Venus Williams v Johanna Konta - Betting tips - Tennis - Wimbledon

Venus Williams v Johanna Konta - Betting tips - Tennis - Wimbledon

Venus Williams v Johanna Konta

Venus Williams is American, still playing at 37 and ranked No 11 in the WTA Rankings. Venus Williams has won an amazing 49 titles, 7 of which are Grand Slams, 5 coming at Wimbledon. Venus Williams played her 1st Wimbledon tournament in 1997, the year Ostapenko was born and was in the Wimbledon semi-final last year. Venus Williams's record on grass is an incredible 90 wins and 18 loses. This year Venus Williams made the final in the Australian, losing to sister Serena, Venus Williams made the semi in Miami and has only dropped one set, so far at this Wimbledon.

Venus Williams is originally from Lynwood California, aged 37,6 foot 1(1.85m). Venus is a former number 1 player and has won Wimbledon 5 times.

Johanna Konta is British, aged 26 and ranked 7th in the WTA Rankings. Konta took up playing tennis when she was 8 and a year later dreamt of becoming a Grand Slam champion. Johanna Konta's parents are from Hungary, father is an hotelier and mother a dentist. They moved to Eastbourne, England when Konta was 14 and although she was born in Australia, she became a UK citizen in 2012. Johanna Konta's grandfather played football twice for Hungary in the 50s.

Johanna Konta had an amazing rise up the rankings from 150 to a top 10 player between spring 2015 to late 2016. This was partly down to her Spanish mental coach who instilled a lot of confidence in her. Sadly he subsequently died.

Johanna Konta has already won 2 tournaments this year in Sydney and Miami. In her previous round at Wimbledon, Konta came from a set down to beat Simona Halep who would have become world number 1 if she had won.

Venus Williams v Johanna Konta H2H:

Johanna Konta leads 3-2. Venus Williams won their last meeting, on clay, Konta's worst surface. Just before that, this year, Johanna Konta beat Venus Williams in Miami on hard courts which are more similar to grass. Johanna Konta also won their match in the final of Stanford, last year, to win her first WTA title.

Betting Odds:

2.10 @ Venus Williams v Johanna Konta @ 1.72

Value for Johanna Konta.

Prediction: Johanna Konta to win @ 1.72 with Bet365.