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Aravane Rezai #24 def. Venus Williams #3

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 16, 2010*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Aravane Rezai
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Aravane Rezai	Venus Williams
Aces	2	4
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	55	59
First serve points won %	77	60
Second serve points won %	42	39
Break points saved %	85	50
Break points converted %	50	15
Service points won %	61	51
Return points won %	49	39
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aravane Rezai	Venus Williams
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	Mar 14, 1987	Jun 17, 1980
Age	23	29
Height	165	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	24	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,205	5,691
Elo (entering)	1,815	2,099
Career W-L	109–117	768–288
Career earnings	$2,824,472	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Aravane Rezai 1 – 1 Venus Williams

Path

Aravane Rezai's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2010	SF	Lucie Safarova	6-1 0-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2010	QF	Jelena Jankovic	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2010	R16	Andrea Petkovic	6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2010	R32	Klara Koukalova	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2010	R64	Justine Henin	4-6 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Aravane Rezai's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2010	SF	Shahar Peer	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2010	QF	Samantha Stosur	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2010	R16	Francesca Schiavone	3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2010	R32	Vera Zvonareva	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2010	R64	Stefanie Voegele	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data