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

Venus Williams vs Monica Seles H2H: 9-1

Venus Williams holds a 9–1 lead over Monica Seles in their WTA head-to-head. Across 10 main-draw meetings, Venus Williams leads 8–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Venus Williams won the 2002 WTA Finals quarterfinal 7-5 6-4.

United States Age 46 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
9 1
10 main draw meetings
USA Age 52 Left-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Venus Williams #2 7-5 6-4 Monica Seles #7 Match data Nov 12, 2002* QF WTA Finals WTA Finals Hard
Venus Williams #2 6-2 6-3 Monica Seles #5 Match data Sep 5, 2002* QF US Open Grand Slam Hard
Venus Williams #2 6-4 6-3 Monica Seles #6 Match data Jun 6, 2002* QF Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Monica Seles #10 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3 Venus Williams #3 Match data Jan 25, 2002* QF Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Venus Williams #3 6-2 6-3 Monica Seles #10 Match data Aug 5, 2001* F San Diego Tier II modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Venus Williams #3 6-1 4-6 6-3 Monica Seles #5 Match data Sep 27, 2000* SF Sydney Olympics Olympics Hard
Venus Williams #3 6-2 6-4 Monica Seles #6 Match data Aug 27, 2000* F New Haven Tier II modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Venus Williams #3 6-0 6-7(3) 6-3 Monica Seles #5 Match data Aug 6, 2000* F San Diego Tier II modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Venus Williams #4 6-1 6-3 Monica Seles #5 Match data Aug 28, 1999* SF New Haven Tier II modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Venus Williams #5 6-3 6-4 Monica Seles #6 Match data Aug 1, 1998* SF Stanford Tier II modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard

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
Monica Seles #223 #1 4,056 2,540 586 123 82.7% 9 0 9 3 21 11 53

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 Monica Seles
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
14 1994 1–1 50.0% 1,525 0 0 1988 5–3 62.5% #86 1,599 0 0
15 1995 2–3 40.0% #205 1,561 0 0 1989 33–9 78.6% #6 2,005 0 1
16 1996 2–5 28.6% #216 1,570 0 0 1990 55–6 90.2% #2 2,296 1 10
17 1997 20–13 60.6% #22 1,830 0 0 1991 74–6 92.5% #1 2,444 4 20
18 1998 51–13 79.7% #5 2,099 0 3 1992 70–5 93.3% #1 2,500 7 30
19 1999 57–12 82.6% #3 2,248 0 9 1993 17–2 89.5% #8 2,486 8 32
20 2000 41–4 91.1% #3 2,337 2 15
21 2001 46–6 88.5% #3 2,358 4 21 1995 11–1 91.7% #1 2,488 8 33
22 2002 63–9 87.5% #2 2,303 4 28 1996 46–9 83.6% #2 2,344 9 38
23 2003 24–5 82.8% #11 2,260 4 29 1997 45–14 76.3% #5 2,180 9 41
24 2004 42–14 75.0% #9 2,077 4 31 1998 42–13 76.4% #6 2,180 9 43
25 2005 34–10 77.3% #10 2,128 5 33 1999 36–12 75.0% #6 2,120 9 44
26 2006 13–6 68.4% #46 2,035 5 33 2000 56–13 81.2% #4 2,153 9 47
27 2007 46–10 82.1% #8 2,059 6 36 2001 40–10 80.0% #10 2,132 9 51
28 2008 40–11 78.4% #6 2,138 7 39 2002 46–13 78.0% #7 2,091 9 53
29 2009 38–16 70.4% #6 1,988 7 41 2003 10–7 58.8% #60 1,994 9 53
30 2010 38–7 84.4% #5 2,061 7 43
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 Monica Seles
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% 1988 5 3 8 62.5%
15 1995 0 2 2 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1989 6 2 8 75.0% 10 1 11 90.9% 3 1 4 75.0% 14 5 19 73.7%
16 1996 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1990 18 2 20 90.0% 22 0 22 100.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 11 3 14 78.6%
17 1997 15 7 22 68.2% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 1991 40 3 43 93.0% 19 2 21 90.5% 15 1 16 93.8%
18 1998 36 8 44 81.8% 9 2 11 81.8% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 1992 33 3 36 91.7% 19 1 20 95.0% 6 1 7 85.7% 12 0 12 100.0%
19 1999 34 6 40 85.0% 12 2 14 85.7% 4 1 5 80.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 1993 11 1 12 91.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 4 0 4 100.0%
20 2000 25 0 25 100.0% 6 3 9 66.7% 7 0 7 100.0% 3 1 4 75.0%
21 2001 32 3 35 91.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 7 0 7 100.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1995 11 1 12 91.7%
22 2002 35 5 40 87.5% 14 2 16 87.5% 6 1 7 85.7% 8 1 9 88.9% 1996 29 2 31 93.5% 6 2 8 75.0% 5 1 6 83.3% 6 4 10 60.0%
23 2003 8 2 10 80.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 6 1 7 85.7% 4 0 4 100.0% 1997 27 5 32 84.4% 13 4 17 76.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
24 2004 21 9 30 70.0% 17 2 19 89.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1998 20 5 25 80.0% 11 4 15 73.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 7 3 10 70.0%
25 2005 18 7 25 72.0% 9 3 12 75.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 1999 21 7 28 75.0% 11 2 13 84.6% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
26 2006 1 2 3 33.3% 10 3 13 76.9% 2 1 3 66.7% 2000 28 9 37 75.7% 17 2 19 89.5% 4 1 5 80.0% 7 1 8 87.5%
27 2007 27 5 32 84.4% 12 5 17 70.6% 7 0 7 100.0% 2001 36 9 45 80.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 0 4 100.0%
28 2008 29 9 38 76.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 0 7 100.0% 2002 27 8 35 77.1% 9 2 11 81.8% 4 1 5 80.0% 6 2 8 75.0%
29 2009 21 11 32 65.6% 11 4 15 73.3% 6 1 7 85.7% 2003 4 3 7 57.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0%
30 2010 19 3 22 86.4% 15 3 18 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0%
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% 316 63 379 83.4% 142 25 167 85.0% 35 11 46 76.1% 93 24 117 79.5%

