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Serena Williams #2 def. Elena Dementieva #4

6-7(4) 7-5 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 2009*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-7(4) 7-5 8-6
Loser	Elena Dementieva

Stat	Serena Williams	Elena Dementieva
Aces	20	3
Double faults	5	8
First serve %	57	63
First serve points won %	80	67
Second serve points won %	47	62
Break points saved %	70	58
Break points converted %	42	30
Service points won %	66	65
Return points won %	35	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Elena Dementieva
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Oct 14, 1981
Age	27	27
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	8,158	6,591
Elo (entering)	2,078	1,984
Career W-L	825–170	472–243
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$14,867,437

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 5 – 3 Elena Dementieva

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 2009	QF	Victoria Azarenka	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2009	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2009	R32	Roberta Vinci	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2009	R64	Jarmila Wolfe	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2009	R128	Neuza Silva	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2009	F	Venus Williams	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 2009	QF	Francesca Schiavone	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2009	R16	Elena Vesnina	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2009	R32	Regina Kulikova	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2009	R64	Aravane Rezai	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2009	R128	Alla Kudryavtseva	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data