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Venus Williams #8 def. Vera Zvonareva #9

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

Match Information

Date Nov 9, 2008*
Tournament WTA Tour Championships
Category WTA Finals
Surface Hard
RoundF
Winner Venus Williams
Score6-7(5) 6-0 6-2
Loser Vera Zvonareva
StatVenus WilliamsVera Zvonareva
Aces60
Double faults32
First serve %7070
First serve points won %7253
Second serve points won %4845
Break points saved %5030
Break points converted %7050
Service points won %6551
Return points won %4935
Total points won %5644

Pre-match Comparison

FieldVenus WilliamsVera Zvonareva
Country USA RUS
Birth dateJun 17, 1980Sep 7, 1984
Age2824
Height185172
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)89
Ranking points (entering)2,5222,497
Elo (entering)2,1222,016
Career W-L768–288459–268
Career earnings$43,095,580$16,987,921
Pre-match H2H
Venus Williams 5 – 1 Vera Zvonareva

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Path

Venus Williams's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Nov 9, 2008SF Jelena Jankovic 6-2 2-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Nov 3, 2008RR Serena Williams 5-7 6-1 6-0WH2HMatch data
Nov 3, 2008RR Elena Dementieva 6-4 4-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Nov 3, 2008RR Dinara Safina 7-5 6-3WH2HMatch data

Venus Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Vera Zvonareva's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Nov 9, 2008SF Elena Dementieva 7-6(7) 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Nov 3, 2008RR Ana Ivanovic 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4WH2HMatch data
Nov 3, 2008RR Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data
Nov 3, 2008RR Jelena Jankovic 2-6 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data