0% #105 1,452 0 0 1999 38–7 84.4% #4 2,189 1 5
2015 12–18 40.0% #64 1,506 0 0 2000 37–8 82.2% #6 2,184 1 8
2016 10–15 40.0% #88 1,573 0 0 2001 40–7 85.1% #6 2,237 1 11
2017 22–14 61.1% #51 1,747 0 1 2002 57–5 91.9% #1 2,339 4 19
2018 5–18 21.7% #170 1,543 0 1 2003 36–3 92.3% #3 2,365 6 23
— — — — — — — 2004 39–11 78.0% #7 2,225 6 25
— — — — — — — 2005 21–9 70.0% #11 2,101 7 26
— — — — — — — 2006 12–4 75.0% #95 2,063 7 26
— — — — — — — 2007 34–10 77.3% #7 2,077 8 28
— — — — — — — 2008 44–9 83.0% #2 2,126 9 32
— — — — — — — 2009 50–13 79.4% #1 2,120 11 35
— — — — — — — 2010 25–4 86.2% #4 2,158 13 37
— — — — — — — 2011 22–4 84.6% #12 2,182 13 39
— — — — — — — 2012 54–6 90.0% #3 2,302 15 46
— — — — — — — 2013 77–5 93.9% #1 2,382 17 57
— — — — — — — 2014 52–10 83.9% #1 2,272 18 64
— — — — — — — 2015 50–6 89.3% #1 2,292 21 69
— — — — — — — 2016 38–6 86.4% #2 2,208 22 71
— — — — — — — 2017 8–1 88.9% #22 2,200 23 72
— — — — — — — 2018 18–7 72.0% #16 2,112 23 72
— — — — — — — 2019 25–8 75.8% #10 2,093 23 72
— — — — — — — 2020 16–5 76.2% #11 2,045 23 73
— — — — — — — 2021 12–6 66.7% #41 1,994 23 73
— — — — — — — 2022 3–4 42.9% #320 1,926 23 73
— — — — — — — 2026 0–1 0.0% #320 1,899 23 73

Surface Results by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. 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.

Carina Witthoeft 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 %
2012 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1997 — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 2 5 60.0%
2013 — — — — 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% — — — —
2014 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1999 27 4 31 87.1% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — 5 0 5 100.0%
2015 8 10 18 44.4% 4 6 10 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2000 29 5 34 85.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 1 6 83.3% 3 1 4 75.0%
2016 6 9 15 40.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2001 32 5 37 86.5% 4 1 5 80.0% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — —
2017 12 7 19 63.2% 6 5 11 54.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2002 28 3 31 90.3% 18 2 20 90.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 4 0 4 100.0%
2018 4 9 13 30.8% 0 6 6 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2003 13 0 13 100.0% 12 3 15 80.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 4 0 4 100.0%
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 23 6 29 79.3% 10 4 14 71.4% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 16 5 21 76.2% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0%
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 12 4 16 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 24 6 30 80.0% 6 3 9 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 27 5 32 84.4% 11 3 14 78.6% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 36 8 44 81.8% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 3 1 4 75.0%
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 10 1 11 90.9% 8 3 11 72.7% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 18 2 20 90.0% — — — — 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 26 4 30 86.7% 15 2 17 88.2% 13 0 13 100.0% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 46 4 50 92.0% 28 0 28 100.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2014 41 6 47 87.2% 9 3 12 75.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 30 3 33 90.9% 13 3 16 81.3% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 20 5 25 80.0% 11 1 12 91.7% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 8 1 9 88.9% — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 9 5 14 64.3% 3 1 4 75.0% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 16 5 21 76.2% 3 2 5 60.0% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 15 4 19 78.9% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 8 2 10 80.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
Career 30 36 66 45.5% 12 23 35 34.3% 7 10 17 41.2% — — — — Career 533 103 636 83.8% 174 47 221 78.7% 107 17 124 86.3% 23 5 28 82.1%

Performance Progression by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 112/118 of Carina Witthoeft'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.

