R16 Dubai Tennis Championships 2002

Venus Williams #2 def. Anna Kournikova #83

6-2 7-6(3)

Venus Williams defeated Anna Kournikova 6-2 7-6(3) in the 2002 Dubai Tennis Championships round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 22, 2002*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2002
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Anna Kournikova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jun 7, 1981
Age	21	20
Height	185 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	83
Ranking points (entering)	4,688	434
Elo (entering)	2,361	1,853
Current career W-L	782–299	184–121
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$3,584,662

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #2 6 – 0 Anna Kournikova #83

Path

Venus Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Anastasia Myskina #47	6-0 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 23, 2002	QF

Anna Kournikova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Selima Sfar #88	6-7(3) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 21, 2002	R32