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Serena Williams#1 def. Venus Williams#2

7-6(4) 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2003*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	7-6(4) 3-6 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Venus Williams
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 17, 1980
Age	21	22
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	6,989	5,370
Elo (entering)	2,362	2,310
Career W-L	825–169	768–289
Career earnings	$94,816,730	$43,077,000

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 5 – 5 Venus Williams

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2003	SF	Kim Clijsters	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2003	QF	Meghann Shaughnessy	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2003	R16	Eleni Daniilidou	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2003	R32	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Els Callens	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Emilie Loit	3-6 7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2003	SF	Justine Henin	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2003	QF	Daniela Hantuchova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2003	R16	Nicole Pratt	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2003	R32	Anca Barna	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Ansley Cargill	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data