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Serena Williams #1 def. Elena Vesnina #50

6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 2016*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-2 6-0
Loser	Elena Vesnina

Stat	Serena Williams	Elena Vesnina
Aces	11	4
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	77	60
First serve points won %	96	50
Second serve points won %	71	29
Break points saved %	—	44
Break points converted %	56	—
Service points won %	90	42
Return points won %	58	10
Total points won %	72	28

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Elena Vesnina
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Aug 1, 1986
Age	34	29
Height	175	176
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	50
Ranking points (entering)	8,330	1,197
Elo (entering)	2,175	1,846
Career W-L	825–170	262–260
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$13,058,021

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 4 – 0 Elena Vesnina

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2016	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2016	R16	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2016	R32	Annika Beck	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2016	R64	Christina Mchale	6-7(7) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2016	R128	Amra Sadikovic	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2016	F	Angelique Kerber	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Vesnina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2016	QF	Dominika Cibulkova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2016	R16	Ekaterina Makarova	5-7 6-1 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2016	R32	Julia Boserup	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2016	R64	Andrea Petkovic	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2016	R128	Tamira Paszek	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data