# Venus Williams vs Kimiko Date — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/venus-williams-vs-kimiko-date?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:123247&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:124247
Tour: WTA

Venus Williams holds a 4–0 lead over Kimiko Date in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Venus Williams leads 3–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Venus Williams won the 2014 US Open round of 128 2-6 6-3 6-3.

## Overall
- Venus Williams: 4 wins
- Kimiko Date: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 4

## By surface
- Hard: Venus Williams 3 - 0 Kimiko Date
- Grass: Venus Williams 1 - 0 Kimiko Date

## By tournament category
- Grand Slam: Venus Williams 2 - 0 Kimiko Date
- WTA 1000: Venus Williams 2 - 0 Kimiko Date

## Surface results by age
Completed main-draw results by court surface. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Surface | W-L | M | Win % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 14 | Venus Williams | 1994 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 15 | Venus Williams | 1995 | Hard | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 15 | Venus Williams | 1995 | Carpet | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 16 | Venus Williams | 1996 | Hard | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 16 | Venus Williams | 1996 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Venus Williams | 1996 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Venus Williams | 1997 | Hard | 15-7 | 22 | 68.2% |
| 17 | Venus Williams | 1997 | Clay | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 17 | Venus Williams | 1997 | Grass | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 17 | Venus Williams | 1997 | Carpet | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 18 | Venus Williams | 1998 | Hard | 35-8 | 43 | 81.4% |
| 18 | Venus Williams | 1998 | Clay | 9-2 | 11 | 81.8% |
| 18 | Venus Williams | 1998 | Grass | 4-2 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 18 | Venus Williams | 1998 | Carpet | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 18 | Kimiko Date | 1989 | Hard | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 18 | Kimiko Date | 1989 | Clay | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 18 | Kimiko Date | 1989 | Grass | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 19 | Venus Williams | 1999 | Hard | 34-5 | 39 | 87.2% |
| 19 | Venus Williams | 1999 | Clay | 12-2 | 14 | 85.7% |
| 19 | Venus Williams | 1999 | Grass | 4-1 | 5 | 80.0% |
| 19 | Venus Williams | 1999 | Carpet | 7-3 | 10 | 70.0% |
| 19 | Kimiko Date | 1990 | Hard | 9-5 | 14 | 64.3% |
| 19 | Kimiko Date | 1990 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 19 | Kimiko Date | 1990 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Venus Williams | 2000 | Hard | 25-0 | 25 | 100.0% |
| 20 | Venus Williams | 2000 | Clay | 6-3 | 9 | 66.7% |
| 20 | Venus Williams | 2000 | Grass | 7-0 | 7 | 100.0% |
| 20 | Venus Williams | 2000 | Carpet | 3-1 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 20 | Kimiko Date | 1991 | Hard | 9-8 | 17 | 52.9% |
| 20 | Kimiko Date | 1991 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Kimiko Date | 1991 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Venus Williams | 2001 | Hard | 32-3 | 35 | 91.4% |
| 21 | Venus Williams | 2001 | Clay | 5-2 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 21 | Venus Williams | 2001 | Grass | 7-0 | 7 | 100.0% |
| 21 | Venus Williams | 2001 | Carpet | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 21 | Kimiko Date | 1992 | Hard | 15-6 | 21 | 71.4% |
| 21 | Kimiko Date | 1992 | Clay | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 21 | Kimiko Date | 1992 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Kimiko Date | 1992 | Carpet | 6-3 | 9 | 66.7% |
| 22 | Venus Williams | 2002 | Hard | 35-5 | 40 | 87.5% |
| 22 | Venus Williams | 2002 | Clay | 14-2 | 16 | 87.5% |
| 22 | Venus Williams | 2002 | Grass | 6-1 | 7 | 85.7% |
| 22 | Venus Williams | 2002 | Carpet | 8-1 | 9 | 88.9% |
| 22 | Kimiko Date | 1993 | Hard | 18-6 | 24 | 75.0% |
| 22 | Kimiko Date | 1993 | Clay | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 22 | Kimiko Date | 1993 | Grass | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 22 | Kimiko Date | 1993 | Carpet | 4-2 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 23 | Venus Williams | 2003 | Hard | 8-2 | 10 | 80.0% |
| 23 | Venus Williams | 2003 | Clay | 6-2 | 8 | 75.0% |
| 23 | Venus Williams | 2003 | Grass | 6-1 | 7 | 85.7% |
| 23 | Venus Williams | 2003 | Carpet | 4-0 | 4 | 100.0% |
| 23 | Kimiko Date | 1994 | Hard | 26-5 | 31 | 83.9% |
| 23 | Kimiko Date | 1994 | Clay | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 23 | Kimiko Date | 1994 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 23 | Kimiko Date | 1994 | Carpet | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| Career | Venus Williams | - | Hard | 486-187 | 673 | 72.21396731054978% |
| Career | Venus Williams | - | Clay | 163-69 | 232 | 70.25862068965517% |
| Career | Venus Williams | - | Grass | 98-27 | 125 | 78.4% |
| Career | Venus Williams | - | Carpet | 34-14 | 48 | 70.83333333333333% |
| Career | Kimiko Date | - | Hard | 170-127 | 297 | 57.23905723905724% |
| Career | Kimiko Date | - | Clay | 24-27 | 51 | 47.05882352941177% |
| Career | Kimiko Date | - | Grass | 31-24 | 55 | 56.36363636363637% |
| Career | Kimiko Date | - | Carpet | 20-12 | 32 | 62.5% |

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## Performance progression by age
Detailed serve and return statistics available for 580/731 of Venus Williams's and 149/164 of Kimiko Date's main draw matches.

Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Sample | Aces/M | DFs/M | 1st Sv% | 1st Pts% | 2nd Pts% | BP Saved% | BP Conv% | Svc Pts% | Ret Pts% |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 23 | Venus Williams | 2003 | 11/29 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 55.2% | 76.2% | 43.8% | 53.3% | 47.0% | 61.6% | 51.3% |
| 24 | Venus Williams | 2004 | 13/56 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 59.4% | 72.2% | 46.7% | 41.6% | 50.5% | 61.9% | 50.1% |
| 25 | Venus Williams | 2005 | 18/44 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 64.4% | 70.7% | 45.1% | 63.1% | 52.0% | 61.3% | 50.1% |
| 26 | Venus Williams | 2006 | 16/19 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 62.7% | 68.3% | 47.0% | 52.8% | 45.6% | 60.6% | 48.5% |
| 27 | Venus Williams | 2007 | 53/56 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 59.4% | 72.6% | 46.6% | 56.6% | 51.8% | 62.2% | 48.6% |
| 28 | Venus Williams | 2008 | 43/51 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 61.6% | 72.0% | 48.4% | 55.6% | 48.9% | 62.7% | 47.0% |
| 29 | Venus Williams | 2009 | 48/54 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 57.3% | 73.4% | 49.9% | 59.5% | 51.4% | 63.3% | 46.1% |
| 30 | Venus Williams | 2010 | 44/45 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 56.7% | 73.5% | 46.9% | 53.7% | 49.0% | 61.9% | 47.4% |
| 31 | Venus Williams | 2011 | 9/12 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 64.4% | 72.3% | 51.7% | 60.3% | 45.5% | 64.5% | 45.7% |
| 32 | Venus Williams | 2012 | 28/33 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 53.9% | 68.9% | 47.8% | 50.7% | 50.7% | 59.2% | 46.0% |

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## Advanced statistics comparison
Career aggregates from the precomputed Advanced table. Surface Elo values are relative to overall Elo; career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches and lower means tougher opposition.

| Player | Peak Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win% | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Schedule |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Venus Williams | 2370 | 167.2 | 3.56 | 2.77 | 1.146 | 52.9% | 33 | -77 | 111 | 69.0% | 1.4 | 184-125 (60%) | 137-100 (58%) | -3.35 |
| Kimiko Date | 2091 | 154.4 | -1.51 | 0.62 | 0.928 | 48.3% | 30 | -185 | -61 | 55.2% | 0.45 | 77-65 (54%) | 42-48 (47%) | -2.8 |

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 2014-08-27* | US Open | R128 | Hard | Venus Williams | 2-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 2013-03-20* | Miami | R64 | Hard | Venus Williams | 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 |
| 2012-03-20* | Miami | R128 | Hard | Venus Williams | 6-0 6-3 |
| 2011-06-24* | Wimbledon | R64 | Grass | Venus Williams | 6-7(6) 6-3 8-6 |

## Career rivalries
### Venus Williams

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Serena Williams | 13-19 | 32 | 2020-08-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/serena-williams-vs-venus-williams?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:123131&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:123247) |
| Lindsay Davenport | 13-14 | 27 | 2005-07-03 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/venus-williams-vs-lindsay-davenport?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:123247&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:125745) |
| Martina Hingis | 9-11 | 20 | 2006-05-20 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/venus-williams-vs-martina-hingis?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:123247&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:127522) |
| Jelena Jankovic | 7-7 | 14 | 2017-03-11 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/jelena-jankovic-vs-venus-williams?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:106509&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:123247) |
| Ana Ivanovic | 9-4 | 13 | 2015-10-08 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/ana-ivanovic-vs-venus-williams?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:120331&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:123247) |

### Kimiko Date

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario | 2-7 | 9 | 1996-08-25 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/kimiko-date-vs-arantxa-sanchez-vicario?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124247&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:127535) |
| Conchita Martínez | 6-2 | 8 | 1996-08-24 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/kimiko-date-vs-conchita-martinez?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124247&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:125846) |
| Naoko Sawamatsu | 5-3 | 8 | 1996-02-02 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/kimiko-date-vs-naoko-sawamatsu?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124247&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200644) |
| Gabriela Sabatini | 3-4 | 7 | 1996-08-24 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/kimiko-date-vs-gabriela-sabatini?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124247&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200572) |
| Steffi Graf | 0-7 | 7 | 1996-07-07 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/kimiko-date-vs-steffi-graf?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124247&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200414) |

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