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Venus Williams #7 def. Serena Williams #6

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 2008*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Venus Williams	Serena Williams
Aces	4	9
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	63	67
First serve points won %	61	75
Second serve points won %	56	23
Break points saved %	85	43
Break points converted %	57	15
Service points won %	59	58
Return points won %	42	41
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Serena Williams
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Sep 26, 1981
Age	28	26
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	6
Ranking points (entering)	2,606	2,676
Elo (entering)	2,011	2,136
Career W-L	768–288	825–170
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 7 – 8 Serena Williams

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2008	SF	Elena Dementieva	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Alisa Kleybanova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2008	R32	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Anne Keothavong	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Naomi Cavaday	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2008	SF	Jie Zheng	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2008	R32	Amélie Mauresmo	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Urszula Radwanska	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Kaia Kanepi	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data