H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Serena Williams vs Jennifer Capriati H2H: 10-7

Serena Williams holds a 10–7 lead over Jennifer Capriati in their WTA head-to-head. Across 17 main-draw meetings, Serena Williams leads 5–3 on hard courts, while they are tied 3–3 on clay. Most recently, Jennifer Capriati won the 2004 US Open quarterfinal 2-6 6-4 6-4.

USA Age 44 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"
H2H
10 7
17 main draw meetings
USA Age 50 Right-Handed 170 cm / 5'7"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Jennifer Capriati #8 2-6 6-4 6-4 Serena Williams #11 Match data Sep 9, 2004* QF US Open Grand Slam Hard
Serena Williams #10 6-1 6-1 Jennifer Capriati #7 Match data Jul 2, 2004* QF Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Jennifer Capriati #6 6-3 2-6 6-3 Serena Williams #7 Match data Jun 3, 2004* QF Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Jennifer Capriati #8 6-4 6-4 Serena Williams #7 Match data May 15, 2004* SF Italian Open Tier I modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Serena Williams #1 2-6 6-2 6-3 Jennifer Capriati #7 Match data Jul 4, 2003* QF Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Serena Williams #1 4-6 6-4 6-1 Jennifer Capriati #5 Match data Mar 25, 2003* F Miami Open Tier I modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Serena Williams #1 2-6 6-4 6-4 Jennifer Capriati #3 Match data Nov 13, 2002* SF WTA Finals WTA Finals Hard
Serena Williams #3 3-6 7-6(2) 6-2 Jennifer Capriati #1 Match data Jun 8, 2002* SF Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Serena Williams #4 6-2 3-6 7-5 Jennifer Capriati #2 Match data May 18, 2002* SF Italian Open Tier I modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Serena Williams #9 7-5 7-6(4) Jennifer Capriati #1 Match data Mar 24, 2002* F Miami Open Tier I modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Serena Williams #9 6-2 4-6 6-4 Jennifer Capriati #2 Match data Mar 3, 2002* F Scottsdale Tier II modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Serena Williams #10 6-1 6-7(7) 6-3 Jennifer Capriati #3 Match data Aug 19, 2001* F Canadian Open Tier I modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Jennifer Capriati #4 6-7(4) 7-5 6-3 Serena Williams #5 Match data Jul 6, 2001* QF Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Jennifer Capriati #4 6-2 5-7 6-2 Serena Williams #7 Match data Jun 7, 2001* QF Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Jennifer Capriati #5 6-1 7-6(5) Serena Williams #7 Match data Mar 26, 2001* QF Miami Open Tier I modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Jennifer Capriati #14 7-6(2) 1-6 6-3 Serena Williams #6 Match data Mar 24, 2000* R16 Miami Open Tier I modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Serena Williams #11 7-6 6-3 Jennifer Capriati #115 Match data May 13, 1999* R32 Berlin Open Tier I modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay

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
Serena Williams #320 #1 13,615 2,399 837 172 83.0% 23 1 23 6 18 2 73
Jennifer Capriati #54 #1 5,123 2,253 411 170 70.7% 3 1 2 0 2 6 14

