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

Venus Williams vs Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario H2H: 5-3

Venus Williams holds a 5–3 lead over Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in their WTA head-to-head. Across 8 main-draw meetings, Venus Williams leads 3–1 on clay and 2–1 on hard courts. Most recently, Venus Williams won the 2002 Hamburg Open quarterfinal 3-6 6-4 6-1.

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Venus Williams
United States Age 46 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
5 – 3
8 main-draw meetings
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
ESP Age 54 Right-Handed 169 cm / 5'7"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Venus Williams #1 3-6 6-4 6-1 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #18 Match data May 5, 2002* QF Hamburg Open Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Clay
Venus Williams #3 3-6 6-2 6-4 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #9 Match data Sep 26, 2000* QF Sydney Olympics Olympics Hard
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #9 6-0 1-6 6-2 Venus Williams #4 Match data Jun 8, 2000* QF Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Venus Williams #7 6-1 6-3 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6 Match data May 1, 1999* SF Hamburg Open Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Clay
Venus Williams #5 2-6 6-1 6-1 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #4 Match data Sep 10, 1998* QF US Open Grand Slam Hard
Venus Williams #9 6-3 2-6 7-5 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #5 Match data May 9, 1998* SF Italian Open Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #9 6-1 6-3 Venus Williams #21 Match data Jan 17, 1998* F Sydney International Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #2 2-6 6-3 6-0 Venus Williams Match data Nov 4, 1994* R16 Oakland Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Carpet

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
Venus Williams #469 #1 7,452 2,368 782 299 72.3% 7 1 9 2 19 11 49
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #52 #1 3,768 2,384 720 271 72.7% 4 0 6 0 12 7 29

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 Venus Williams Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
14 1994 1–1 50.0% — 1,525 0 0 1986 15–10 60.0% #81 1,620 0 0
15 1995 2–3 40.0% #205 1,561 0 0 1987 12–13 48.0% #54 1,639 0 0
16 1996 2–5 28.6% #216 1,570 0 0 1988 31–16 66.0% #18 1,785 0 1
17 1997 20–13 60.6% #22 1,830 0 0 1989 47–13 78.3% #5 2,065 1 3
18 1998 51–13 79.7% #5 2,099 0 3 1990 38–14 73.1% #7 2,080 1 5
19 1999 57–12 82.6% #3 2,248 0 9 1991 56–15 78.9% #5 2,167 1 6
20 2000 41–4 91.1% #3 2,337 2 15 1992 63–16 79.7% #4 2,283 1 8
21 2001 46–6 88.5% #3 2,358 4 21 1993 72–14 83.7% #2 2,248 1 12
22 2002 63–9 87.5% #2 2,303 4 28 1994 69–9 88.5% #2 2,333 3 20
23 2003 24–5 82.8% #11 2,260 4 29 1995 47–13 78.3% #3 2,167 3 22
24 2004 42–14 75.0% #9 2,077 4 31 1996 57–17 77.0% #2 2,117 3 24
25 2005 34–10 77.3% #10 2,128 5 33 1997 45–22 67.2% #9 2,026 3 24
26 2006 13–6 68.4% #46 2,035 5 33 1998 47–17 73.4% #4 2,034 4 26
27 2007 46–10 82.1% #8 2,059 6 36 1999 25–17 59.5% #17 1,923 4 27
28 2008 40–11 78.4% #6 2,138 7 39 2000 41–19 68.3% #9 1,932 4 27
29 2009 38–16 70.4% #6 1,988 7 41 2001 34–22 60.7% #17 1,796 4 29
30 2010 38–7 84.4% #5 2,061 7 43 2002 21–24 46.7% #53 1,634 4 29
31 2011 8–4 66.7% #102 2,017 7 43 — — — — — — —
32 2012 24–9 72.7% #24 2,016 7 44 — — — — — — —
33 2013 15–11 57.7% #47 1,910 7 44 — — — — — — —
34 2014 33–15 68.8% #18 1,888 7 45 — — — — — — —
35 2015 39–14 73.6% #7 1,971 7 48 — — — — — — —
36 2016 24–15 61.5% #17 1,817 7 49 — — — — — — —
37 2017 38–15 71.7% #5 1,941 7 49 — — — — — — —
38 2018 15–11 57.7% #39 1,872 7 49 — — — — — — —
39 2019 20–15 57.1% #52 1,819 7 49 — — — — — — —
40 2020 1–8 11.1% #79 1,713 7 49 — — — — — — —
41 2021 3–9 25.0% #318 1,647 7 49 — — — — — — —
42 2022 0–4 0.0% #1000 1,602 7 49 — — — — — — —
43 2023 3–7 30.0% #412 1,592 7 49 — — — — — — —

