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Venus Williams #8 def. Natalia Vikhlyantseva #88

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 21, 2018*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Natalia Vikhlyantseva

Stat	Venus Williams	Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Aces	3	6
Double faults	5	7
First serve %	53	53
First serve points won %	61	63
Second serve points won %	44	33
Break points saved %	56	57
Break points converted %	43	44
Service points won %	53	49
Return points won %	51	47
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Feb 16, 1997
Age	37	21
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	88
Ranking points (entering)	4,452	709
Elo (entering)	1,929	1,646
Career W-L	768–288	34–56
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$1,426,250

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 0 – 0 Natalia Vikhlyantseva

Path

Venus Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2018	R32	Kiki Bertens	5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Natalia Vikhlyantseva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2018	R128	Rebecca Peterson	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data