F WTA Finals 2008

Venus Williams #8 def. Vera Zvonareva #9

6-7(5) 6-0 6-2

Venus Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-7(5) 6-0 6-2 in the 2008 WTA Finals final on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatVenus WilliamsVera Zvonareva
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
60
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
32
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
69.5%70.1%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
71.9%52.9%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
48.0%44.8%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%30.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
64.6%50.5%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
70.0%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
49.5%35.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
56.4%43.6%
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.
+9.0-5.2
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.
+5.2-8.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2008 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldVenus WilliamsVera Zvonareva
Country USA RUS
Birth dateJun 17, 1980Sep 7, 1984
Age2824
Height185 cm172 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)89
Ranking points (entering)2,5222,497
Elo (entering)2,1262,036
Current career W-L782–299466–270
Current career earnings$43,194,440$16,995,231
Pre-match H2H

Path

Venus Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jelena Jankovic #16-2 2-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataNov 9, 2008SF
Dinara Safina #27-5 6-3WH2HMatch dataNov 3, 2008RR
Elena Dementieva #56-4 4-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataNov 3, 2008RR
Serena Williams #35-7 6-1 6-0WH2HMatch dataNov 3, 2008RR

Venus Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Vera Zvonareva's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elena Dementieva #57-6(7) 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataNov 9, 2008SF
Ana Ivanovic #46-3 6-7(5) 6-4WH2HMatch dataNov 3, 2008RR
Svetlana Kuznetsova #76-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataNov 3, 2008RR
Jelena Jankovic #12-6 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataNov 3, 2008RR