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 Serena Williams Jennifer Capriati
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
14 1990 37–11 77.1% #8 1,962 0 1
15 1997 3–2 60.0% #101 1,582 0 0 1991 39–11 78.0% #6 2,193 0 3
16 1998 26–11 70.3% #20 1,893 0 0 1992 35–11 76.1% #7 2,204 0 5
17 1999 38–7 84.4% #4 2,189 1 5 1993 30–11 73.2% #9 2,156 0 6
18 2000 37–8 82.2% #6 2,184 1 8 1994 0–1 0.0% #42 2,133 0 6
19 2001 40–7 85.1% #6 2,237 1 11
20 2002 57–5 91.9% #1 2,339 4 19 1996 16–9 64.0% #36 2,078 0 6
21 2003 36–3 92.3% #3 2,365 6 23 1997 10–12 45.5% #65 1,910 0 6
22 2004 39–11 78.0% #7 2,225 6 25 1998 8–12 40.0% #99 1,764 0 6
23 2005 21–9 70.0% #11 2,101 7 26 1999 26–13 66.7% #23 1,912 0 8
24 2006 12–4 75.0% #95 2,063 7 26 2000 35–19 64.8% #14 1,908 0 9
25 2007 34–10 77.3% #7 2,077 8 28 2001 56–14 80.0% #2 2,096 2 12
26 2008 44–9 83.0% #2 2,126 9 32 2002 48–16 75.0% #3 2,019 3 13
27 2009 50–13 79.4% #1 2,120 11 35 2003 42–18 70.0% #6 2,022 3 14
28 2010 25–4 86.2% #4 2,158 13 37 2004 29–12 70.7% #10 2,020 3 14
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 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 Serena Williams Jennifer Capriati
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 %
14 1990 18 4 22 81.8% 13 3 16 81.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0%
15 1997 3 2 5 60.0% 1991 20 3 23 87.0% 9 4 13 69.2% 5 1 6 83.3% 5 3 8 62.5%
16 1998 16 7 23 69.6% 6 2 8 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 1992 10 3 13 76.9% 14 4 18 77.8% 4 1 5 80.0% 7 3 10 70.0%
17 1999 27 4 31 87.1% 6 3 9 66.7% 5 0 5 100.0% 1993 14 4 18 77.8% 12 6 18 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0%
18 2000 29 5 34 85.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 1 6 83.3% 3 1 4 75.0% 1994 0 1 1 0.0%
19 2001 32 5 37 86.5% 4 1 5 80.0% 4 1 5 80.0%
20 2002 28 3 31 90.3% 18 2 20 90.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 4 0 4 100.0% 1996 10 6 16 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0%
21 2003 13 0 13 100.0% 12 3 15 80.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 4 0 4 100.0% 1997 7 7 14 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
22 2004 23 6 29 79.3% 10 4 14 71.4% 6 1 7 85.7% 1998 0 4 4 0.0% 6 6 12 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
23 2005 16 5 21 76.2% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 1999 14 7 21 66.7% 10 3 13 76.9% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
24 2006 12 4 16 75.0% 2000 21 11 32 65.6% 0 3 3 0.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 6 2 8 75.0%
25 2007 24 6 30 80.0% 6 3 9 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0% 2001 32 10 42 76.2% 16 2 18 88.9% 5 1 6 83.3% 3 1 4 75.0%
26 2008 27 5 32 84.4% 11 3 14 78.6% 6 1 7 85.7% 2002 30 11 41 73.2% 14 4 18 77.8% 4 1 5 80.0%
27 2009 36 8 44 81.8% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 2003 25 11 36 69.4% 11 4 15 73.3% 6 2 8 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
28 2010 10 1 11 90.9% 8 3 11 72.7% 7 0 7 100.0% 2004 12 7 19 63.2% 13 4 17 76.5% 4 1 5 80.0%
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 533 103 636 83.8% 174 47 221 78.7% 107 17 124 86.3% 23 5 28 82.1% 213 88 301 70.8% 121 47 168 72.0% 46 15 61 75.4% 31 20 51 60.8%

