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Serena Williams #6 def. Jie Zheng #133

6-2 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 2008*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-2 7-6(5)
Loser	Jie Zheng

Stat	Serena Williams	Jie Zheng
Aces	14	0
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	65	65
First serve points won %	87	64
Second serve points won %	52	43
Break points saved %	50	70
Break points converted %	30	50
Service points won %	75	57
Return points won %	43	25
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Jie Zheng
Country	USA	CHN
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jul 5, 1983
Age	26	24
Height	175	164
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	133
Ranking points (entering)	2,676	262
Elo (entering)	2,131	1,834
Career W-L	825–170	216–193
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$6,157,773

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 0 Jie Zheng

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2008	R32	Amélie Mauresmo	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Urszula Radwanska	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Kaia Kanepi	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2008	F	Venus Williams	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jie Zheng's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Nicole Vaidisova	6-2 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Agnes Szavay	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2008	R32	Ana Ivanovic	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Elena Baltacha	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Dominika Cibulkova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data