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 581/732 of Venus Williams's and 1/17 of Monica Seles'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 Venus Williams Monica Seles
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%
23 2003 11/29 3.8 5.8 55.2% 76.2% 43.8% 53.3% 47.0% 61.6% 51.3% —/—
24 2004 13/56 4.1 4.5 59.4% 72.2% 46.7% 41.6% 50.5% 61.9% 50.1% —/—
25 2005 18/44 2.9 4.2 64.4% 70.7% 45.1% 63.1% 52.0% 61.3% 50.1% —/—
26 2006 16/19 3.1 4.3 62.7% 68.3% 47.0% 52.8% 45.6% 60.6% 48.5% —/—
27 2007 53/56 3.6 5.3 59.4% 72.6% 46.6% 56.6% 51.8% 62.2% 48.6% —/—
28 2008 43/51 4.3 4.3 61.6% 72.0% 48.4% 55.6% 48.9% 62.7% 47.0% —/—
29 2009 48/54 5.4 4.7 57.3% 73.4% 49.9% 59.5% 51.4% 63.3% 46.1% 2003 1/17 1.0 12.0 54.2% 50.0% 25.9% 40.0% 28.6% 39.0% 42.9%
30 2010 44/45 4.6 4.5 56.7% 73.5% 46.9% 53.7% 49.0% 61.9% 47.4% —/—
31 2011 9/12 6.0 2.8 64.4% 72.3% 51.7% 60.3% 45.5% 64.5% 45.7% —/—
32 2012 28/33 4.5 4.8 53.9% 68.9% 47.8% 50.7% 50.7% 59.2% 46.0% —/—
33 2013 23/26 2.8 4.6 56.9% 65.4% 43.4% 55.0% 50.8% 56.0% 47.2% —/—
34 2014 44/48 4.7 4.4 55.7% 71.6% 46.0% 56.6% 53.0% 60.4% 46.7% —/—
35 2015 35/53 4.6 2.9 58.6% 70.6% 49.7% 50.2% 48.0% 62.1% 45.0% —/—
36 2016 37/39 3.1 3.9 61.5% 65.5% 48.1% 52.8% 52.7% 58.4% 46.8% —/—
37 2017 46/53 3.5 5.2 60.9% 69.2% 46.3% 59.1% 46.0% 60.2% 46.0% —/—
38 2018 26/26 2.1 4.9 60.5% 63.9% 46.4% 53.6% 51.3% 56.7% 43.8% —/—
39 2019 34/35 1.8 3.7 63.2% 63.3% 43.3% 54.0% 45.9% 56.0% 43.6% —/—
40 2020 9/9 3.2 7.0 58.3% 63.2% 42.3% 61.2% 45.9% 54.5% 41.2% —/—
41 2021 12/12 3.4 4.4 62.1% 60.7% 37.2% 48.3% 44.1% 51.7% 39.2% —/—
42 2022 4/4 3.3 8.5 56.5% 65.1% 31.3% 49.0% 29.6% 50.4% 34.9% —/—
43 2023 10/10 3.6 4.4 60.1% 64.2% 38.7% 43.3% 39.2% 54.0% 40.5% —/—
44 2024 2/2 4.5 8.0 59.1% 60.9% 29.6% 49.4% 70.0% 47.9% 40.9% —/—
45 2025 4/4 3.5 5.5 54.2% 62.5% 31.3% 31.2% 48.2% 48.5% 40.7% —/—
46 2026 12/12 3.0 4.4 59.2% 63.3% 37.8% 46.5% 43.3% 53.3% 37.0% —/—
Career 581/1,081 3.8 4.5 59.3% 69.4% 46.1% 54.4% 49.2% 59.8% 46.0% 1/709 1.0 12.0 54.2% 50.0% 25.9% 40.0% 28.6% 39.0% 42.9%

