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Venus Williams #10 def. Serena Williams #8

7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2005*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Venus Williams	Serena Williams
Aces	1	6
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	65	61
First serve points won %	76	64
Second serve points won %	36	38
Break points saved %	80	77
Break points converted %	23	20
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Serena Williams
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Sep 26, 1981
Age	25	23
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,658	2,845
Elo (entering)	2,111	2,074
Career W-L	768–288	825–170
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 6 – 7 Serena Williams

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2005	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2005	R64	Maria Kirilenko	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Rika Fujiwara	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2005	QF	Kim Clijsters	6-4 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2005	R32	Francesca Schiavone	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2005	R64	Catalina Castano	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Yung Jan Chan	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data