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Serena Williams #7 def. Lindsay Davenport #1

2-6 6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	2-6 6-3 6-0
Loser	Lindsay Davenport

Stat	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport
Aces	12	7
Double faults	5	8
First serve %	60	63
First serve points won %	76	70
Second serve points won %	47	32
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	64	56
Return points won %	44	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 8, 1976
Age	23	28
Height	175	189
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,128	4,666
Elo (entering)	2,225	2,196
Career W-L	825–170	704–190
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$22,166,338

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 9 – 4 Lindsay Davenport

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	SF	Maria Sharapova	2-6 7-5 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2005	QF	Amélie Mauresmo	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2005	R16	Nadia Petrova	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Sania Mirza	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Dally Randriantefy	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Camille Pin	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Lindsay Davenport's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	SF	Nathalie Dechy	2-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2005	QF	Alicia Molik	6-4 4-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2005	R16	Karolina Sprem	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Nicole Vaidisova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Michaela Pastikova	2-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Conchita Martínez	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data