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Virginie Razzano #33 def. Venus Williams #8

4-6 7-6(7) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 7, 2007*
Tournament	Japan Open
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Virginie Razzano
Score	4-6 7-6(7) 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Virginie Razzano	Venus Williams
Aces	1	7
Double faults	4	10
First serve %	68	65
First serve points won %	60	67
Second serve points won %	46	38
Break points saved %	71	64
Break points converted %	36	29
Service points won %	55	57
Return points won %	43	45
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginie Razzano	Venus Williams
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	May 12, 1983	Jun 17, 1980
Age	24	27
Height	174	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	33	8
Ranking points (entering)	836	2,305
Elo (entering)	1,800	2,098
Career W-L	200–216	768–288
Career earnings	$3,510,457	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Virginie Razzano 0 – 2 Venus Williams

Path

Virginie Razzano's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2007	SF	Flavia Pennetta	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2007	QF	Camille Pin	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2007	R16	Elena Baltacha	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2007	R32	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Virginie Razzano's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2007	SF	Caroline Wozniacki	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2007	QF	Alicia Molik	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2007	R16	Vania King	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2007	R32	Jill Craybas	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data