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Serena Williams #1 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #14

7-5 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 2016*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	7-5 6-0
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Serena Williams	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	14	0
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	68	60
First serve points won %	74	48
Second serve points won %	50	32
Break points saved %	67	40
Break points converted %	60	33
Service points won %	66	42
Return points won %	58	34
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 27, 1985
Age	34	31
Height	175	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	14
Ranking points (entering)	8,330	2,730
Elo (entering)	2,167	1,867
Career W-L	825–170	580–319
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 9 – 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2016	R32	Annika Beck	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2016	R64	Christina Mchale	6-7(7) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2016	R128	Amra Sadikovic	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2016	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2016	R32	Sloane Stephens	6-7(1) 6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2016	R64	Tara Moore	6-1 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2016	R128	Caroline Wozniacki	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data