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Serena Williams #6 def. Yaroslava Shvedova #65

6-1 2-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 2012*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 2-6 7-5
Loser	Yaroslava Shvedova

Stat	Serena Williams	Yaroslava Shvedova
Aces	12	7
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	63	52
First serve points won %	75	71
Second serve points won %	52	44
Break points saved %	50	57
Break points converted %	43	50
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Yaroslava Shvedova
Country	USA	KAZ
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 12, 1987
Age	30	24
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	65
Ranking points (entering)	5,640	1,006
Elo (entering)	2,130	1,734
Career W-L	825–170	141–175
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$6,717,224

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 0 Yaroslava Shvedova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2012	R32	Jie Zheng	6-7(5) 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2012	R64	Melinda Czink	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 2012	R128	Barbora Strycova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 2012	QF	Petra Kvitova	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Yaroslava Shvedova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2012	R32	Sara Errani	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2012	R64	Kiki Bertens	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 2012	R128	Chanelle Scheepers	7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data