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 633/768 of Serena Williams's and 31/101 of Jennifer Capriati'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 Serena Williams Jennifer Capriati
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%
21 2003 13/39 3.9 2.1 61.7% 74.0% 52.8% 63.9% 58.8% 66.1% 51.8% —/—
22 2004 16/50 6.4 2.6 61.3% 73.3% 51.5% 64.8% 54.6% 64.9% 49.7% —/—
23 2005 14/30 5.9 2.6 61.2% 74.1% 52.5% 68.0% 48.3% 65.1% 47.5% —/—
24 2006 15/16 6.3 2.9 59.3% 74.2% 47.4% 54.7% 58.2% 63.1% 46.9% —/—
25 2007 42/44 6.1 2.6 59.4% 69.2% 48.1% 58.2% 57.3% 60.8% 46.0% —/—
26 2008 44/53 6.8 2.7 61.4% 73.4% 45.2% 60.0% 47.6% 62.7% 47.7% —/—
27 2009 57/63 6.2 2.8 60.8% 75.0% 50.7% 54.5% 48.2% 65.3% 46.2% 2003 15/60 2.9 3.9 57.8% 71.0% 51.8% 55.7% 53.2% 63.1% 53.5%
28 2010 29/29 8.6 2.9 62.3% 77.4% 47.5% 66.0% 51.5% 66.4% 46.8% 2004 16/41 2.5 2.8 64.8% 67.6% 51.8% 43.9% 45.7% 61.7% 47.4%
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% 38.5% —/—
Career 633/1,009 7.2 2.8 60.6% 75.5% 50.9% 60.9% 52.1% 65.8% 48.0% 31/581 2.7 3.3 61.4% 69.2% 51.8% 49.6% 49.3% 62.4% 50.4%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. 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 Serena Williams Jennifer Capriati
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
14 1990 1962 165.3 -89 -118 -299 73.8% +1.71 5–4 (56%) 7–4 (64%) -1.20
15 1997 1582 144.0 +42 54.5% +0.82 1–0 1–1 -0.18 1991 2193 172.3 -39 -251 -410 73.6% +1.89 6–4 (60%) 5–3 (63%) -2.21
16 1998 1893 158.1 -62 -201 -189 64.6% +1.29 8–5 (62%) 2–3 (40%) -1.19 1992 2204 166.4 -40 -116 -327 70.8% +1.41 9–5 (64%) 6–2 (75%) -3.08
17 1999 2189 178.2 +12 -418 80.2% +2.10 8–5 (62%) 6–0 (100%) -2.69 1993 2157 170.7 +9 -75 -205 66.3% +1.68 11–7 (61%) 3–6 (33%) -2.41
18 2000 2185 168.9 +24 -372 80.6% +2.43 6–1 (86%) 4–3 (57%) +0.57 1994 2134 109.3 33.3% -1.33 0–1 -0.17
19 2001 2238 172.8 +36 -434 -326 79.2% +2.45 7–4 (64%) 5–5 (50%) -2.79
20 2002 2339 173.4 +18 -278 -232 87.1% +2.70 9–3 (75%) 11–1 (92%) -2.86 1996 2079 163.0 +14 64.0% +0.96 2–2 (50%) 5–1 (83%) -1.41
21 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 1997 1911 146.0 +17 +101 49.0% -0.27 3–4 (43%) 2–2 (50%) -1.31
22 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%) -0.38 1998 1764 130.1 +84 +151 45.8% -0.23 2–6 (25%) 1–1 -0.36
23 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%) -0.26 1999 1912 147.1 -14 +15 59.1% +0.65 10–2 (83%) 2–3 (40%) -2.28
24 2006 2064 147.1 +4.12 +2.38 1.272 54.9% +120 69.4% +1.75 3–1 (75%) 0–3 (0%) -0.43 2000 1909 154.0 +20 -74 +142 59.5% +0.65 11–4 (73%) 10–3 (77%) -1.61
25 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%) -2.31 2001 2097 171.2 -40 -19 +31 73.3% +1.61 16–11 (59%) 5–4 (56%) -3.91
26 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%) -1.00 2002 2020 164.6 +15 +70 +124 69.1% +1.58 14–9 (61%) 3–6 (33%) -0.66
27 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%) -2.33 2003 2022 162.1 +5.66 +6.87 1.449 58.1% +9 +59 +108 68.6% +1.42 9–14 (39%) 6–6 (50%) -0.42
28 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%) -1.14 2004 2020 149.6 +5.09 +3.12 1.238 54.1% -61 +96 +157 65.6% +1.08 8–3 (73%) 3–5 (38%) -1.09
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%) -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%) -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%) -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%) -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%) -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%) -0.68
35 2017 2201 137.8 +4.48 +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%) -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%) +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%) -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
Career 2399 174.6 +8.46 +4.79 1.403 56.6% +43 -85 +34 79.6% +2.21 168–64 (72%) 112–57 (66%) 111.1 -2.45 2253 169.4 +5.37 +4.93 1.338 56.1% -14 -17 -51 66.6% +1.25 106–76 (58%) 58–46 (56%) 103.9 -3.83

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.