R16 Italian Open 2008

Venus Williams #9 def. Vera Zvonareva #13

7-5 6-2

Venus Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva 7-5 6-2 in the 2008 Italian Open round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 16, 2008*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 2008
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Vera Zvonareva
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Sep 7, 1984
Age	27	23
Height	185 cm	172 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	13
Ranking points (entering)	2,516	1,742
Elo (entering)	2,005	2,023
Current career W-L	782–299	466–270
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$16,995,231

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #9 4 – 1 Vera Zvonareva #13

Path

Venus Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Samantha Stosur #145	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 2008	R32

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jelena Jankovic #4	7-5 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 17, 2008	QF

Vera Zvonareva's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Iveta Benesova #83	7-5 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 2008	R32
Ai Sugiyama #35	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 2008	R64