H2H data updated: 2026-05-31 03:22 UTC

Serena Williams vs Joannette Kruger H2H: 1-1

Compare the head-to-head record, career totals, season-by-season performance, and match log for Serena Williams vs Joannette Kruger.

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Serena Williams
USA Age 44 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"
H2H
1 – 1
2 main draw meetings
Joannette Kruger
RSA Age 52 Right-Handed 179 cm / 5'10"

Career Comparison

MetricSerena WilliamsJoannette Kruger
Peak Ranking #1 #21
Peak Points 13,615 1,280
Peak Elo 2,405 1,879
Singles W-L 825–169 147–162
Win % 83.0% 47.6%
Grand Slam titles 23 0
WTA 1000 titles 23 0
WTA Finals titles 5 0
WTA 500 titles 17 0
WTA 250 titles 3 2
Total titles 71 2
Age Serena Williams Joannette Kruger
SeasonW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles SeasonW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 1997 3–2 60.0% #101 1,582 0 0 — — — — — — —
16 1998 26–11 70.3% #20 1,895 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 1999 37–7 84.1% #4 2,170 1 4 — — — — — — —
18 2000 37–8 82.2% #6 2,174 1 7 1992 2–3 40.0% #96 1,508 0 0
19 2001 40–7 85.1% #6 2,259 1 10 1993 9–13 40.9% #128 1,575 0 0
20 2002 57–5 91.9% #1 2,348 4 18 1994 13–17 43.3% #79 1,638 0 0
21 2003 36–3 92.3% #3 2,369 6 22 1995 19–15 55.9% #30 1,725 0 1
22 2004 39–11 78.0% #7 2,192 6 24 1996 7–12 36.8% #126 1,646 0 1
23 2005 21–9 70.0% #11 2,028 7 25 1997 25–18 58.1% #27 1,791 0 2
24 2006 12–4 75.0% #95 2,016 7 25 1998 25–22 53.2% #30 1,721 0 2
25 2007 34–10 77.3% #7 2,058 8 27 1999 9–13 40.9% #129 1,650 0 2
26 2008 41–8 83.7% #2 2,109 9 31 2000 16–17 48.5% #59 1,659 0 2
27 2009 50–13 79.4% #1 2,106 11 34 2001 21–23 47.7% #46 1,643 0 2
28 2010 25–4 86.2% #4 2,149 13 36 2002 1–4 20.0% #455 1,591 0 2
29 2011 22–4 84.6% #12 2,155 13 38 2003 0–5 0.0% #853 1,531 0 2
30 2012 48–6 88.9% #3 2,239 15 44 — — — — — — —
31 2013 77–5 93.9% #1 2,345 17 55 — — — — — — —
32 2014 52–10 83.9% #1 2,209 18 62 — — — — — — —
33 2015 50–6 89.3% #1 2,197 21 67 — — — — — — —
34 2016 36–5 87.8% #2 2,177 22 69 — — — — — — —
35 2017 8–1 88.9% #22 2,172 23 70 — — — — — — —
36 2018 18–7 72.0% #16 2,078 23 70 — — — — — — —
37 2019 25–8 75.8% #10 2,052 23 70 — — — — — — —
38 2020 16–5 76.2% #11 1,991 23 71 — — — — — — —
39 2021 12–6 66.7% #41 1,950 23 71 — — — — — — —
40 2022 3–4 42.9% #320 1,891 23 71 — — — — — — —

H2H Match Log

DateTournamentCategoryRoundSurfaceWinnerScoreLoserMatch
May 7, 1998* Rome WTA 1000 R32 Clay Serena Williams #31 5-1 (ret.) Joannette Kruger #21 Match data
Feb 28, 1998* Oklahoma WTA 250 QF Hard Joannette Kruger #27 6-1 6-1 Serena Williams #42 Match data

