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Elena Dementieva #5 def. Serena Williams #2

7-6(2) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 2009*
Tournament	Toronto
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Elena Dementieva
Score	7-6(2) 6-1
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams
Aces	1	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	73	60
First serve points won %	64	54
Second serve points won %	38	32
Break points saved %	57	50
Break points converted %	50	43
Service points won %	57	45
Return points won %	55	43
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Oct 14, 1981	Sep 26, 1981
Age	27	27
Height	180	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	2
Ranking points (entering)	6,235	8,558
Elo (entering)	2,011	2,075
Career W-L	472–243	825–170
Career earnings	$14,867,437	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Elena Dementieva 3 – 6 Serena Williams

Path

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2009	QF	Samantha Stosur	6-7(3) 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2009	R16	Shahar Peer	6-1 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2009	R32	Ai Sugiyama	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2009	F	Maria Sharapova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2009	QF	Lucie Safarova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2009	R16	Alona Bondarenko	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2009	R32	Yaroslava Shvedova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data