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Venus Williams #11 def. Elise Mertens #60

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 2017*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Venus Williams	Elise Mertens
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	54	63
First serve points won %	86	35
Second serve points won %	42	55
Break points saved %	0	54
Break points converted %	46	100
Service points won %	66	43
Return points won %	57	34
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Elise Mertens
Country	USA	BEL
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Nov 17, 1995
Age	36	21
Height	185	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	60
Ranking points (entering)	3,941	1,066
Elo (entering)	1,894	1,673
Career W-L	768–288	311–199
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 0 – 0 Elise Mertens

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2017	R64	Kurumi Nara	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2017	R128	Qiang Wang	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2017	R16	Timea Bacsinszky	7-5 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2017	R64	Richel Hogenkamp	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2017	R128	Daria Saville	7-6(4) 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data