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Venus Williams #3 def. Elena Dementieva #4

6-0 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 1, 2009*
Tournament	Stanford
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	6-0 6-1
Loser	Elena Dementieva

Stat	Venus Williams	Elena Dementieva
Aces	1	1
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	62	43
First serve points won %	78	25
Second serve points won %	40	48
Break points saved %	100	44
Break points converted %	56	0
Service points won %	63	38
Return points won %	62	37
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Elena Dementieva
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Oct 14, 1981
Age	29	27
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	4
Ranking points (entering)	6,617	6,591
Elo (entering)	2,105	1,988
Career W-L	768–288	472–243
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$14,867,437

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 6 – 1 Elena Dementieva

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2009	QF	Maria Sharapova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2009	R16	Alla Kudryavtseva	6-1 7-5	W	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 2, 2009	F	Marion Bartoli	2-6 7-5 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2009	QF	Daniela Hantuchova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2009	R16	Maria Kirilenko	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2009	R32	Anne Keothavong	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data