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Venus Williams #12 def. Angelique Kerber #1

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 31, 2017*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Angelique Kerber

Stat	Venus Williams	Angelique Kerber
Aces	2	2
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	45	71
First serve points won %	58	51
Second serve points won %	57	55
Break points saved %	40	62
Break points converted %	38	60
Service points won %	57	52
Return points won %	48	43
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Angelique Kerber
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jan 18, 1988
Age	36	29
Height	185	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,485	7,515
Elo (entering)	1,885	1,946
Career W-L	768–288	461–270
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$32,545,460

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 2 – 3 Angelique Kerber

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2017	R16	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2017	R32	Patricia Maria Tig	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2017	R64	Beatriz Haddad Maia	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 2017	SF	Johanna Konta	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2017	R16	Risa Ozaki	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2017	R32	Shelby Rogers	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2017	R64	Yingying Duan	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data