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Venus Williams #8 def. Carla Suárez Navarro #27

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 2018*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Carla Suárez Navarro

Stat	Venus Williams	Carla Suárez Navarro
Aces	5	—
Double faults	3	—
First serve %	67	—
First serve points won %	74	—
Second serve points won %	53	—
Break points saved %	86	—
Break points converted %	80	—
Service points won %	67	—
Return points won %	47	—
Total points won %	57	—

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Carla Suárez Navarro
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Sep 3, 1988
Age	37	29
Height	185	162
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	27
Ranking points (entering)	4,277	1,785
Elo (entering)	1,935	1,810
Career W-L	768–288	339–247
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$11,920,116

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 5 – 3 Carla Suárez Navarro

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2018	R16	Anastasija Sevastova	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Serena Williams	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2018	R64	Sorana Cirstea	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2018	SF	Daria Kasatkina	6-4 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Carla Suárez Navarro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2018	R16	Danielle Collins	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Elina Svitolina	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2018	R64	Su-Wei Hsieh	6-4 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data