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Serena Williams #7 def. Nadia Petrova #13

6-1 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 3-6 6-3
Loser	Nadia Petrova

Stat	Serena Williams	Nadia Petrova
Aces	5	5
Double faults	5	9
First serve %	53	57
First serve points won %	64	57
Second serve points won %	51	41
Break points saved %	43	59
Break points converted %	41	57
Service points won %	58	50
Return points won %	50	42
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Nadia Petrova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 8, 1982
Age	23	22
Height	175	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	13
Ranking points (entering)	3,128	1,985
Elo (entering)	2,194	1,877
Career W-L	825–170	441–276
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$12,466,924

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 4 – 1 Nadia Petrova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2005	QF	Amélie Mauresmo	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nadia Petrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2005	R32	Magdalena Maleeva	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2005	R64	Sophie Ferguson	4-6 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Virginie Razzano	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data