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 Venus Williams Monica Seles
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 1988 1600 134.7 +49 58.8% +0.29 1–0 2–1 (67%) -0.41
15 1995 1561 123.9 +29 36.4% -0.36 1–0 0–1 -0.31 1989 2005 170.5 -46 -209 -385 75.8% +2.03 6–3 (67%) 3–4 (43%) -0.76
16 1996 1570 134.2 +31 46.7% +0.47 1–2 (33%) 1–0 -0.34 1990 2297 179.4 -85 -99 -561 84.8% +2.78 7–3 (70%) 7–1 (88%) -3.90
17 1997 1831 160.2 +5 -255 -230 55.8% +0.44 8–5 (62%) 4–3 (57%) -1.92 1991 2445 183.7 0 -66 86.9% +3.17 10–3 (77%) 4–3 (57%) -3.24
18 1998 2100 174.0 +4 -331 -385 75.6% +2.04 9–4 (69%) 4–3 (57%) -0.82 1992 2501 182.5 +9 -35 -586 88.2% +3.24 10–1 (91%) 2–2 (50%) -2.26
19 1999 2248 179.2 +7 -300 -461 77.5% +1.83 10–5 (67%) 9–4 (69%) -4.08 1993 2486 173.2 +21 -78 85.4% +3.27 4–1 (80%) 1–2 (33%) -0.84
20 2000 2337 171.5 +16 -397 -317 84.0% +2.34 8–2 (80%) 6–3 (67%) -2.30
21 2001 2358 172.4 +31 -379 -127 83.8% +2.48 8–1 (89%) 10–3 (77%) -1.53 1995 2488 169.9 +5 92.0% +3.80 0–1 1–1 -0.63
22 2002 2303 175.2 +58 -205 -10 81.3% +2.44 12–4 (75%) 7–3 (70%) -2.34 1996 2344 176.3 +27 +5 -308 83.5% +2.58 4–3 (57%) 8–3 (73%) -0.42
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%) -1.73 1997 2181 174.0 +75 +103 -181 72.3% +1.95 10–6 (63%) 6–9 (40%) -0.17
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%) +0.68 1998 2180 173.5 +55 +77 -125 70.2% +1.77 10–5 (67%) 4–7 (36%) -1.32
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%) -2.36 1999 2120 173.1 +56 +123 -164 73.3% +2.05 3–2 (60%) 5–5 (50%) -0.29
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%) -0.08 2000 2153 175.3 +19 +110 -86 78.0% +2.03 9–5 (64%) 12–1 (92%) -2.96
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%) -1.59 2001 2132 162.9 +27 73.5% +1.72 10–5 (67%) 5–5 (50%) +1.21
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%) -1.46 2002 2091 167.1 +54 +166 +47 70.1% +1.67 14–4 (78%) 6–7 (46%) -1.76
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%) -2.55 2003 1995 139.5 +0.40 +1.10 0.702 40.9% +112 +183 56.8% +0.57 4–3 (57%) 3–1 (75%) -0.67
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%) +0.82
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%) -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%) -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%) +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%) -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%) +1.30
37 2017 1941 149.8 +3.48 +3.27 1.155 53.0% -13 -79 +233 67.8% +1.01 11–6 (65%) 11–3 (79%) -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%) +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%) -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%) -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%) -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%) 99.1 -2.44 2541 181.1 +0.40 +1.10 0.702 40.9% +21 +17 -276 78.2% +2.32 102–45 (69%) 69–52 (57%) 102.4 -2.62

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.