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Ana Ivanovic #3 def. Venus Williams #8

7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Ana Ivanovic
Score	7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Ana Ivanovic	Venus Williams
Aces	2	1
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	56	59
First serve points won %	62	62
Second serve points won %	45	31
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	55	49
Return points won %	51	45
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ana Ivanovic	Venus Williams
Country	SRB	USA
Birth date	Nov 6, 1987	Jun 17, 1980
Age	20	27
Height	184	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	8
Ranking points (entering)	3,516	2,470
Elo (entering)	2,056	2,059
Career W-L	419–213	768–288
Career earnings	$15,510,787	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Ana Ivanovic 0 – 4 Venus Williams

Path

Ana Ivanovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Caroline Wozniacki	6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Katarina Srebotnik	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Tathiana Garbin	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Sorana Cirstea	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ana Ivanovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2008	SF	Daniela Hantuchova	0-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Marta Domachowska	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Sania Mirza	7-6(0) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Camille Pin	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Zi Yan	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data