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 Venus Williams Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
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 1994 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1986 2 2 4 50.0% 13 7 20 65.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
15 1995 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% 1987 0 3 3 0.0% 12 7 19 63.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
16 1996 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1988 5 4 9 55.6% 26 10 36 72.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
17 1997 15 7 22 68.2% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 1989 12 5 17 70.6% 28 5 33 84.8% 4 1 5 80.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
18 1998 36 8 44 81.8% 9 2 11 81.8% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 1990 5 1 6 83.3% 21 7 28 75.0% 5 1 6 83.3% 7 5 12 58.3%
19 1999 34 6 40 85.0% 12 2 14 85.7% 4 1 5 80.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 1991 20 4 24 83.3% 22 6 28 78.6% 9 2 11 81.8% 5 3 8 62.5%
20 2000 25 0 25 100.0% 6 3 9 66.7% 7 0 7 100.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 1992 31 5 36 86.1% 26 7 33 78.8% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
21 2001 32 3 35 91.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 7 0 7 100.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1993 39 9 48 81.3% 27 3 30 90.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 3 1 4 75.0%
22 2002 35 5 40 87.5% 14 2 16 87.5% 6 1 7 85.7% 8 1 9 88.9% 1994 38 5 43 88.4% 24 2 26 92.3% 3 1 4 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0%
23 2003 8 2 10 80.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 6 1 7 85.7% 4 0 4 100.0% 1995 20 8 28 71.4% 21 3 24 87.5% 6 1 7 85.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
24 2004 21 9 30 70.0% 17 2 19 89.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1996 23 8 31 74.2% 23 5 28 82.1% 6 1 7 85.7% 5 3 8 62.5%
25 2005 18 7 25 72.0% 9 3 12 75.0% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 1997 19 11 30 63.3% 13 7 20 65.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 5 3 8 62.5%
26 2006 1 2 3 33.3% 10 3 13 76.9% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 1998 28 8 36 77.8% 12 4 16 75.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 0 3 3 0.0%
27 2007 27 5 32 84.4% 12 5 17 70.6% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 1999 9 8 17 52.9% 15 6 21 71.4% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
28 2008 29 9 38 76.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 2000 22 9 31 71.0% 16 6 22 72.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
29 2009 21 11 32 65.6% 11 4 15 73.3% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — 2001 15 15 30 50.0% 18 6 24 75.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
30 2010 19 3 22 86.4% 15 3 18 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — — 2002 9 13 22 40.9% 12 11 23 52.2% — — — — — — — —
31 2011 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2012 14 3 17 82.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2013 12 8 20 60.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2014 27 11 38 71.1% 4 3 7 57.1% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2015 34 10 44 77.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2016 14 11 25 56.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2017 26 11 37 70.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2018 12 7 19 63.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 2019 16 11 27 59.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
40 2020 1 6 7 14.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
41 2021 2 4 6 33.3% 0 4 4 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
42 2022 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
43 2023 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 487 189 676 72.0% 163 69 232 70.3% 98 27 125 78.4% 34 14 48 70.8% — 297 118 415 71.6% 329 102 431 76.3% 57 18 75 76.0% 37 33 70 52.9%

