H2H data updated: 2026-07-18 02:15 UTC

Venus Williams vs Monica Seles H2H: 8-1

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

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Venus Williams
USA Age 46 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
8 – 1
9 main draw meetings
Monica Seles
USA Age 52 Left-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

DateTournamentCategoryRoundSurfaceWinnerScoreLoserMatch
Nov 12, 2002* WTA Tour Championships WTA Finals QF Hard Venus Williams #2 7-5 6-4 Monica Seles #7 Match data
Sep 5, 2002* US Open Grand Slam QF Hard Venus Williams #2 6-2 6-3 Monica Seles #5 Match data
Jun 6, 2002* Roland Garros Grand Slam QF Clay Venus Williams #2 6-4 6-3 Monica Seles #6 Match data
Jan 25, 2002* Australian Open Grand Slam QF Hard Monica Seles #10 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3 Venus Williams #3 Match data
Aug 5, 2001* San Diego WTA 500 F Hard Venus Williams #3 6-2 6-3 Monica Seles #10 Match data
Aug 27, 2000* New Haven WTA 500 F Hard Venus Williams #3 6-2 6-4 Monica Seles #6 Match data
Aug 6, 2000* San Diego WTA 500 F Hard Venus Williams #3 6-0 6-7(3) 6-3 Monica Seles #5 Match data
Aug 28, 1999* New Haven WTA 500 SF Hard Venus Williams #4 6-1 6-3 Monica Seles #5 Match data
Aug 1, 1998* Stanford WTA 250 SF Hard Venus Williams #5 6-3 6-4 Monica Seles #6 Match data

* Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 Finals 500 250 Titles
Venus Williams #467 #1 7,452 2,362 768 288 72.7% 7 9 1 20 10 47
Monica Seles #223 #1 4,056 2,540 578 121 82.7% 9 12 3 7 22 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 1,600 0 0
15 1995 2–3 40.0% #205 1,561 0 0 1989 33–9 78.6% #6 2,002 0 1
16 1996 2–5 28.6% #216 1,571 0 0 1990 55–6 90.2% #2 2,295 1 10
17 1997 20–13 60.6% #22 1,851 0 0 1991 74–6 92.5% #1 2,443 4 20
18 1998 50–13 79.4% #5 2,094 0 2 1992 70–5 93.3% #1 2,499 7 30
19 1999 57–11 83.8% #3 2,258 0 8 1993 17–2 89.5% #8 2,485 8 32
20 2000 35–4 89.7% #3 2,321 2 13 — — — — — — —
21 2001 46–6 88.5% #3 2,338 4 19 1995 11–1 91.7% #1 2,487 8 33
22 2002 63–9 87.5% #2 2,297 4 26 1996 43–8 84.3% #2 2,342 9 38
23 2003 24–5 82.8% #11 2,257 4 27 1997 45–14 76.3% #5 2,159 9 41
24 2004 40–13 75.5% #9 2,072 4 29 1998 42–13 76.4% #6 2,174 9 43
25 2005 34–10 77.3% #10 2,085 5 31 1999 36–12 75.0% #6 2,116 9 44
26 2006 13–6 68.4% #46 2,007 5 31 2000 51–12 81.0% #4 2,144 9 47
27 2007 46–10 82.1% #8 2,048 6 34 2001 40–10 80.0% #10 2,127 9 51
28 2008 37–10 78.7% #6 2,133 7 37 2002 46–13 78.0% #7 2,088 9 53
29 2009 38–16 70.4% #6 1,981 7 39 2003 10–7 58.8% #60 1,993 9 53
30 2010 38–7 84.4% #5 2,057 7 41 — — — — — — —
31 2011 8–4 66.7% #102 1,994 7 41 — — — — — — —
32 2012 22–8 73.3% #24 2,007 7 42 — — — — — — —
33 2013 15–11 57.7% #47 1,889 7 42 — — — — — — —
34 2014 33–15 68.8% #18 1,874 7 43 — — — — — — —
35 2015 39–14 73.6% #7 1,957 7 46 — — — — — — —
36 2016 24–14 63.2% #17 1,830 7 47 — — — — — — —
37 2017 38–15 71.7% #5 1,935 7 47 — — — — — — —
38 2018 15–11 57.7% #39 1,867 7 47 — — — — — — —
39 2019 20–15 57.1% #52 1,827 7 47 — — — — — — —
40 2020 1–8 11.1% #79 1,717 7 47 — — — — — — —
41 2021 3–9 25.0% #318 1,649 7 47 — — — — — — —
42 2022 0–4 0.0% #1000 1,603 7 47 — — — — — — —
43 2023 3–7 30.0% #412 1,594 7 47 — — — — — — —