Venus Williams #5 def. Victoria Azarenka #6

6-3 7-5

Venus Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-3 7-5 in the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships final on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatVenus WilliamsVictoria Azarenka
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
70
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
32
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
67.2%74.1%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
80.0%60.5%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
45.5%53.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%25.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
68.7%58.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
75.0%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
41.4%31.3%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
56.0%44.0%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+12.6+2.5
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-2.5-12.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2010 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldVenus WilliamsVictoria Azarenka
Country USA BLR
Birth dateJun 17, 1980Jul 31, 1989
Age2920
Height185 cm183 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)56
Ranking points (entering)5,5264,960
Elo (entering)2,0222,010
Current career W-L782–299582–268
Current career earnings$43,194,440$38,890,473
Pre-match H2H

Path

Venus Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Shahar Peer #226-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 19, 2010SF
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #386-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 19, 2010QF
Olga Govortsova #567-5 6-0WH2HMatch dataFeb 18, 2010R16
Sabine Lisicki #256-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 17, 2010R32

Venus Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Victoria Azarenka's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Agnieszka Radwanska #96-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 19, 2010SF
Vera Zvonareva #146-1 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 19, 2010QF
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #636-1 4-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 18, 2010R16
Kateryna Volodko #344-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataFeb 17, 2010R32