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Dinara Safina #1 def. Venus Williams #5

6-7(3) 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 9, 2009*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-7(3) 6-3 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Dinara Safina	Venus Williams
Aces	1	4
Double faults	8	7
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	63	63
Second serve points won %	50	44
Break points saved %	76	45
Break points converted %	55	24
Service points won %	58	55
Return points won %	45	42
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Venus Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Jun 17, 1980
Age	23	28
Height	182	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	9,071	7,102
Elo (entering)	2,023	2,135
Career W-L	299–160	768–288
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 0 – 2 Venus Williams

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	QF	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	R16	Jie Zheng	5-7 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R32	Virginie Razzano	7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2009	F	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	R16	Anna Chakvetadze	6-0 6-7(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R32	Lucie Safarova	6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data