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Flavia Pennetta #21 def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands #59

3-6 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 2008*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Flavia Pennetta
Score	3-6 6-2 7-5
Loser	Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Stat	Flavia Pennetta	Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Aces	5	—
Double faults	5	—
First serve %	49	—
First serve points won %	67	—
Second serve points won %	46	—
Break points saved %	69	—
Break points converted %	38	—
Service points won %	56	—
Return points won %	45	—
Total points won %	51	—

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Flavia Pennetta	Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Country	ITA	USA
Birth date	Feb 25, 1982	Mar 23, 1985
Age	26	23
Height	172	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	59
Ranking points (entering)	1,195	535
Elo (entering)	1,807	1,708
Career W-L	418–272	132–172
Career earnings	$14,197,886	$8,913,872

Pre-match H2H

Flavia Pennetta 3 – 1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Path

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	Sybille Bammer	7-6(3) 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Ai Sugiyama	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Tamira Paszek	2-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Aleksandra Wozniak	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 2008	F	Dinara Safina	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Bethanie Mattek-Sands's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	Meng Yuan	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Olga Govortsova	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Nicole Vaidisova	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Abigail Spears	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data