Carina Witthoeft 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%
2012 1/1 1.0 5.0 45.9% 58.8% 42.5% 37.5% 75.0% 50.0% 37.7% 2003 13/39 3.9 2.1 61.7% 74.0% 52.8% 63.9% 58.8% 66.1% 51.8%
2013 2/2 1.0 5.5 44.4% 41.3% 33.3% 37.5% 45.0% 36.9% 37.9% 2004 16/50 6.4 2.6 61.3% 73.3% 51.5% 64.8% 54.6% 64.9% 49.7%
2014 1/1 1.0 4.0 61.8% 47.1% 47.6% 37.5% 33.3% 47.3% 38.9% 2005 14/30 5.9 2.6 61.2% 74.1% 52.5% 68.0% 48.3% 65.1% 47.5%
2015 24/30 2.8 4.9 63.3% 62.1% 47.8% 50.1% 46.2% 56.8% 42.9% 2006 15/16 6.3 2.9 59.3% 74.2% 47.4% 54.7% 58.2% 63.1% 46.9%
2016 25/25 1.9 6.0 62.3% 62.1% 40.4% 54.6% 44.5% 54.1% 45.0% 2007 42/44 6.1 2.6 59.4% 69.2% 48.1% 58.2% 57.3% 60.8% 46.0%
2017 36/36 1.4 4.0 67.8% 63.2% 47.3% 54.6% 43.1% 57.9% 45.1% 2008 44/53 6.8 2.7 61.4% 73.4% 45.2% 60.0% 47.6% 62.7% 47.7%
2018 23/23 2.5 6.0 66.2% 62.3% 40.3% 54.4% 41.6% 54.9% 39.1% 2009 57/63 6.2 2.8 60.8% 75.0% 50.7% 54.5% 48.2% 65.3% 46.2%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 29/29 8.6 2.9 62.3% 77.4% 47.5% 66.0% 51.5% 66.4% 46.8%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2011 25/26 8.0 2.5 59.0% 79.5% 53.0% 67.2% 50.8% 68.7% 46.9%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2012 48/60 8.2 2.3 59.0% 78.7% 54.8% 66.6% 53.2% 68.8% 49.8%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2013 74/82 6.1 2.2 63.0% 76.5% 53.5% 60.3% 56.0% 68.1% 52.4%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2014 56/62 7.7 3.5 59.3% 76.5% 51.6% 64.4% 52.8% 66.3% 48.9%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2015 50/56 9.5 3.5 59.9% 76.7% 55.9% 67.3% 54.5% 68.4% 47.8%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2016 41/44 7.9 2.8 62.3% 77.4% 51.9% 58.8% 50.6% 68.0% 49.0%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 9/9 7.9 3.9 55.9% 79.6% 46.7% 57.9% 51.3% 65.7% 46.5%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 24/25 7.1 3.4 59.2% 74.2% 48.5% 55.3% 51.9% 63.9% 44.0%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 31/33 6.6 2.8 59.2% 76.5% 50.4% 50.4% 45.6% 65.5% 46.7%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 20/21 8.9 2.7 61.3% 73.3% 50.7% 71.0% 49.7% 64.3% 44.9%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 17/18 5.1 2.6 57.4% 72.6% 48.9% 43.6% 49.4% 62.4% 46.2%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 7/7 8.0 4.7 65.0% 68.0% 35.4% 62.0% 45.8% 56.6% 40.5%
— —/— — — — — — — — — — 2026 1/1 7.0 7.0 79.0% 62.7% 45.0% 54.6% 27.3% 59.0% 38.2%
Career 112/118 2.0 5.1 64.6% 62.0% 44.1% 53.0% 44.0% 55.7% 43.1% Career 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 Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. 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.

Carina Witthoeft 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
2012 1492 99.4 -1.37 -3.14 0.754 44.4% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — 0–1 — -0.13 1997 1582 144.0 — — — — +42 — — 54.5% +0.82 1–0 1–1 — -0.18
2013 1466 94.7 -2.50 -3.93 0.601 37.5% — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — +0.17 1998 1893 158.1 — — — — -62 -201 -189 64.6% +1.29 8–5 (62%) 2–3 (40%) 106.2 -1.19
2014 1452 96.0 -1.11 -0.95 0.738 43.1% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — +0.15 1999 2189 178.2 — — — — +12 -418 — 80.2% +2.10 8–5 (62%) 6–0 (100%) 108.5 -2.69
2015 1506 120.7 -1.25 +0.80 0.994 49.9% +33 +3 — 42.9% -0.29 4–6 (40%) 1–5 (17%) 95.4 +0.12 2000 2185 168.9 — — — — +24 — -372 80.6% +2.43 6–1 (86%) 4–3 (57%) 102.2 +0.57
2016 1573 118.3 -1.51 +0.75 0.980 49.5% -19 -72 0 43.3% -0.28 4–6 (40%) 3–7 (30%) 97.8 +0.17 2001 2238 172.8 — — — — +36 -434 -326 79.2% +2.45 7–4 (64%) 5–5 (50%) 100.5 -2.79
2017 1747 128.4 +1.44 +1.85 1.073 51.3% -32 -164 -110 56.6% +0.29 8–3 (73%) 11–4 (73%) 113.5 -1.42 2002 2339 173.4 — — — — +18 -278 -232 87.1% +2.70 9–3 (75%) 11–1 (92%) 111.5 -2.86
2018 1543 113.1 -2.34 -2.79 0.867 47.2% +88 -83 +65 29.4% -1.12 2–5 (29%) 3–4 (43%) 96.1 +0.75 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 2201 137.8 +4.47 +1.79 1.354 56.0% +39 — — 89.5% +2.32 0–1 1–0 — -0.09
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 2094 156.8 +7.34 +3.63 1.352 55.6% +42 +282 +271 77.3% +2.05 7–1 (88%) — — -0.12
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 1899 96.8 +0.09 -3.44 0.931 47.3% — — — 33.3% -1.67 0–1 1–0 — +0.12
Career 1747 122.6 -0.69 +0.25 0.973 49.4% +13 -82 -29 43.4% -0.36 18–20 (47%) 18–21 (46%) 101.9 -0.16 Career 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.