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Venus Williams #3 def. Alla Kudryavtseva #100

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 31, 2009*
Tournament	Stanford
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-1 7-5
Loser	Alla Kudryavtseva

Stat	Venus Williams	Alla Kudryavtseva
Aces	4	1
Double faults	6	2
First serve %	67	62
First serve points won %	83	52
Second serve points won %	41	44
Break points saved %	50	44
Break points converted %	56	50
Service points won %	69	49
Return points won %	51	31
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Alla Kudryavtseva
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Nov 3, 1987
Age	29	21
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	100
Ranking points (entering)	6,617	649
Elo (entering)	2,090	1,576
Career W-L	768–288	85–138
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$3,245,645

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 1 – 0 Alla Kudryavtseva

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2009	R32	Stéphanie Dubois	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2009	QF	Maria Sharapova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alla Kudryavtseva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2009	R32	Julie Coin	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data