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Serena Williams #7 def. Silvija Talaja #106

6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 30, 2004*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-0 6-4
Loser	Silvija Talaja

Stat	Serena Williams	Silvija Talaja
Aces	7	0
Double faults	9	6
First serve %	55	53
First serve points won %	76	58
Second serve points won %	33	17
Break points saved %	78	40
Break points converted %	60	22
Service points won %	57	39
Return points won %	61	43
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Silvija Talaja
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jan 14, 1978
Age	22	26
Height	175	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	106
Ranking points (entering)	2,351	337
Elo (entering)	2,296	1,571
Career W-L	825–170	130–151
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$1,135,876

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 0 – 0 Silvija Talaja

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2004	R64	Maria Kirilenko	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Iveta Benesova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2004	R16	Shinobu Asagoe	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Silvija Talaja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2004	R64	Stephanie Foretz Gacon	2-6 7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data