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Venus Williams #31 def. Maria Sharapova #2

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 2007*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Venus Williams	Maria Sharapova
Aces	4	4
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	74	62
First serve points won %	84	55
Second serve points won %	64	39
Break points saved %	—	79
Break points converted %	21	—
Service points won %	79	49
Return points won %	51	21
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Maria Sharapova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Apr 19, 1987
Age	27	20
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	31	2
Ranking points (entering)	717	3,852
Elo (entering)	1,981	2,124
Career W-L	768–288	596–174
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 1 – 3 Maria Sharapova

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2007	R32	Akiko Morigami	6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2007	R64	Hana Sromova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 2007	R128	Alla Kudryavtseva	2-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2007	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2007	R32	Ai Sugiyama	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2007	R64	Severine Beltrame	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 2007	R128	Yung Jan Chan	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data