Notable Rivalries

# Player 1 Player 2 Meetings Record Surface Last Met H2H
1 Martina Navratilova Chris Evert 81 44–37 Cp 20–5 H 11–14 G 10–6 C 3–12 Nov 13, 1988 H2H
2 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 42 39–3 Cp 19–0 H 11–2 G 6–1 C 3–0 Mar 28, 1992 H2H
3 Billie Jean King Rosie Casals 40 34–6 Cp 15–2 G 11–1 H 6–2 C 2–1 Jun 26, 1983 H2H
4 Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 38 27–11 C 10–4 H 9–5 Cp 5–2 G 3–0 Sep 9, 1995 H2H
5 Steffi Graf Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 35 27–8 C 12–4 H 8–4 Cp 4–0 G 3–0 Jul 8, 1996 H2H
6 Martina Navratilova Hana Mandlikova 35 27–8 H 8–4 Cp 8–2 G 5–2 C 6–0 Aug 12, 1989 H2H
7 Chris Evert Evonne Goolagong 34 22–12 C 10–2 Cp 4–6 G 4–4 H 4–0 May 29, 1983 H2H
8 Martina Navratilova Wendy Turnbull 34 30–4 Cp 15–2 G 6–1 H 7–0 C 2–1 Feb 19, 1988 H2H
9 Martina Navratilova Zina Garrison 34 33–1 Cp 13–0 H 10–1 G 8–0 C 2–0 Nov 7, 1993 H2H
10 Rosie Casals Francoise Durr 34 20–14 Cp 11–2 C 6–5 G 1–4 H 2–3 Jun 29, 1979 H2H
11 Steffi Graf Jana Novotna 34 30–4 Cp 10–3 C 8–0 H 7–1 G 5–0 Mar 10, 1999 H2H
12 Chris Evert Virginia Wade 34 26–8 Cp 10–3 H 10–3 G 3–2 C 3–0 Oct 28, 1982 H2H
13 Virginia Wade Evonne Goolagong 33 9–24 Cp 2–8 G 2–7 C 2–5 H 3–4 May 12, 1983 H2H
14 Martina Navratilova Tracy Austin 33 21–12 Cp 12–7 H 3–5 C 3–0 G 3–0 Apr 10, 1983 H2H
15 Rosie Casals Kerry Reid 33 16–17 Cp 5–8 H 3–5 G 4–3 C 4–1 Oct 13, 1979 H2H
16 Margaret Court Rosie Casals 32 29–3 G 12–0 Cp 9–1 C 5–0 H 3–2 Feb 14, 1977 H2H
17 Serena Williams Venus Williams 32 19–13 H 13–9 G 4–2 C 2–2 Aug 14, 2020 H2H
18 Martina Navratilova Helena Sukova 31 25–6 Cp 11–2 H 7–2 G 5–2 C 2–0 Oct 8, 1994 H2H
19 Billie Jean King Francoise Durr 29 22–7 Cp 11–2 C 3–4 G 4–1 H 4–0 Oct 27, 1977 H2H
20 Virginia Wade Billie Jean King 29 8–21 Cp 3–8 G 2–9 H 2–2 C 1–2 Mar 13, 1981 H2H
21 Billie Jean King Kerry Reid 28 20–8 G 5–4 Cp 6–2 C 5–2 H 4–0 Jun 22, 1979 H2H
22 Virginia Wade Betty Stove 28 23–5 Cp 16–3 H 4–1 C 1–1 G 2–0 Oct 7, 1982 H2H
23 Virginia Wade Julie Heldman 28 22–6 Cp 16–3 C 1–2 G 2–1 H 3–0 Jan 13, 1975 H2H
24 Chris Evert Hana Mandlikova 27 19–8 H 8–2 C 7–1 Cp 1–4 G 3–1 Mar 10, 1989 H2H
25 Virginia Wade Francoise Durr 27 22–5 Cp 12–4 G 5–0 H 4–0 C 1–1 Jan 20, 1978 H2H
