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Angelique Kerber #14 def. Venus Williams #72

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 10, 2012*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams
Aces	2	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	74	51
First serve points won %	75	57
Second serve points won %	36	33
Break points saved %	33	57
Break points converted %	43	67
Service points won %	65	45
Return points won %	55	35
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Jun 17, 1980
Age	24	31
Height	173	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	72
Ranking points (entering)	3,125	870
Elo (entering)	1,930	2,011
Career W-L	461–270	768–288
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 0 – 1 Venus Williams

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2012	R64	Johanna Larsson	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2012	R16	Na Li	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2012	R64	Simona Halep	6-1 4-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data