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Elena Dementieva #4 def. Serena Williams #2

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2009*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Elena Dementieva
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams
Aces	3	1
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	52	67
First serve points won %	81	48
Second serve points won %	40	40
Break points saved %	67	64
Break points converted %	36	33
Service points won %	62	45
Return points won %	55	38
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Oct 14, 1981	Sep 26, 1981
Age	27	27
Height	180	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	2
Ranking points (entering)	7,326	7,732
Elo (entering)	2,046	2,124
Career W-L	472–243	825–170
Career earnings	$14,867,437	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Elena Dementieva 1 – 4 Serena Williams

Path

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2009	R16	Jarmila Wolfe	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2009	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2009	F	Dinara Safina	6-3 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Caroline Wozniacki	6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2009	R16	Sara Errani	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2009	R32	Samantha Stosur	6-3 6-7(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data