26 Virginia Wade Margaret Court 27 3–24 Cp 1–9 G 0–8 H 0–5 C 2–2 Jan 15, 1977 H2H
27 Martina Navratilova Evonne Goolagong 27 14–13 Cp 9–7 C 1–4 G 3–2 H 1–0 Nov 28, 1982 H2H
28 Virginia Wade Rosie Casals 27 14–13 Cp 7–7 G 5–2 C 1–2 H 1–2 Feb 16, 1980 H2H
29 Venus Williams Lindsay Davenport 27 13–14 H 9–11 G 4–0 Cp 0–2 C 0–1 Jul 3, 2005 H2H
30 Billie Jean King Nancy Richey 26 17–9 H 6–5 Cp 6–2 C 5–1 G 0–1 Apr 1, 1977 H2H
31 Rosie Casals Valerie Ziegenfuss 26 26–0 Cp 10–0 G 7–0 C 5–0 H 4–0 Apr 14, 1978 H2H
32 Lindsay Davenport Martina Hingis 25 14–11 H 8–8 Cp 5–3 C 1–0 Mar 10, 2006 H2H
33 Martina Navratilova Virginia Wade 25 18–7 Cp 12–2 H 5–2 G 0–3 C 1–0 May 30, 1985 H2H
34 Chris Evert Billie Jean King 24 17–7 G 5–3 C 6–0 Cp 2–3 H 4–1 Mar 23, 1983 H2H
35 Margaret Court Kerry Reid 24 21–3 G 13–1 C 4–1 Cp 3–0 H 1–1 Dec 12, 1976 H2H
36 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario Gabriela Sabatini 23 11–12 C 4–10 H 6–2 Cp 1–0 Sep 24, 1995 H2H
37 Chris Evert Virginia Ruzici 23 23–0 C 11–0 Cp 6–0 H 5–0 G 1–0 Apr 13, 1985 H2H
38 Gabriela Sabatini Mary Joe Fernandez 23 13–10 H 7–4 C 3–4 Cp 3–1 G 0–1 Sep 7, 1995 H2H
39 Kim Clijsters Justine Henin 23 13–10 H 9–3 C 1–4 G 2–3 Cp 1–0 Jun 29, 2010 H2H
40 Martina Navratilova Claudia Kohde Kilsch 23 21–2 Cp 7–1 C 7–0 G 6–0 H 1–1 Feb 5, 1989 H2H
41 Martina Navratilova Dianne Fromholtz 23 20–3 Cp 7–1 H 6–1 G 5–0 C 2–1 Jul 3, 1987 H2H
42 Serena Williams Victoria Azarenka 23 18–5 H 11–5 C 4–0 G 3–0 Sep 12, 2020 H2H
43 Wendy Turnbull Dianne Fromholtz 23 12–11 Cp 6–3 G 4–3 H 2–3 C 0–2 Aug 10, 1988 H2H
44 Chris Evert Pam Shriver 22 18–4 Cp 7–3 H 5–1 C 3–0 G 3–0 Nov 14, 1988 H2H
45 Billie Jean King Margaret Court 22 10–12 G 5–5 Cp 1–4 H 3–2 C 1–1 Aug 12, 1973 H2H
46 Martina Navratilova Anne Smith 22 21–1 Cp 14–0 H 4–1 G 2–0 C 1–0 Feb 16, 1991 H2H
47 Martina Navratilova Mima Jausovec 22 21–1 Cp 11–0 C 7–0 G 2–1 H 1–0 Apr 20, 1984 H2H
48 Serena Williams Maria Sharapova 22 19–3 H 13–1 C 4–1 G 2–1 Aug 28, 2019 H2H
49 Chris Evert Wendy Turnbull 22 21–1 Cp 8–1 C 5–0 G 4–0 H 4–0 Oct 3, 1987 H2H
50 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario Amanda Coetzer 21 18–3 C 10–1 H 5–1 Cp 2–1 G 1–0 Oct 7, 2000 H2H