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Venus Williams #9 def. Mary Pierce #31

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 30, 2004*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Mary Pierce

Stat	Venus Williams	Mary Pierce
Aces	3	1
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	63	53
First serve points won %	73	47
Second serve points won %	58	43
Break points saved %	88	55
Break points converted %	45	12
Service points won %	67	45
Return points won %	55	33
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Mary Pierce
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jan 15, 1975
Age	23	29
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	31
Ranking points (entering)	2,268	937
Elo (entering)	2,183	1,789
Career W-L	768–288	460–215
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$9,793,119

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 5 – 2 Mary Pierce

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2004	R64	Jelena Kostanic Tosic	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2004	R16	Fabiola Zuluaga	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Mary Pierce's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2004	R64	Gala Leon Garcia	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Claudine Schaul	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data