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Lucie Safarova #15 def. Venus Williams #11

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date Feb 20, 2015*
Tournament Dubai
Category WTA 500
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Lucie Safarova
Score6-4 6-2
Loser Venus Williams
StatLucie SafarovaVenus Williams
Aces43
Double faults32
First serve %6867
First serve points won %8464
Second serve points won %5338
Break points saved %7533
Break points converted %6725
Service points won %7455
Return points won %4526
Total points won %5941

Pre-match Comparison

FieldLucie SafarovaVenus Williams
Country CZE USA
Birth dateFeb 4, 1987Jun 17, 1980
Age2834
Height177185
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1511
Ranking points (entering)2,4202,731
Elo (entering)1,8311,939
Career W-L351–270768–288
Career earnings$12,656,891$43,095,580
Pre-match H2H
Lucie Safarova 1 4 Venus Williams

Path

Lucie Safarova's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 19, 2015R32 Casey Dellacqua 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 7-5WH2HMatch data
Feb 18, 2015R64 Monica Puig 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data

Lucie Safarova's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 21, 2015QF Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-7(5) 1-6LH2HMatch data

Venus Williams's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 19, 2015R32 Belinda Bencic 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data