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Venus Williams #6 def. Francesca Schiavone #18

3-6 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2010*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	3-6 6-2 6-1
Loser	Francesca Schiavone

Stat	Venus Williams	Francesca Schiavone
Aces	0	5
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	52	62
First serve points won %	59	46
Second serve points won %	48	37
Break points saved %	17	47
Break points converted %	53	83
Service points won %	54	42
Return points won %	57	46
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Francesca Schiavone
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jun 23, 1980
Age	29	29
Height	185	166
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	18
Ranking points (entering)	5,126	2,445
Elo (entering)	1,996	1,870
Career W-L	768–288	439–367
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$11,324,245

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 5 – 0 Francesca Schiavone

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2010	R32	Casey Dellacqua	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Sybille Bammer	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Lucie Safarova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2010	QF	Na Li	6-2 6-7(4) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Francesca Schiavone's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2010	R32	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Julie Coin	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Alizé Cornet	0-6 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data