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Serena Williams #1 def. Madison Keys #24

7-6(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 15, 2016*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Madison Keys

Stat	Serena Williams	Madison Keys
Aces	4	7
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	57	60
First serve points won %	66	57
Second serve points won %	46	41
Break points saved %	0	17
Break points converted %	83	100
Service points won %	57	51
Return points won %	49	43
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Madison Keys
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Feb 17, 1995
Age	34	21
Height	175	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	24
Ranking points (entering)	8,235	2,016
Elo (entering)	2,172	1,865
Career W-L	825–170	363–211
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$24,778,482

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 0 Madison Keys

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2016	SF	Irina-Camelia Begu	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2016	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2016	R16	Christina Mchale	7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2016	R32	Anna-Lena Friedsam	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Madison Keys's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2016	SF	Garbiñe Muguruza	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2016	QF	Barbora Strycova	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2016	R16	Timea Babos	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2016	R32	Petra Kvitova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2016	R64	Andrea Petkovic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data