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Victoria Azarenka #48 def. Venus Williams #17

2-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 2015*
Tournament	Doha
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	2-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Venus Williams
Aces	7	8
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	70	60
First serve points won %	68	65
Second serve points won %	41	52
Break points saved %	77	43
Break points converted %	57	23
Service points won %	60	60
Return points won %	40	40
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Venus Williams
Country	BLR	USA
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Jun 17, 1980
Age	25	34
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	17
Ranking points (entering)	998	2,366
Elo (entering)	1,973	1,951
Career W-L	575–266	768–288
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 0 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2015	QF	Caroline Wozniacki	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2015	R16	Elina Svitolina	6-3 6-7(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2015	R32	Angelique Kerber	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2015	F	Lucie Safarova	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2015	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2015	R16	Barbora Strycova	7-5 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2015	R32	Casey Dellacqua	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data