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Venus Williams #5 def. Polona Hercog #60

2-6 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 2010*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	2-6 6-2 6-3
Loser	Polona Hercog

Stat	Venus Williams	Polona Hercog
Aces	5	1
Double faults	7	2
First serve %	56	55
First serve points won %	72	59
Second serve points won %	42	50
Break points saved %	43	38
Break points converted %	62	57
Service points won %	59	55
Return points won %	45	41
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Polona Hercog
Country	USA	SLO
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jan 20, 1991
Age	29	19
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	60
Ranking points (entering)	5,626	1,085
Elo (entering)	2,039	1,575
Career W-L	768–288	170–212
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$4,547,434

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 0 – 0 Polona Hercog

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2010	SF	Edina Gallovits Hall	6-4 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2010	QF	Laura Pous-Tio	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2010	R16	Kaia Kanepi	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2010	R32	Mathilde Johansson	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Polona Hercog's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2010	SF	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2010	QF	Agnes Szavay	6-4 0-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2010	R16	Alizé Cornet	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2010	R32	Rossana De Los Ríos	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data