H2H data updated: 2026-07-18 22:32 UTC

Lucie Safarova vs Venus Williams H2H: 2-5

Venus Williams holds a 5–2 lead over Lucie Safarova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 7 main-draw meetings, they are tied 2–2 on hard courts, while Venus Williams leads 3–0 on clay. Most recently, Venus Williams won the 2017 Indian Wells third round 6-4 6-2.

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Lucie Safarova
CZE Age 39 Left-Handed 177 cm / 5'10"
H2H
2 – 5
7 main draw meetings
Venus Williams
USA Age 46 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

DateTournamentCategoryRoundSurfaceWinnerScoreLoserMatch
Mar 13, 2017* Indian Wells WTA 1000 R32 Hard Venus Williams #13 6-4 6-2 Lucie Safarova #40 Match data
Feb 20, 2015* Dubai WTA 1000 R16 Hard Lucie Safarova #15 6-4 6-2 Venus Williams #11 Match data
Aug 13, 2014* Cincinnati WTA 1000 R64 Hard Lucie Safarova #17 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 Venus Williams #20 Match data
Jan 20, 2010* Australian Open Grand Slam R128 Hard Venus Williams #6 6-2 6-2 Lucie Safarova #41 Match data
May 28, 2009* Roland Garros Grand Slam R64 Clay Venus Williams #3 6-7(5) 6-2 7-5 Lucie Safarova #46 Match data
May 7, 2009* Rome WTA 1000 R32 Clay Venus Williams #5 6-2 4-6 6-2 Lucie Safarova #49 Match data
May 18, 2006* Rome WTA 1000 R32 Clay Venus Williams #12 6-1 6-4 Lucie Safarova #31 Match data

* Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 Finals 500 250 Titles
Lucie Safarova #1,269 #5 4,055 1,929 351 270 56.5% 0 0 0 2 5 7
Venus Williams #467 #1 7,452 2,362 768 288 72.7% 7 9 1 20 10 47

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 Lucie Safarova Venus Williams
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
14 — — — — — — — 1994 1–1 50.0% — 1,525 0 0
15 — — — — — — — 1995 2–3 40.0% #205 1,561 0 0
16 — — — — — — — 1996 2–5 28.6% #216 1,571 0 0
17 — — — — — — — 1997 20–13 60.6% #22 1,851 0 0
18 2005 15–9 62.5% #47 1,665 0 2 1998 50–13 79.4% #5 2,094 0 2
19 2006 21–21 50.0% #42 1,625 0 3 1999 57–11 83.8% #3 2,258 0 8
20 2007 28–16 63.6% #23 1,778 0 3 2000 35–4 89.7% #3 2,321 2 13
21 2008 15–19 44.1% #63 1,640 0 4 2001 46–6 88.5% #3 2,338 4 19
22 2009 32–23 58.2% #41 1,768 0 4 2002 63–9 87.5% #2 2,297 4 26
23 2010 27–23 54.0% #33 1,722 0 4 2003 24–5 82.8% #11 2,257 4 27
24 2011 34–23 59.6% #25 1,797 0 4 2004 40–13 75.5% #9 2,072 4 29
25 2012 27–22 55.1% #17 1,771 0 4 2005 34–10 77.3% #10 2,085 5 31
26 2013 26–22 54.2% #29 1,797 0 5 2006 13–6 68.4% #46 2,007 5 31
27 2014 36–23 61.0% #16 1,858 0 5 2007 46–10 82.1% #8 2,048 6 34
28 2015 31–21 59.6% #9 1,829 0 6 2008 37–10 78.7% #6 2,133 7 37
29 2016 14–18 43.8% #62 1,696 0 7 2009 38–16 70.4% #6 1,981 7 39
30 2017 35–19 64.8% #30 1,791 0 7 2010 38–7 84.4% #5 2,057 7 41
31 2018 10–11 47.6% #105 1,754 0 7 2011 8–4 66.7% #102 1,994 7 41
32 — — — — — — — 2012 22–8 73.3% #24 2,007 7 42
33 — — — — — — — 2013 15–11 57.7% #47 1,889 7 42
34 — — — — — — — 2014 33–15 68.8% #18 1,874 7 43
35 — — — — — — — 2015 39–14 73.6% #7 1,957 7 46
36 — — — — — — — 2016 24–14 63.2% #17 1,830 7 47
37 — — — — — — — 2017 38–15 71.7% #5 1,935 7 47
38 — — — — — — — 2018 15–11 57.7% #39 1,867 7 47
39 — — — — — — — 2019 20–15 57.1% #52 1,827 7 47
40 — — — — — — — 2020 1–8 11.1% #79 1,717 7 47
41 — — — — — — — 2021 3–9 25.0% #318 1,649 7 47
42 — — — — — — — 2022 0–4 0.0% #1000 1,603 7 47
43 — — — — — — — 2023 3–7 30.0% #412 1,594 7 47