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 Venus Williams Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
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 1994 1526 122.1 — — — — — — — 60.0% 0.00 0–1 — — -0.18 1986 1620 109.9 — — — — -68 +75 — 57.1% +0.13 4–2 (67%) 4–1 (80%) 105.4 +3.76
15 1995 1561 123.9 — — — — +29 — — 36.4% -0.36 1–0 0–1 — -0.31 1987 1639 127.9 — — — — -145 +141 — 48.1% -0.35 2–2 (50%) 1–0 — +0.46
16 1996 1570 134.2 — — — — +31 — — 46.7% +0.47 1–2 (33%) 1–0 — -0.34 1988 1785 156.3 — — — — -240 +150 — 67.0% +1.55 0–5 (0%) 1–3 (25%) 92.9 -0.24
17 1997 1831 160.2 — — — — +5 -255 -230 55.8% +0.44 8–5 (62%) 4–3 (57%) 108.3 -1.92 1989 2066 163.2 — — — — -271 +71 -441 74.2% +1.91 8–4 (67%) 3–1 (75%) 108.7 -3.86
18 1998 2100 174.0 — — — — +4 -331 -385 75.6% +2.04 9–4 (69%) 4–3 (57%) 108.8 -0.82 1990 2080 165.6 — — — — -183 +86 -320 70.1% +1.57 7–6 (54%) 3–6 (33%) 96.5 -4.18
19 1999 2248 179.2 — — — — +7 -300 -461 77.5% +1.83 10–5 (67%) 9–4 (69%) 105.8 -4.08 1991 2167 175.0 — — — — -80 +84 -250 75.0% +2.29 9–7 (56%) 5–3 (63%) 103.4 -3.50
20 2000 2337 171.5 — — — — +16 -397 -317 84.0% +2.34 8–2 (80%) 6–3 (67%) 106.2 -2.30 1992 2284 179.5 — — — — -6 +24 — 75.6% +1.86 10–8 (56%) 12–1 (92%) 107.1 -6.89
21 2001 2358 172.4 — — — — +31 -379 -127 83.8% +2.48 8–1 (89%) 10–3 (77%) 106.1 -1.53 1993 2248 179.1 — — — — -9 +146 -280 77.4% +2.28 13–3 (81%) 8–6 (57%) 104.5 -2.91
22 2002 2303 175.2 — — — — +58 -205 -10 81.3% +2.44 12–4 (75%) 7–3 (70%) 101.1 -2.34 1994 2334 179.3 — — — — -15 +77 -382 82.8% +2.52 12–6 (67%) 14–3 (82%) 105.3 -3.55
23 2003 2261 155.8 +4.06 +5.13 1.337 56.1% +107 -163 +33 81.0% +2.37 4–3 (57%) 1–2 (33%) 97.7 -1.73 1995 2167 167.9 — — — — -23 +257 -97 73.5% +1.92 11–5 (69%) 3–2 (60%) 99.2 -1.09
24 2004 2078 159.0 +4.27 +3.93 1.315 55.7% +59 +131 — 75.7% +1.99 6–3 (67%) 8–6 (57%) 99.4 +0.68 1996 2117 172.0 — — — — -21 +231 +90 71.5% +1.61 13–6 (68%) 7–6 (54%) 99.0 -1.50
25 2005 2128 165.4 +4.52 +4.90 1.293 55.5% +29 +38 +223 75.0% +2.03 6–4 (60%) 7–2 (78%) 102.9 -2.36 1997 2026 162.2 — — — — -2 +133 +231 64.2% +1.13 10–9 (53%) 4–3 (57%) 97.4 +1.63
26 2006 2035 136.6 +3.30 +3.85 1.231 54.0% +67 +87 +280 63.8% +0.94 5–4 (56%) 3–2 (60%) 97.6 -0.08 1998 2035 164.7 — — — — -10 +128 +215 66.4% +1.25 16–7 (70%) 5–6 (45%) 100.2 +1.13
27 2007 2059 153.9 +5.55 +3.98 1.286 55.2% +31 +23 +331 79.0% +2.10 6–6 (50%) 6–5 (55%) 95.6 -1.59 1999 1924 153.3 — — — — +11 +138 +205 55.2% +0.49 5–2 (71%) 3–2 (60%) 100.8 -0.61
28 2008 2138 163.5 +7.00 +3.95 1.260 54.6% -5 -109 +293 74.6% +1.81 7–5 (58%) 5–6 (45%) 99.1 -1.46 2000 1933 158.0 — — — — -18 +139 +277 62.9% +0.64 14–6 (70%) 9–0 (100%) 108.9 -1.55
