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Justine Henin #1 def. Venus Williams #14

7-6(2) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2007*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Justine Henin
Score	7-6(2) 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Justine Henin	Venus Williams
Aces	2	4
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	59	59
First serve points won %	66	60
Second serve points won %	62	39
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	64	52
Return points won %	48	36
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Justine Henin	Venus Williams
Country	BEL	USA
Birth date	Jun 1, 1982	Jun 17, 1980
Age	25	27
Height	167	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	14
Ranking points (entering)	4,692	1,765
Elo (entering)	2,315	2,086
Career W-L	442–102	768–288
Career earnings	$20,863,335	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Justine Henin 1 – 7 Venus Williams

Path

Justine Henin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2007	QF	Serena Williams	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2007	R16	Dinara Safina	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2007	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2007	R64	Tsvetana Pironkova	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2007	R128	Julia Goerges	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Justine Henin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2007	F	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2007	QF	Jelena Jankovic	4-6 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2007	R16	Ana Ivanovic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2007	R32	Alona Bondarenko	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2007	R64	Raluca Olaru	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2007	R128	Kyra Nagy	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data