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Venus Williams #19 def. Elena Vesnina #64

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 10, 2015*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Elena Vesnina

Stat	Venus Williams	Elena Vesnina
Aces	4	2
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	62	58
First serve points won %	77	55
Second serve points won %	52	42
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	68	49
Return points won %	51	32
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Elena Vesnina
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Aug 1, 1986
Age	34	28
Height	185	176
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	64
Ranking points (entering)	2,091	816
Elo (entering)	1,887	1,714
Career W-L	768–288	262–260
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$13,058,021

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 1 – 2 Elena Vesnina

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2015	R16	Kurumi Nara	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2015	R32	Jana Cepelova	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2015	SF	Lauren Davis	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Vesnina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2015	R16	Ana Konjuh	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2015	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data