29 2009 1989 162.7 +7.24 +2.88 1.255 54.5% +47 -3 +361 65.1% +1.53 13–10 (57%) 3–12 (20%) 88.0 -2.55 2001 1797 144.3 — — — — -25 +299 — 56.9% +0.68 12–8 (60%) 5–10 (33%) 89.3 +1.17
30 2010 2062 156.7 +5.33 +3.88 1.244 54.7% +31 -11 +294 79.6% +1.80 6–2 (75%) 5–2 (71%) 104.0 +0.82 2002 1635 126.7 — — — — +18 +228 — 47.0% -0.12 5–7 (42%) 5–8 (38%) 92.1 +1.10
31 2011 2018 120.4 +4.82 +1.85 1.287 54.7% +52 — +278 70.8% +1.58 3–1 (75%) 0–2 — +0.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2012 2016 150.4 +3.65 +3.04 1.127 52.6% +82 +19 +154 65.4% +1.15 9–3 (75%) 5–5 (50%) 99.5 -1.94 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2013 1911 141.0 +0.75 +3.14 1.071 51.5% +85 +50 — 58.1% +0.65 6–6 (50%) 2–4 (33%) 92.5 -0.63 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2014 1888 149.7 +4.15 +2.82 1.178 53.5% +57 +2 +268 66.4% +1.21 10–11 (48%) 5–6 (45%) 93.1 +0.59 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2015 1971 157.4 +3.80 +3.44 1.187 53.2% +43 -131 +141 67.2% +1.27 13–4 (76%) 10–5 (67%) 105.5 -0.59 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2016 1818 133.2 +2.07 +3.27 1.126 52.8% +13 +15 +295 62.0% +0.67 5–9 (36%) 11–4 (73%) 95.7 +1.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2017 1941 149.8 +3.49 +3.26 1.155 53.0% -13 -79 +233 67.8% +1.01 11–6 (65%) 11–3 (79%) 106.7 -0.36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2018 1873 141.1 +0.84 +1.05 1.013 50.4% +44 -80 +237 54.0% +0.33 7–4 (64%) 3–3 (50%) 98.9 +0.67 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 2019 1820 145.6 +0.36 +1.07 0.992 50.0% +35 -40 +249 51.9% +0.05 9–4 (69%) 6–3 (67%) 103.1 -1.42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
40 2020 1714 126.0 +0.01 -0.68 0.905 48.2% +47 — — 27.3% -1.14 0–4 (0%) 0–3 (0%) 90.8 -1.11 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
41 2021 1647 111.7 -2.68 -2.16 0.811 45.9% +79 -9 — 29.6% -1.59 1–2 (33%) 0–2 — -0.85 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
42 2022 1602 107.5 -2.82 -1.21 0.703 43.0% +66 — — 11.1% -2.78 0–1 0–1 — 0.00 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
43 2023 1593 114.1 -1.10 -0.46 0.880 47.2% +55 — +447 40.0% -1.00 1–4 (20%) 3–1 (75%) 95.5 -0.01 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2369 167.3 +3.54 +2.76 1.146 52.9% +33 -76 +111 68.9% +1.40 185–126 (59%) 137–101 (58%) 99.2 -2.45 — 2385 171.0 — — — — -40 +138 -56 68.5% +1.46 151–93 (62%) 92–61 (60%) 103.1 -2.10

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.