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Venus Williams #16 def. Lindsay Davenport #1

4-6 7-6(4) 9-7

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 2005*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	4-6 7-6(4) 9-7
Loser	Lindsay Davenport

Stat	Venus Williams	Lindsay Davenport
Aces	4	5
Double faults	10	5
First serve %	74	68
First serve points won %	67	61
Second serve points won %	47	53
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	62	58
Return points won %	42	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Lindsay Davenport
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jun 8, 1976
Age	25	29
Height	185	189
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,726	5,247
Elo (entering)	2,075	2,228
Career W-L	768–288	704–190
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$22,166,338

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 12 – 14 Lindsay Davenport

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 2005	SF	Maria Sharapova	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2005	QF	Mary Pierce	6-0 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2005	R16	Jill Craybas	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2005	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2005	R64	Nicole Pratt	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2005	R128	Eva Birnerova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Lindsay Davenport's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 2005	SF	Amélie Mauresmo	6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2005	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2005	R16	Kim Clijsters	6-3 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2005	R32	Dinara Safina	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2005	R64	Jamea Jackson	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2005	R128	Alina Jidkova	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data