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Venus Williams #7 def. Elena Dementieva #5

6-1 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 2008*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-1 7-6(3)
Loser	Elena Dementieva

Stat	Venus Williams	Elena Dementieva
Aces	4	0
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	63	63
First serve points won %	76	58
Second serve points won %	46	36
Break points saved %	86	69
Break points converted %	31	14
Service points won %	65	50
Return points won %	50	35
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Elena Dementieva
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Oct 14, 1981
Age	28	26
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	5
Ranking points (entering)	2,606	2,745
Elo (entering)	1,993	2,028
Career W-L	768–288	472–243
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$14,867,437

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 3 – 1 Elena Dementieva

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Alisa Kleybanova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2008	R32	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Anne Keothavong	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Naomi Cavaday	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2008	F	Serena Williams	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Nadia Petrova	6-1 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Shahar Peer	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2008	R32	Gisela Dulko	7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Timea Bacsinszky	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Maria Elena Camerin	6-3 6-7(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data