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Olga Puchkova #109 def. Venus Williams #20

4-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 2013*
Tournament	Florianopolis
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Olga Puchkova
Score	4-6 6-4 7-5
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Olga Puchkova	Venus Williams
Aces	6	3
Double faults	11	3
First serve %	60	55
First serve points won %	63	59
Second serve points won %	48	46
Break points saved %	69	67
Break points converted %	33	31
Service points won %	57	53
Return points won %	47	43
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Olga Puchkova	Venus Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Sep 27, 1987	Jun 17, 1980
Age	25	32
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	109	20
Ranking points (entering)	613	1,810
Elo (entering)	1,561	2,011
Career W-L	43–63	768–288
Career earnings	$846,870	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Olga Puchkova 0 – 0 Venus Williams

Path

Olga Puchkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2013	QF	Jana Cepelova	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2013	R16	Caroline Garcia	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2013	R32	Kirsten Flipkens	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Olga Puchkova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2013	F	Monica Niculescu	2-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2013	QF	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2013	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-4 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2013	R32	Mirjana Lucic-Baroni	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data