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Serena Williams #9 def. Alizé Cornet #40

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 2008*
Tournament	Charleston
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Alizé Cornet

Stat	Serena Williams	Alizé Cornet
Aces	5	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	61	65
First serve points won %	76	54
Second serve points won %	42	37
Break points saved %	50	44
Break points converted %	56	50
Service points won %	63	48
Return points won %	52	37
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Alizé Cornet
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jan 22, 1990
Age	26	18
Height	175	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	40
Ranking points (entering)	2,296	708
Elo (entering)	2,167	1,728
Career W-L	825–170	376–358
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$10,531,464

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 0 – 0 Alizé Cornet

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2008	QF	Maria Sharapova	7-5 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2008	R16	Katarina Srebotnik	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2008	R32	Gisela Dulko	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2008	F	Vera Zvonareva	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alizé Cornet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2008	QF	Agnes Szavay	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2008	R16	Sorana Cirstea	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2008	R32	Sara Errani	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2008	R64	Michaella Krajicek	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data